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Mrs. Kaslyn Holder-Collins
BSc
Assistant Curator II/Lecturer II
Department of Biology
Email
kaslyn.collins@uog.edu.gy
Office Number
Centre for the Study of Biological Diversity Building, Scientific Officer Room 1

Education 

BSc. (2002), Biology, University of Guyana, Turkeyen Campus, Guyana
DipEd. (2005), Higher Education, University of Guyana, Turkeyen Campus, Guyana
ME.d (2023), Science, University of Guyana, Turkeyen Campus, Guyana

Biography

Kaslyn Holder-Collins is a Scientific Officer at the Centre for the Study of Biological Diversity, Department of Biology, University of Guyana. Her general interest lies in biodiversity related studies with an emphasis on botany. She has conducted research on medicinal plants within her village of Beterverwagting, the effects of hair oils on rabbits’ hair length and is currently working on the influence of organic and inorganic fertilizers on the growth of Kale plants. God’s garden, nature, has always been her comfort space.

Teaching

  • BIO3111:Taxonomy and Systematics
  • BIO4211: Economic Botany
  • UGC 1102: Biology for Non-Science Majors
  • BIO4200: Capstone Research Project
  • BIO4205: Internship


Selected Publications
Kalamandeen, M., Gloor, E., Johnson, I., Agard, S., Katow, M., Vanbrooke, A., Ashley, D., Batterman, S.A., Ziv, G., Holder‐Collins, K. and Phillips, O.L., 2020. Limited biomass recovery from gold mining in Amazonian forests. Journal of Applied Ecology, 57(9), pp.1730- 1740.