Group AGM and 'Why do we need to keep exploring in the 21st century' by Angela Cano

The group AGM will commence at 2pm followed by the talk. 

Ángela Cano is the Deputy Curator of Cambridge University Botanic Garden. She conducts field expeditions, developing bioinformatics tools, analyzing data, and more. She trained as a botanist in one of the most biodiverse countries—Colombia—where she earned her bachelor’s degree in Biology. She then developed her expertise in plant systematics and biogeography during her Master’s studies at the University of Geneva (Switzerland), where she revised the genus Trithrinax Mart. and worked at the Geneva Herbarium on the detection and digitization of type specimens. Also in Geneva, she completed her Ph.D., which focused on phylogenomics, bioinformatics, and biogeography. Ángela uses palms as models to understand how the tropical Americas became the hyperdiverse region they are today. She has conducted intensive fieldwork in ten countries, exploring biodiversity hotspots such as the Amazon, the Andes, the Caribbean, and the Richtersveld. She also researches the dynamics of living plant collections at the Cambridge University Botanic Garden.