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Amanda Neill, M.S.

Head, Botanical Information and Collections Management,
Andes to Amazon Biodiversity Program

B.S., Horticulture, Texas A&M University, December 1997

M.S., Botany, Texas A&M University, August 2000

Ph.D. Candidate, Botany, City University of New York, November 2002

Amanda Neill, from College Station, Texas, joined the BRIT staff in 2003 as Head of Botanical Information and Collections Management. She works closely with Janovec as a Co-Director and Co-PI of the AABP. Her extensive understanding of herbarium techniques and expertise in computer skills required for botanical informatics are important qualifications for this position.

Amanda earned a B.S. in horticulture and an M.S. in botany from Texas A&M University, based on a study of the flora of Madison County, Texas (see Sida 19(4):1083-1121. 2001). She has an active interest in floristics of Texas as well as of neotropical areas. In addition to having field experience in Texas, Costa Rica, Belize, Ecuador, and Peru, Amanda is experienced with anatomical and molecular laboratory equipment and is a published scientific illustrator. She is in the last stages of work toward a Ph.D. in botany from City University of New York/New York Botanical Garden, studying systematics of the genus Gurania (Cucurbitaceae). You can read more about her work at the Gurania Pages website.

Phone: 817-332-4441, ext. 217
Fax: 817-332-4112

E-mail: aneill@brit.org

Publications

John Janovec, Jason D. Wells, Renan Valega, Daniel Lam, Amanda K. Neill, and Collaborators. Native Plant Species from the Peruvian Amazon and their Potential in Ornamental Horticulture: A Case Study in Madre de Dios, Peru

Janovec, J. P., A. K. Neill, and M. G. Mistry. Comparative Androecium Morphology of the Compsoneura capitellata complex (Myristicaceae) with descriptions of two new species.

Janovec, J. P. and A. K. Neill. 2003. Exploring the palms and cycads of the Maya Mountains of Belize: Reflections on MBC-sponsored Expeditions to Belize, 1999-2001. The Montgomery News 11(1): 5-6.

R. J. O'Kennon, McLemore, C., and A. K. Neill. 2003. Fagopyrum esculentum (Polygonaceae), new for Texas. SIDA 20(4): 1717-1720.

Janovec, J. P. & A. K. Neill. 2002. Studies of the Myristicaceae: An overview of the Compsoneura atopa complex, with descriptions of new species from Colombia. Brittonia 54(3): 251-261.

Neill, A.K. and H.D. Wilson. 2001. The vascular flora of Madison County, Texas. Sida 19(4): 1083-1121.

Neill, A.K. & J.P. Janovec. 2001. Occidente y Oriente: collecting palms and cycads in Ecuador. The Montgomery News 9(2):5.

Janovec, J.P. & A.K. Neill. 2000. Exploring the palms and cycads of Belize. The Montgomery News 8(1): 8.

Neill, A.K. 2000. The Vascular Flora of Madison County, Texas. M.S. thesis, Texas A&M University. (and associated website at < http://biocourse.bio.tamu.edu/graduate-students/neilla/madhome.htm>.

Neill, A.K. 1999. Vicia lutea (Fabaceae), new to Texas. Sida 18(4): 1265-1266.

Digital Publications

Janovec, J. P., A. K. Neill, and collaborators. 2002 and beyond. The Neotropical Botany Pages: A Cooperative Information Center for Digital Documentation of Neotropical Plant Diversity. :

Janovec, J. P., M. Mistry, and R. García. 2002 and beyond. The Myristicaceae Pages: An Information Center for the Nutmeg Family of Flowering Plants.

Janovec, J. P., F. Cornejo, A. K. Neill, and collaborators. 2002 and beyond. Botany of the Los Amigos Conservation Area, Madre de Dios, Peru.

Mori, S. A., J. P. Janovec, and A. K. Neill. 2002 and beyond. Mystery Plant Pages.

A. K. Neill. 2002 and beyond. The Gurania Pages. Website: http://www.nybg.org/bsci/grad/aneill/gurania.htm.

Recent Presentations:

Dec 2007- Biodiversity Information System for the BRIT Andes to Amazon Biodiversity Project. Smithsonian Institute, Washington D.C.

Dec 2007- Biodiversity Information System for the BRIT Andes to Amazon Biodiversity Project. Conservation International, Washington D.C.

Dec 2007- Biodiversity Information System for the BRIT Andes to Amazon Biodiversity Project. National Science Foundation, Washington D.C.

Mar 2007- The Andes to Amazon Biodiversity Program.  Keynote lecture of the annual meeting of the Society for Paleobotany, SMU University, Dallas, Texas.

Jan 2007- The Andes to Amazon Biodiversity Program. Roberta Tipps Elementary, Mansfield, Texas.