Tammy d'Artenay
General Interests:
I finished by undergraduate at UC Berkeley in the fall of 2004 and since that time been working as a full time researcher in the lab focusing on moss. My projects so far have included: working on a moss flora of the pacific island Moorea; conducting an ecological study on reproduction in the species Calymperes graeffeanum; naming, creating labels, and processing moss collections by former graduate students and other members of the lab; and any other task that is asked of me, filing, cleaning, etc. I have applied to graduate schools to pursue a PhD. I would like to study bryophyte phylogentic systematics using molecular and morphology methods, and also reproductive ecology.
I grew up on a farm in the central valley of California near a small town called Coalinga. I entered UC Berkeley in the fall of 2000 and was on the track and field team for three and half years throwing shot put, discus and hammer. Other interests include herpetology, reading, especially Stephen King, and going new places. My interest in the bryophytes was set when I enrolled in the Moorea class in the fall of 2004 and conducted an independent research project on the moss family Calymperaceae.