Keri McNew, M.S. 
Project Manager, Andes to Amazon Biodiversity Program
B.S. in Biology, Texas Christian University, 2001
M.S. in Biology, Texas Christian University, 2004
Keri McNew
is the Project Manager of the Andes to Amazon
Biodiversity Program. She received her B.S. and M.S. in Biology from Texas Christian University before joining the AABP team at
BRIT. Her job includes working closely with Renan Velaga (Project Manager in
Peru), John Janovec (Principle Investigator), and other team members of the
AABP, maintaining daily operations of the AABP in Texas and Peru, mapping the
distribution of plant collections from South and Central America, using
Geographical Information System (GIS), botanical research. Before joining the
team at BRIT, she worked in California on
primary succession of a conifer forest in Lassen Volcanic National
Park. She is interested in botanical research and
conservation.
E-mail: kmcnew@brit.org
Phone: 817-332-4441 ex. 213
Recent Presentations
Jan
2008- The Andes
to Amazon Biodiversity Program of the Botanical Research Institute of
Texas: Integrating Science, Education, and
Technology for Conservation in the Andes-Amazon Region of Peru. Taxonomy Class at TCU, Fort Worth, Texas.
Nov
2007-The Andes
to Amazon Biodiversity Program of the Botanical Research Institute of
Texas: Integrating Science, Education, and
Technology for Conservation in the Andes-Amazon
Region of Peru. Environmental Club at TCU, Fort Worth, Texas.
Nov 2007- The Andes to Amazon
Biodiversity Program. Distance learning program for a 3rd
grade class in Canada.
BRIT, Fort Worth, Texas
Oct 2007-
The Andes to Amazon
Biodiversity Program of the Botanical Research Institute of Texas: Integrating Science, Education, and
Technology for Conservation in the Andes-Amazon July 2007-
The
Andes to Amazon Biodiversity Program. Texas
Middle School teachers.
BRIT, Fort Worth, Texas.
Region of Peru. Colleyville
Garden Club. Colleyville,
Texas.
Mar 2007- Exploring the Deepest Amazon, the Peruvian Andes,
and the Jungles of Cyberspace. Wildlife Society
at Tarleton State
University, Stephenville, Texas.