Droser says that spending summers with her family on Shelter Island, New York first inspired her interest in the natural world.

[1] She named the species to honor her mother, Dorothy Droser, saying "She's come with me on digs and done all the cooking and taken care of the kids.

[7] In 2018, while exploring the Flinders Ranges, over 200 km (120 mi) north of Adelaide in South Australia, Droser's team found the 550-million-year-old fossil.

[7] On the same trip to the Flinders Ranges in 2018, the team also discovered the fossil Attenborites janeae, which Droser named for naturalist Sir David Attenborough.

[8] Research done by her, along with South Australian Museum palaeontologist Diego Garcia-Bellido, will be submitted as part of the UNESCO World Heritage nomination, which will be voted on in 2026.