Andrew Miller
Herbarium Director
Andrew Miller, Ph.D., is primarily interested in the systematics and biodiversity of a broad range of fungi, but is particularly interested in the evolution of wood-inhabiting ascomycetes. Currently, he is involved in research projects on the systematics of several groups in the Sordariomycetes, the biodiversity of aquatic ascomycetes along an altitudinal gradient in Peru, and a large-scale inventory of the microbial communities of caves and mines in Illinois.
Jamie Minnaert-Grote
Collections Manager
Jamie started as the Collections Manager in August 2014. In July 2018, she also became the Collections Manager of the University of Illinois Plant Biology Herbarium collection. She received a master’s degree in biology from the University of Northern Iowa, where she studied plant systematics.
Rick Phillippe
Curator
Rick retired in 2014, but has continued working as curator in the collection.
Christine Cline
Curatorial Assistant
Rick retired in 2014, but has continued working as curator in the collection.