Waheed Arshad, PhD

Plant Records • Collection Management • Leadership in Botanic Gardens

Bristol, England, United Kingdom Contact Info
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Experience

  • Species360

    Species360

    3 years 6 months

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      Botanical Scientist (Species360)

      Species360

      - 1 year 4 months

      Hortis is the next generation plant collection platform for botanic gardens and arboreta around the world. Our goal is to open up new ways for all gardens to manage their botanical collection in an affordable and user-friendly manner.

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      Botanical Scientist (Botanical Software)

      Botanical Software

      - 2 years 3 months

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    Botanical Data Specialist

    Candide

    - 1 year 5 months

    Bristol, United Kingdom

    – Managed a team of botanists and horticulturists in structuring plant data, training a machine-learning engine to automatically identify plant taxa, and delivering consumer-grade Augmented Reality plant-labelling and visitor experience apps for over 500,000 global users

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    Ph.D.

    Royal Holloway, University of London

    - 4 years 1 month

    Egham, Surrey

    – Four-year PhD studentship, funded by the London Natural Environment Research Council (NERC) Doctoral Training Partnership
    – Project in collaboration with Millennium Seed Bank (Wakehurst Place) at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew

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    Research Assistant

    University of York

    - 1 year 1 month

    York, United Kingdom

    – Worked on a BBSRC-funded project to investigate sugar signalling pathways in Arabidopsis thaliana, combining genetic, molecular biology, plant physiology and genomic approaches to address fundamental questions in plant energy metabolism

  • Wildflower Surveyor

    PlantLife

    - 1 month

    Nottingham, United Kingdom

    – Collected data for the National Biodiversity Network Gateway, as part of The Wildflowers Count Survey 2013
    – Helped target conservation management advice and practical habitat restoration work for the area (SK5439)

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    Curation Intern

    Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew

    - 2 months

    London, United Kingdom

    – Botanical assistant at the Herbarium, Library, Art and Archives (HLAA) department
    – Re-organised specimens and re-curated families according to the APGIII phylogenetic classification system
    – Provided curatorial support to systematics teams and attended family-specific sorts, lectures, identification workshops and seminars

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    Field Botanist

    Royal Botanic Garden, Edinburgh

    - 2 months

    Edinburgh, United Kingdom

    – Learned core set of practical botany skills and knowledge necessary to carry out field collection, identification, preservation and curation of botanical specimens under the supervision of Dr Heather McHaffie MBE

  • Alpine Plant Ecologist

    Hirschegg, Kleinwalsertal

    - 2 months

    Austrian Alps

    – Residential field course student exploring the biodiversity, ecology, biology and physiology of Alpine flora
    – Produced analytical report for individual research project on vegetation communities

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    Plants Summer School Student

    Gatsby Charitable Foundation

    - 1 month

    York, United Kingdom

    – The top 80 biology undergraduates from the UK were selected to take part in this prestigious summer school, where plant science academics presented their research through lectures, practicals and a careers session

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    Laboratory Assistant

    The University of Nottingham

    - 1 month

    Nottingham, United Kingdom

Education

Volunteer Experience

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    Assistant Botanist

    Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew

    - 1 year 1 month

    - Databased Rubiaceae carpological collection, and assisted systematics teams with ongoing projects while studying full-time as a Master’s student

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    Chelsea Flower Show Volunteer

    Royal Horticultural Society

    - 5 years 1 month

    Environment

    - Acted as spokesperson for the world's most famous flower show and the charitable work of the RHS
    - Shared knowledge and passion for plants to thousands of show visitors on the information stand, Plant Advisory Team and for Plant of the Year

Honors & Awards

  • Fellow of The Linnean Society of London

    The Linnean Society of London

    The Linnean Society of London is a learned society dedicated to the study and dissemination of information concerning natural history, evolution, and taxonomy. It is the oldest extant biological society in the world.

  • London NERC Doctoral Training Partnership

    Natural Environment Research Council (NERC)

    Four-year funding to pursue PhD research and training with 8 world-leading research institutions in London. These span very diverse areas of environmental science research, ranging from assessing contemporary environmental challenges to exploring complex questions about the evolution of planet Earth.

  • Study Grant Recipient

    Botanical Society of Britain & Ireland (BSBI)

  • Best Oral Presentation

    Durham University

    - Represented the Biological and Biomedical Sciences department at the "Rising Stars Research Symposium", a prestigious event for outstanding undergraduate students across the Faculty of Sciences
    - Awarded "Audience Choice Trophy for Best Oral Presentation"

  • Eliahou Dangoor Scholarship Recipient

    Durham University

    - Awarded on a competitive basis for academic excellence, and commitment to personal learning and development

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