Planthropology Creators & Guests

Vikram is a horticulturist and PhD candidate studying water conservation and the manager of the teaching greenhouse and horticultural gardens at Texas Tech University. He and his wife are long time science educators and have a 4-year-old son who loves nature and science. Vikram is the host of the Planthropology Podcast.

Dave Keine is the Chief Product Officer at Podchaser. Prior to that, he made podcasts at Triangle Content and Uncover Studios.

Writer, pod-caster, Movie/TV fan, disc-golfer, mediocre musician, and idiot.

Ido Rosenzweig is the producer and editor of "What are YOU going to do with THAT?" podcast

Nathaniel Marshall is a plumber by trade and a bat-lover by choice (whether by his own choice or the bats' is still up for debate). He spends most of his free time reading, thinking, and tweeting about these mysterious mammals.

Vafaie is an entomologist working for Texas A&M AgriLife Extension, conducting research and educational programming specific to the greenhouse ornamental and nursery industry.

PhD candidate in medical anthropology, focused on water security and holistic human health. Fascinated by food and how it informs our identities.

Agronomy and Plant Genetics PhD candidate, podcast host, aspiring data scientist, and ice cream enthusiast.

Natalie Sabin is an Ecologist, licenced bat botherer, & idiot. Nature, history, & nonsense. #BiInSci🏳️‍🌈. Host of @_AcrossTheAges Pod. Distracts others. Sweary.

Host of Just the Zoo of Us

Danni Reches is a joint PhD fellow based at the Haifa Center for German and European Studies (HCGES) at the University of Haifa, and Leipzig University in Germany.Her PhD dissertation focuses on policy and media discourses of persons with a migration background from the MENA region to the EU. For this research, Danni receives a scholarship from the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD). Danni has a BA in Middle Eastern Studies from Leiden University, BA certificate in Peace & Conflict Studies, and an MA in International Relations - both from the University of Haifa. In addition, she has been an Erasmus student at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and has been invited as a visiting fellow to Radboud University in Nijmegen. Other projects Danni works on outside of academia are people-2-people dialogue and social inclusion workshops for young adults to improve their situation in both conflict areas and in other places as minorities.