Herbarium Team & Contact

Photo: Rachel Ormiston/Burke Museum
Photo: Rachel Ormiston/Burke Museum

Contact Us

Hello! The Herbarium is located a short 15-minute walk from the Burke Museum in Hitchcock Hall on the southwest part of the University of Washington campus. View Herbarium on UW's campus map.

Please fill out the Herbarium contact form for questions, general information about the collection, and to inquire about a specimen loan.

Contact Herbarium

exterior of hitchcock hall

Mailing Address

Herbarium
University of Washington
Box 355325
Seattle, WA 98195

Location

University of Washington Campus 
Hitchcock Hall, Room 30
(Floor “–1” on elevator)
UW Campus Map

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Curator

Collections Manager

Graduate Students

Curator Emeritus

Richard Olmstead
Curator Emeritus
Professor Emeritus, Biology Department
206.543.8850
olmstead@uw.edu

Affiliate Curators

Joe Ammirati
Affiliate Curator of Mycology 
Professor Emeritus, Biology Department
206.543.1986
cort@uw.edu

Mark Darrach
mdarrach@uw.edu

Peter Dunwiddie
pdunwidd@uw.edu

Mark Egger
m.egger@comcast.net

Katherine Glew
Affiliate Curator of Lichens
kglew@uw.edu

Janneke Hille Ris Lambers
jhrl@uw.edu

Gary Laursen 
galaursen@alaska.edu 

Steven Trudell
mycecol@uw.edu

Claire Willing
Assistant Professor
School of Environment and Forest Sciences
willingc@uw.edu 

Peter Zika
zikap941@gmail.com

Museum Associates

Clay Antieau
clayton.antieau@seattle.gov

Gabriel Campbell
gec2@pdx.edu

Alison Colwell
aelcolwell@msn.com

Tracy Fuentes
tracyfuentes@gmail.com

Sarah Gage
sgage1836@gmail.com

Robin Lesher
rlesher@frontier.com

Adam Schneider
aschnei1@uw.edu

Michelle Seidl
seidl@comcast.net

Crystal Shin
crystal603@gmail.com

Linda Ann Vorobik
vorobik@gmail.com
Botanical Illustration

2023 Foray to Ochoco National Forest, Oregon. Photo by Tom Lane.

Support the Herbarium

Your gift makes it possible! We couldn't do what we do without generous donor support for collections care, research, and public outreach. 

Photo: Dennis Wise/University of Washington
Photo: Dennis Wise/University of Washington