Dr. Riggins is a passionate advocate for addressing plant blindness in society and raising awareness of where our botanical products come from and why it matters. His research involves wild, weedy, and cultivated plants and advances understanding of adaptive evolution in natural and agricultural environments. Another intersecting theme in the Riggins Lab is exploring plant uses and applications of plant natural products. Dr. Riggins also serves as Curator of the Crop Evolution Lab Herbarium, which documents agricultural biodiversity, crop-wild relative genetic diversity, and allied biocultural knowledge. Research Interests Adaptive evolution of agricultural weeds; Amaranthus species Crop-wild relative diversity and utilization Industrial Hemp Plant Systematics Economic Botany and Ethnobotany Evolution and bioactivity of plant secondary compounds Biological and Biocultural Curation