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Education

B.A. Environmental Science, Wheaton College (MA)

M.S. Biology, Eastern Washington University

Field of Study

Lichen and Bryophyte floristics, taxonomy, and conservation.

Publications

• Boggess, L., Harrison, G., Bishop, GM. 2021. Impacts of rock climbing on cliff vegetation: a methods review and best‐practices. Applied Vegetation Science. https://doi.org/10.1111/avsc.12583
• Allen, J., Beeching, S., Bishop, GM., Dal Forno, M., Hodges, M., Lendemer, J., McMullin, T., Paquette, H. & Yahr, R. 2020. Flavoparmelia caperata. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2020: e.T180096947A180096996. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-3.RLTS.T180096947A180096996.en.
• Allen, J., Bishop, GM. In prep. Preliminary checklist of the saxicolous lichens of granite rock in Spokane, County, USA. To be submitted to (unknown).
• Bishop, GM., Harrison, G., Magori, K., O’Quinn, R., Allen, J. In prep. Impacts of rock climbing on lichen and bryophyte cliff communities in northwestern North America. To be submitted to The Bryologist.
• Bishop, GM., Kittredge WT. & Lubin D. In prep. A comparison of the cryptogam floras of Harold Parker State Forest and the Middlesex Fells Reservation, Essex and Middlesex Counties, Massachusetts, U.S.A. To be submitted to Phytoneuron.
• Bishop GM. In prep. Description of Pohlia nutans fo. decepiens: ecology and morphology of the lost forma. To be submitted to Evansia.

Professional Experience

Giovanna trained at Harvard University Herbaria inbetween undergrad and grad school. She was not only taught basic curatorial practices, yet was also educated on how to mount vascular plants by pofessional full-time mounter, Saima Javed, as well as took a nomenclature course by world specialist, Dr. Kanchi Gandhi. Giovanna's taxonomic background is with lichens and bryophytes, where she has participated in several flora projects around the country including New England and the Pacific NorthWest. Additionally, duing grad school Giovanna was the graduate student representative for the American Bryological and Lichenological Society while also serving on the IUCN Lichen Red List team, helping to get lichen species of concern listed. Giovanna has attended botanical conferences where she has presented her masters research, which includes Botany 2021, and the first Cliff Ecology conference hosted in Yosemite Fall 2024.