Assistant Professor
Department of Biodiversity, Earth and Environmental Science
Drexel University
United States of America
Tatyana Livshultz, PhD is currently assistant curator of the Botanical Herbarium of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. Before coming to the Academy in 2008, she was an assistant professor of biology at the University of Nebraska at Omaha and a post-doctoral fellow of the Arnold Arboretum of Harvard University. She has published 12 papers in peer reviewed scientific journals, is a member of the Collections Committee of the American Society for Plant Taxonomy and vice-president of the Philadelphia Botanical Club. Livshultz’s research focus on the evolution and pollination of the predominantly tropical milkweed family requires frequent fieldwork in the tropics and subtropics. Current projects are located in Taiwan, the Bahamas, and Mississippi.