Staff
Core Staff
Dedicated CCS scientists:
Brian Boom, Ph.D.
Vice President for Conservation Strategy
Bassett Maguire Curator of Botany
Director of the NYBG Press
bboom@nybg.org
Daniel Atha
Director of Conservation Strategy
datha@nybg.org
Meryl Rubin
Research Assistant
mrubin@nybg.org
Affiliated Scientists
NYBG staff and adjunct scientists who participate in CCS research projects:
Jessica Allen
Graduate Student
City University of New York
jallen@nybg.org
Regina Alvarez, Ph.D.
Adjunct Scientist
Central Park Conservancy
Kathleen Armstrong, Ph.D.
Assistant Curator, Institute of Systematic Botany
karmstrong@nybg.org
Michael Balick, Ph.D.
Vice President for Botanical Research, Senior Philecology Curator of Economic Botany, and Director of the Institute of Economic Botany
mbalick@nybg.org
Bill Buck, Ph.D.
Mary Flagler Cary Senior Curator of Botanical Science, Institute of Systematic Botany
bbuck@nybg.org
Lisa Campbell, Ph.D.
Administrative Curator II, Structural Botany
lcampbell@nybg.org
Douglas Daly, Ph.D.
B. A. Krukoff Curator of Amazonian Botany and Director, Institute of Systematic Botany
ddaly@nybg.org
Jenna Dorey
Graduate Student
City University of New York
jdorey@nybg.org
Roy Halling, Ph.D.
Curator of Mycology, Institute of Systematic Botany
rhalling@nybg.org
Andrew Henderson, Ph.D.
Abess Curator of Palms, Institute of Systematic Botany
ahenderson@nybg.org
Kenneth Karol, Ph.D.
Associate Curator, Lewis B. and Dorothy Cullman Program for Molecular Systematics Studies
kkarol@nybg.org
James Lendemer, Ph.D.
Assistant Curator, Institute of Systematic Botany
jlendemer@nybg.org
Fabian Michelangeli, Ph.D.
Associate Curator, Institute of Systematic Botany
fabian@nybg.org
Scott Mori, Ph.D.
Curator Emeritus
The New York Botanical Garden
smori@nybg.org
Robert Naczi, Ph.D.
Arthur J. Cronquist Curator of North American Botany, Institute of Systematic Botany
rnaczi@nybg.org
Charles Peters, Ph.D.
Kate E. Tode Curator of Economic Botany, Institute of Economic Botany
cpeters@nybg.org
Gregory Plunkett, Ph.D.
Director and Lewis B. and Dorothy Cullman Curator of Molecular Systematics Studies
gplunkett@nybg.org
Jessica Arcate Schuler
Horticulture and Living Collections, NYBG
jarcate@nybg.org
Robin Sleith
Graduate Student
City University of New York
rsleith@nybg.org
Dennis Stevenson, Ph.D.
Vice President for Botanical Research and Senior Curator
dws@nybg.org
Barbara Thiers, Ph.D.
Patricia K. Holmgren Director, William and Lynda Steere Herbarium and Vice President of Science Administration
bthiers@nybg.org
Wayt Thomas, Ph.D.
Elizabeth G. Britton Curator of Botany, Institute of Systematic Botany
wthomas@nybg.org
Ben Torke, Ph.D.
Associate Curator, Institute of Systematic Botany
btorke@nybg.org
Melissa Tulig
Director of Biodiversity Information Management, William and Lynda Steere Herbarium
mtulig@nybg.org
Ina Vandebroek, Ph.D.
Matthew Calbraith Perry Assistant Curator of Economic Botany, Institute of Economic Botany
ivandebroek@nybg.org
Plant Research and Conservation Advisory Council
A committee of the Board of Trustees, the Advisory Council provides feedback and guidance to NYBG’s Science and Conservation programs.
Edward P. Bass
Honorary Chair
George P. Milne, Jr., Ph.D
Co-Chair
Mrs. Nicholas J. Sakellariadis
Co-Chair
R. Ellen Avellino
Coleman P. Burke
Gilbert Butler
W. Russell Byers, Jr.
Larry E. Condon
Lewis B. Cullman
Jacqueline H. Dryfoos
Julie Graham
Eugene P. Grisanti
Mrs. Andrew Heiskell
Mrs. Thomas J. Hubbard
Thomas J. Hubbard
Weslie R. Janeway
Mrs. William M. Jennings, Jr.
Martin S. Kaplan, Esq.
Diane Katzin
Edith W. Kean
Thomas Lovejoy, Ph.D.
Dan W. Lufkin
John D. Mitchell
Wilson Nolen
Professor Sir Ghillean Prance, FRS, VMH
Mrs. Robert C. Quinlan
Robert C. Quinlan
Mrs. John R. Robinson
Mrs. Andrew Safran
Gillian Steel
William C. Steere, Jr.
Edward O. Wilson, Ph.D.
Mrs. Joan O’Meara Winant
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