PhD Student, School of Plant, Environmental, and Soil Sciences (SPESS)
Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA, 70803, on-going.

Holy Cross University, New Orleans, LA, 70131, Summer 2015
Continued education courses taken:

• EDU 306: Classroom organization and management
• EDU 304A: Learners with special needs -including gifted

M.S., Earth and Environmental Science
University of New Orleans, New Orleans, LA, 70148, December 2009.

B.S., Environmental Biology
University of Southern Mississippi, Hattiesburg, MS, 39406, August, 2006.

A.A., Science Education, Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College, Gulfport, MS, 39573, May 2002.

Certificates and Training

• PLHL 7051 Internship Plant Diagnostic Clinic, Summer 2022
• Loyola University - Institute for Environmental Communication Fellow 2019
• 1. Basic Processes in Hydric Soils
  2. Advanced Problems in Hydric Soil Evaluation,
  North Carolina State University, Wilmington, NC, 2009

LSU AgCenter Therapeutic Cannabis Research Program 2022. $6,135

Professional Experience

• Instructor Horticulture - Medicinal Plants 2020-Present, Louisiana State University
• Field Botanist 2011- 2013, Pollinator Partnership
• Botanist, 2008 – 2010, Colorado State University
• Research Assistant 2008 – 2008, University of New Orleans
• Research Assistant/Geochemistry Laboratory Tech 2007 – 2007, Pontchartrain Institute for Environmental Sciences
• Research Associate /2006 – 2008, Tulane University, Department of Tropical Medicine
• Field Assistant 2004 – 2006, University of Southern Mississippi, Department of Geology
• Microbiology/ Anatomy and Physiology Lab Assistant 2000-2002, Mississippi Gulf Coast community College

Teaching Experience

• Louisiana State University 2020-Present, Instructor Horticulture HORT 2080 Louisiana Medicinal Plants
• Biology Teacher- 2014 – 2016, De La Salle High School
• Adjunct Instructor- Biology 2012 – 2013, Nunez Community College
• Lead Instructor- Physical Science, Instructor of Biology and Geology 2010 - 2012
  Delgado Community College
• Adjunct Instructor- Geology, 2009 – 2010, Central Texas College
• Graduate Teacher Assistant- Physical Geology Lab 2007 – 2007, University of New Orleans, Department of Earth and Environmental Science

Blanchard, J., 10 Native Louisiana Medicinal Plants for your garden, Louisiana Agriculture Magazine, Winter 2024, LSU AgCenter

Abdi, D.E.; Blanchard, J.; Fields, J.S.; Santos, L.; Beasley, L.; Beasley, J., Reducing Anion Nutrient Leaching Losses from a Short-Cycle Container-Grown Crop (Tagetes patula) Using Activated Aluminum. Agriculture 2023, 13, 1028. https://doi.org/10.3390/agriculture13051028

Blanchard, J., DeBoer, E., Native Grasses for the Landscape - Carpetgrass
Reviewed by Dr. Yan Chen and Dr. Charles Allen, Online 3/13/2024 3:05:39 PM Pub. 3917-A

Blanchard, J., DeBoer, E., Native Grasses for the Landscape - Eastern Gamagrass
Reviewed by Dr. Yan Chen and Dr. Charles Allen, Online 3/13/2024 3:05:39 PM Pub. 3917-C

Blanchard, J., DeBoer, E., Native Grasses for the Landscape - Purple Muhly
Reviewed by Dr. Yan Chen and Dr. Charles Allen, Online 3/13/2024 3:01:38 PM Pub. 3917-D

Blanchard, J., DeBoer, E., Native Grasses for the Landscape - Chalky Bluestem
Reviewed by Dr. Yan Chen and Dr. Charles Allen, Online Pub. 3917-B

Blanchard, J. and Chen, Y., 2022 Medicinal Plant Trial and Demonstration Garden at the Hill Farm was published this past December in the LNLA quarterly newsletter (P.40 in the document).

Blanchard, J. Investigating Controls on Soil Respiration and Greenhouse Gas Fluxes in Tidal Cypress
Swamps: SWS International Meeting, Washington D.C., May 2008.

Blanchard, J. M.S. Thesis: Environmental analysis of the habitat (biotic and abiotic factors) associated with Broadleaf Barbara’s buttons (Marshallia trinervia). https://scholarworks.uno.edu/td/1010/

Media

• Guest/Expert appearance, Cultivate & Flourish podcast by Reesa Gravois-Arabie “Louisiana Native Cut & Medicinal Flowers” Lockport, LA 4/9/2024
• Bayou Culture Collaborative Gathering “Louisiana Medicinal Plants: Folkways look toward the Future” focusing on the native medicinal plants of the lower coastal region of Louisiana. Including discussing plants of conservation concern and how you can help to save these culturally significant species, Online, 8/22/2023
• Interview: Here We Are Podcast Episode 91: Botany, Jennifer Blanchard 8/8/16

Coordinator of the medicinal plant certification program at Louisiana State University Curricula development - developing two new courses:

• Louisiana Medicinal Plants HORT 2080 - focused on the native medicinal plants of Louisiana and nonnative selections.
• Management of Pests in Urban and Peri-Urban Environments ENTM 3020 - A cross disciplinary introductory course in the basic principles of integrated pest management as they relate to insect pests and diseases present in urban environments.

Over two decades of experience in botanical research and environmental sciences studies.

Specializing in the propagation and use of native (primarily medicinal) plants in the landscape and the value-added benefits these plants provide to human health and the environment.

A PhD student with a research focus on the extraction of natural plant products as antifungals for use in the Cannabis industry.

Her botanical work focuses on native medicinal plants of Louisiana which extends to the Southeastern region of the U.S.