Staff
Shawn Krosnick, Ph.D.
Director and Curator
Dr. Krosnick has directed the Hollister Herbarium since 2013 and provides professional oversight of its permanent collections. Her responsibilities include collections development, accessioning, preservation, pest management, digitization, database management, loans, research access, public programs, student training, and institutional planning.
Dr. Krosnick is a professor of biology specializing in plant systematics, morphology, development, reproductive biology, and the Passifloraceae.
Email: skrosnick@tntech.edu
Phone: 931-372-6194
Office: Pennebaker Hall 204
Curational Assistants
Student workers assist with all aspects of herbarium curation, including mounting specimens, digitizing, filing, and loan processing.
Josilyn Hurt
Zoe Gidley
Abby Bucknell
Associated Faculty
James Wood, Ph.D.
Dr. Wood is a broadly trained botanist, but specializes in the ecology of the aquatic plants, Podostemum ceratophyllum (Podostemaceae) and Justicia americana (Ancanthaceae). His Aquatic and Wetland Plants course utilizes the herbarium as a teaching aid, and he deposits vouchers specimens from his research in the herbarium.