Meet Emily Dangremond
Emily Dangremond always thought she was going to grow up and study animals in the rainforest…until she went to the rainforest and found out it was hot, dark, and the only animals easily seen were biting insects.
Nothing against biting insects, but Emily was fortunate to start working with a scientist studying endangered plants on coastal sand dunes, and she was hooked on plants. They don’t bite! They don’t run away! They need our help!
Emily continued her work on plant ecology, studying mangroves in Florida and Central America and understory plants in temperate forests of the midwestern United States. Emily enjoys spreading her love of biology with others, through teaching, books and her podcast. She volunteers on the board of the Illinois Native Plant Society. For a list of her academic publications, see her Google Scholar profile. See her book list, ‘Best children’s books about trees from a plant ecologist.’
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