Meet our experts
Meet the passionate people who work behind the scenes of the Botanic Gardens of Sydney.

Jarryd Kelly is a Curator Manager at Royal Botanic Garden Sydney.
Jason Bragg is a Senior Research Scientist in the Research Centre for Ecosystem Resilience (ReCER) at the Botanic Gardens of Sydney.

John is a Horticultural Scientist and Director of Horticulture & Living Collections at the Botanic Gardens of Sydney.
Jude Wright is the Herbarium Volunteer Coordinator at the Botanic Gardens of Sydney.

Karen Sommerville is a Rainforest Conservation Scientist.
Karen Wilson is an Honorary Research Associate at the Botanic Gardens of Sydney.

Karina Guo is a Technical Officer Biodiversity Genomics
Katherine Thomson is a Seedbank Assistant at the Botanic Gardens of Sydney.
Kristina McColl brings over three decades of expertise – and an Honours degree in Environmental Sciences, majoring in Botany – to her role as a Collections Curator at the Australian Botanic Garden Mount Annan.

Laura Watts is the Collections Development Coordinator for the Australian PlantBank.

Lesley Elkan is a talented Botanical Illustrator based at the Australian Botanic Garden Mount Annan.

Lotte oversees the maintenance and procurement of equipment used by scientists for their research.