Tiffany Pereira

Desert Research Institute

Ms. Pereira is an ecologist and scientific illustrator specializing in the flora and fauna of the desert southwest. She has > 12 years of experience specializing in natural resource management, wildlife management, threatened and endangered species management and springs and seeps management. She has extensive field surveying and monitoring experience as well as technical writing experience for local, state, and federal reporting. She has implemented and/or helped developed protocols and monitoring plans for multiple federal agencies. Her research areas of expertise include flora and fauna interactions, seed and germination ecology, rare plant ecology, soil seed banks, and restoration ecology. As both a researcher and artist, she is also interested in graphic design and illustration for science communication. She provides these services, along with outreach and educational services to DRI and local agencies. She has completed illustration commissions for the Nevada State Museum, Las Vegas, research publications, and private entities.