Isabel Hildesheim 

Isabel discovered her love for bryology, botany, and ecology while at Roanoke College. During her undergraduate career, she conducted research on the impacts of sulfur dioxide fumigation on moss polar auxin transport with Dr. DorothyBelle Poli.  After graduating in May of 2020 she followed her passion for botany and ecology to Colorado, Maine, and Virginia where she worked several seasonal jobs focused on conservation and outdoor recreation. As of August 2023, Isabel is a PhD student working under the guidance of Dr. Jessica Budke. She will be researching parent offspring conflict in mosses.