Marcia Moore, Director
(317) 940-8302 | mmoore@butler.edu
Our beloved director at the Friesner Herbarium, Marcia Moore, has also served as the Herbarium Assistant and Database Curator for 29 years. She has worked on a variety of projects including building the Herbarium specimen database, working on the specimen database digital imaging project (available at: https://palni.contentdm.oclc.org/digital/collection/herbarium4), assisting in plant inventory projects for the IndyParks department, and designing the Herbarium website.
With the help of our previous director, Dr. Rebecca Dolan, Marcia developed the Indiana Plant Atlas (IPA) with assistance from the Butler University Innovation Fund. The IPA is a customized, web-based, county-level interactive tool that compiles and shares research about Indiana flora with the world, starting with botanical resources from the Friesner Herbarium. The Herbarium specimen databases are also available through the Consortium of Midwest Herbaria, iDigBio (Integrated Digitized Biocollections), and GBIF (Global Biodiversity Information Facility).
A long-time and active member of the Indiana Academy of Science, Marcia was named Fellow of the Academy in 2013, and was awarded the Distinguished Service Award in 2019. She also serves on the organizational committee of the Indiana Plant Conservation Alliance.