Dr Jordan Bailey

Jordan discovered the world of Herbaria as an intern at the National Herbarium in Sydney. Her degree in Agricultural Science took her to postgraduate studies in plant pathology, biosecurity and diagnostics. She went on to work with herbaria in the USA at Purdue University and the United States Department of Agriculture, focusing on specimen digitisation, and taxonomy and systematics of fungal pathogens. She returned to Australia to take on the role of Curator at the NSW Plant Pathology & Mycology Herbarium in Orange in 2017. This is a perfect mix of plant pathology, specimen management and biosecurity, and she suspects, if past curators are anything to go by, she will be here for the rest of her career.