W. John Kress
American botanist and curator / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Walter John Emil Kress (born Illinois, 4 March 1951) is an American botanist and the vice-president for science at the National Museum of Natural History.[1] He currently holds the appointment (2010) as the Director of the Consortium for Understanding and Sustaining a Biodiverse Planet at the Smithsonian[2] and is the former Executive Director of the Association for Tropical Biology and Conservation.[3]
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Born | March 4, 1951 Illinois |
Alma mater | Harvard University |
Known for | Systematics Biology |
Spouse | Lidnesy Clarkson |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Tropical Ecology |
Academic advisors | P.B. Tomlinson |
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