Ryan Allen is the Project Manager overseeing digitization efforts for two NSF funded grants under the Advancing Digitization of Biodiversity Collections (ADBC) initiative. He completed a BA in Environmental, Population and Organism Biology from the University of ÃÛÌÇÖ±²¥ and completed a Master's Degree in Geographic Information Systems from Pennsylvania State in 2013. He is interested in Biodiversity Informatics and increasing accessibility of museum collections through digitization efforts.