University of Alaska Museum - ALA Herbarium

08/24/2026

Congrats to Channing and Cuyler for being recognized by ASPT!

Channing Buckmaster was recognized at Botany 2026 with the 2026 Undergraduate Research Prize by the American Society of Plant Taxonomists amsocplanttaxon, which recognizes exceptional, independent …

08/24/2026

Congrats to Ickert-Bond labbers Channing Buckmaster and Cuyler Bleecker for receiving research awards from ASPT

Channing Buckmaster was recognized at Botany 2026 with the 2026 Undergraduate Research Prize by the American Society of Plant Taxonomists amsocplanttaxon, which recognizes exceptional, independent research in plant systematics conducted by undergraduate students. The research that Channing Buckmaster completed as part of her journey as a student at the University of Alaska Fairbanks, was filled with remarkable achievements at every stage of her studies, reflects a dedication to advancing knowledge of plants....

Channing Buckmaster was recognized at Botany 2026 with the 2026 Undergraduate Research Prize by the American Society of Plant Taxonomists amsocplanttaxon, which recognizes exceptional, independent …

01/28/2026

From Field Notes to Herbarium Sheets: Chasing the World’s Smallest Forests

Graduate student Cuyler Bleecker is having a good ol' time exploring liverworts of the smallest forests in his home of Hawaiʻi and for his M.S. studies here at the University of Alaska Fairbanks. He contributed to recent bryological research in Hawaiʻi that has significantly expanded knowledge of liverwort diversity, documenting 30 new island records and seven species newly recorded for the state, published…...

Graduate student Cuyler Bleecker is having a good ol’ time exploring liverworts of the smallest forests in his home of Hawaiʻi and for his M.S. studies here at the University of Alaska Fairba…

08/27/2025

Great to reconnect with Alison at the herbarium this week. Lots of chat about polyploidy and endopolyploidy with Stefanie Ickert-Bond

Back at the Boise Botany meeting 11 years ago, I first met Alison Scott, then a PhD student at UW Madison presenting her poster on polyploidy in Sequioa. Fast forward to today- she is at ALA, furio…

06/25/2025

Visiting researcher Dr. Bruce Robart reviewed specimens of the Pedicularis sudetica complex at ALA.

During a recent week-long visit to the ALA herbarium, Dr. Bruce Robart, a visiting researcher from the University of Pittsburgh and the author of the Pedicularis treatment for the Flora of North Am…

09/05/2024

More fun with tropical plants at ALA, check it out. Scott Armbruster has been visiting ALA nearly every summer for the last 15 years or so working on his Dalechampia collections.

Research Associate of the Herbarium (ALA) at the UA Museum of the North, UAF and former faculty member in the Institute of Arctic Biology Dr. W. Scott Armbruster is one of the world experts on the …

11/19/2022

Great fun with the students from Anderson school visiting ALA, processing their plants specimens, exploring the herbarium and making some miniature herbarium sheets for gifting. Thanks Uwe Kaden for teaching the kids and bringing them to Fairbanks!

Five students visited the University of Alaska Museum of the North Herbarium Wednesday from Anderson school to process their specimens and learn about the herbarium, how to mount plants and explore…

08/04/2022

Honored to have been selected as the recipient of the Charles Edwin Bessie Teaching Award by the Botanical Society of America. The award was given at the recent joint annual meeting of the Botanica…

06/30/2022

Thanks for all the great mentors in my career, especially Kathleen Pigg, Don Pinkava, and many others, and for the wonderful instructional designers at eCampus for cheering me on and allowing me to be creative. To all the students for their patience and willingness to be cured of plant blindness :)

Congratulations to Dr. Stefanie (Steffi) Ickert-Bond, this year's Charles Edwin Bessey Teaching Award recipient! This award celebrates educators whose work has impacted botanical education at a regional, national and/or international level.

To learn more about Steffi, and this award visit: https://botany.org/home/awards/awards-for-established-scientists/charlesebesseyaward.html