Lauren Marrinan Author

Dr Tim Rich holds an Ecology B.Sc. from Lancaster University and a Plant Physiology Ph.D. from Leicester University.  He is a specialist British botanist whose interests span taxonomy (e.g. Hieracium, Sorbus, Brassicaceae), rare plant conservation, vegetation, environmental impact assessment and monitoring, with special expertise in the vascular plant flora of the British Isles. He was Head of Vascular Plants at the National Museum of Wales 1997-2013, running the Welsh National Herbarium.  With Kate Pryor of National Botanic Garden of Wales, he initiated the Rare Welsh Plants Project in 1999 to focus attention on some of Wales’s greatest treasures.  Lauren Marrinan studied Ecology at Cardiff University alongside working in scientific engagement at Amgueddfa Cymru. She now works as a Biology teacher in Gloucestershire, where she continues to enjoy walking in the countryside and appreciating British flora and fauna.