About The Plant Chaser
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Hello readers, welcome to my blog! 💛
I am Vanessa, the creator of The Plant Chaser blog. I am a Brazilian plant biologist, home gardener, and health coach. I am thrilled to share my blog with you. I started writing years ago and want to share exciting things in the botany field with you, along with the beautiful places I have visited.
I hope to be helpful and share some exciting curiosities I have learned over the years.
So, when did botany truly begin in my life?
Before starting a bachelor's in biology, my dream was to study marine mammals, focusing on whales and dolphins – more precisely. But life took me to a different path throughout my undergraduate studies in Biology. While taking botany courses, I found greater ease and affinity with plants than with zoology or molecular biology. The courses I liked most were botany and ecology. Over time, my love for plants grew, and everything I studied outside of university, whether in internships or scientific initiation, was related to plants or agronomy, more precisely, seeds and seedlings. So I thought: “I think my path is alongside them.” This is how my story with them began.
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| Fieldwork in the Pantanal wetland, Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil |
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| Fieldwork at the Alpine garden, Innsbruck, Austria |
After my bachelor´s studies, I moved to Mato Grosso do Sul state, Brazil, where I did fieldwork in the most beautiful wetland in the world—The Brazilian Pantanal! I earned a master’s degree and researched the plants and seeds of the Pantanal wetland. Then I moved to the USA to live for a few years and earned a graduate certificate from the University of Florida. Later, I went to Innsbruck, Austria, to start a PhD in Botany that I couldn't finish, but the experience was worthwhile. :)
Currently, I work for the University of Kassel and live in a small town in central Germany.
Activities I love to do
- Explore beautiful places with lots of greenery and animals
- Volunteering
- Home gardening in containers
- Go hiking
- Riding a bike
- Meet friends and family
- Eat and cook healthy food
- Visit museums, concerts, street markets....
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| Hiking in the Chapada Diamantina National Park, Brazil |
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| My Edible Home Garden |
Professional Bio
- A Master's degree in Plant Biology
- A bachelor's degree in Biology
- A Graduate Certificate in Ecological Restoration
- Natural Areas Conservation Training Certification Program
- Certified Integrative Nutrition Health Coach
- Food and Herbs as Medicine Certificate
Thanks for reading it!
Cheers :)
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