I'd like to join the Open Traits Network

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name: Rachael V Gallagher
email: rachael.gallagher@mq.edu.au
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affiliation: Department of Biological Sciences, Macquarie University, Sydney, NSW, Australia 
github: rachaelgallagher
orcid: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4680-8115
wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q62558788
scholia: https://scholia.toolforge.org/author/Q62558788 # for more information about scholia see https://scholia.toolforge.org . 
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Rachael is a plant ecologist based in Sydney Australia. 

## Collaboration statement
I enjoy working on applied problems in plant conservation using spatial analyses and traits. My primary (soon to be) open trait dataset is AusTraits - a curated dataset on the traits of Australian plants. This resource was created with harmonisation pipeline created by my collaborator Daniel Falster.

I can offer expertise in workflows for cleaning occurrence data and combining with trait data. I am also happy to help connect people together around traits by running working groups, hosting visitors in my lab, organising symposia at conferences and maintaining our Open Traits website.

Editors @open-traits-network/editors: please see https://github.com/open-traits-network/open-traits-network.github.io/tree/master/_members#readme for information on registration process.