Staff
Core Staff
Dedicated CCS scientists:
Brian Boom, Ph.D.
Curator Emeritus
bboom@nybg.org
Daniel Atha
Director of Conservation Strategy
datha@nybg.org
Affiliated Scientists
NYBG staff and adjunct scientists who participate in CCS research projects:
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
Douglas Daly, Ph.D.
B. A. Krukoff Curator of Amazonian Botany and Director, Institute of Systematic Botany
ddaly@nybg.org
Andrew Henderson, Ph.D.
Curator Emeritus, 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
Robert Naczi, Ph.D.
Arthur J. Cronquist Curator of North American Botany, Institute of Systematic Botany
rnaczi@nybg.org
Gregory Plunkett, Ph.D.
Director and Lewis B. and Dorothy Cullman Curator of Molecular Systematics Studies
gplunkett@nybg.org
Dennis Stevenson, Ph.D.
Senior Curator Emeritus
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
Ina Vandebroek, Ph.D.
Matthew Calbraith Perry Assistant Curator of Economic Botany, Institute of Economic Botany
ivandebroek@nybg.org
Science Committee
A committee of the Board of Trustees, the Science Committee 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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