B.S. Biology, University of Tennessee, 2014 
PhD Botany, University of Wisconsin - Madison, 2023

Nora is a mycologist and botanist with INR at Portland State University. She recently completed her PhD at the University of Wisconsin–Madison in the Botany Department, where she focused on Fungal biology in response to global change. At INR, she works with plants and fungi, developing species accounts for species of conservation concern, and she is responsible for maintaining the plant, lichen, and fungi INR rare species databases. In her spare time she can be found hunting for mushrooms and spending time with her family.