Hello World!

Greetings one and all! Thanks for stopping by TheGreenScientist blog. Happy to have you here!

So I’ve been having these little compulsions recently to open up and share my ramblings of life as a plant physiologist with the entire world! I’ve been working in Plant Physiology research at the University of the West Indies (UWI) in Trinidad and Tobago for about 2 years now, and I’ve seen and done some pretty interesting things with plants..things that were so awe-inspiring to me that I had to share it with everyone. That fuzzy feeling you get when your seedlings have a growth spurt over the weekend, or when your lone Arabidopsis plant decides to bolt and flower on your birthday (May is the best month btw), is second to none 🙂

Working with plants (and all the trouble they put me through) made me appreciate the bearing they had on my own life, where their growth and fight for survival can be easily related to the ‘hustle’ we all go through on a daily basis.

Although I’ll be writing about plant science, I also want to show you that we can learn so much from plants because- to be fair- they’ve been around A LOT longer than we have, and basically have ‘life’ down-pat!

I’m also going to be sharing insights into life as a plant scientist, hoping to inspire the younger generations (not exclusively) to get involved in STEM, particularly agriculture, biodiversity conservation and biology, as it’s becoming increasingly evident that more human investment is needed in these areas, to protect and improve our environment while adjusting to the increasing demands of a booming global population.

Enjoy!!

-Kathryn x

“The plant never lapses into mere arid functionalism; it fashions and shapes according to logic and suitability, and with its primeval force compels everything to attain the highest artistic form”. – Karl Blossfeldt