J. Richard Abbott, Ph.D., Botany, working with Ron Liesner on Polygalaceae; New York Botanical Garden.
rabbott@nybg.org 

Serena Isabel Achá Macias, University of Missouri - St. Louis, Department of Biology, St. Louis, MO; Passifloraceae.
serena.acha@gmail.com

William S. Alverson, Botany Department, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI; Malvatheca clade, Malvales.
bil.alverson@wisc.edu or quararibea@gmail.com

James Aronson, Centre d’Ecologie Fonctionelle et Evolutive, Montpellier, France; restoration and rehabilitation ecology of arid and semi-arid lands.
ja42014@gmail.com

Harvey E. Ballard, Jr., Ohio University, Athens, Ohio; Violaceae.
ballardh@oak.cats.ohiou.edu

Janet C. Barber, Assistant Professor, Saint Louis University; Ludwigia.
barbejc@slu.edu

David Baum, University of Wisconsin, Wisconsin; floral evolution and development, Bombacaceae.
dbaum@wisc.edu

Dorothea Bedigian, St. Louis, Missouri. Biogeography and evolution in Sesamum (Pedaliaceae) and related genera. Ethnobotany, Africa and Asia.
dbedigian@yahoo.com

Peter Bernhardt (See Associated University Faculty)
pbernhardt@mobot.org or bernhap3@gmail.com

Paul E. Berry, University of Michigan Herbarium, Ann Arbor, MI; Flora of the Venezuelan Guayana, Fuchsia (Onagraceae), Croton (Euphorbiaceae).
peberry@umich.edu

David Bogler, Liliaceae, Flora of Missouri.
david.bogler@mobot.org

Robert Bolla, Professor, Department of Biology, Saint Louis University; plant-nematode molecular interactions.
bollari@sluvca.slu.edu

Frank D. Bowers, Mountain Home, Arkansas; bryophytes.

Lois Brako, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Wisconsin; research services, tropical lichens.
lbrako@mail.bascom.wisc.edu

Alan Brant, Botanist with special interest in wetlands, species of conservation concern, plant systematics, ecology.
2castorriver@gmail.com

Sven Buerki, Dr., Department of Life Sciences, Natural History Museum, London, United Kingdom; Sapindaceae & Pandanaceae.
S.Buerki@nhm.ac.uk

Robyn J. Burnham, University of Michigan, Michigan; Paleobotany, tropical lianas.
rburnham@umich.edu

Ricardo Callejas, Universidad de Antioquia, Medellín, Colombia; Piperaceae.
callejas@matematicas.udea.edu.co

Martin W. Callmander, Dr., Conservatoire et Jardin botaniques de la Ville de Genève, Switzerland; Sapindaceae, Pandanaceae, New Caledonian and Malagasy Flora.
martin.callmander@ville-ge.ch

Paulo Eduardo A. S. Camara, Bryophytes.
Paulo.camara@mobot.org

Leslie Cayola, Manager, Bolivia Program, Latin America Department, La Paz, Bolivia; conservation, seed banking, plant propagation, forest monitoring.
lcayola@mobot.org

Elena Claudia Ciotir, Ph.D.,  Environmental Life and Sciences, Saint Louis University; global inventory and systematic evaluation of perennial grain, legume, and oilseed species
ciotirec@slu.edu

Alison Eleanor Louise Colwell,  Ph.D., evolution, ecology and population biology; presently at Yosemite National Park, Branch of Vegetation and Ecological Restoration, Division of Resources, Management and Science; collaborates with FNA works on systematic research.
aelcolwell@msn.com 

David G. Corley, Nestle.
david.corley@rd.nestle.com

Mireya Correa, Honorary Curator, Herbario PMA, Panama City, Panama; Neotropical Droseraceae.
corream@tivoli.si.edu

Jorge V. Crisci, Honorary Curator, Herbario LP, La Plata, Argentina; Asteraceae, Onagraceae, biogeography.
crisci@museo.fcnym.unlp.edu.ar  or  jcrisci@netverk.com.ar

Gregorio Dauphin Lόpez, Ph.D., Bryologist,  Herbario Nacional, Museo Nacional de Costa Rica, San José, Costa Rica.
adriaendauphin@gmail.com

Petra DeBlock, National Botanic Garden of Belgium, Meise, Belgium; African and Madagascar Pavetteae (Rubiaceae).
deblock@br.fgov.be

Tim Dickson, Ph.D., plant ecology, restoration, and climate change.
dicksontl@gmail.com

Michael O. Dillon, Field Museum of Natural History, Chicago, Illinois; neotropical Asteraceae.
dillon@abis.fmnh.org

Kingsley Dixon, Dr., Botanic Gardens & Park Authority Kings Park; works in Australian Ecological restoration, conservation biology and plant conservations and Ecosystems. His research led to the discovery of the active agent in smoke germination – a butenolide molecule (karrikinolide)
Kingsley.Dixon@bgpa.wa.gov.au

Vincent Droissart, Institut de Recherche pour le Developpement (IRD), Montpellier France; Biologist/Tropical botanist.

Patricia Eckel, Botanical Latin, Bryology. (See Staff Page)
patricia.eckel@mobot.org

Memory Elvin-Lewis, Ph.D. Microbiology, working with WLBC on Ethnobiology Journal Club, WUSTL.
elvin@wustl.edu

W. Hardy Eshbaugh, Miami University, Oxford, Ohio; Capsicum (Solanaceae).
eshbauwh@miamioh.edu

Matt E. Estep, University of Missouri - St. Louis, Dept of Biology; grass evolution.
meestep@gmail.com

Robert Faden, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C.; Commelinaceae, flora of tropical Africa.
fadenr@nmnh.si.edu

Priscilla Fawcett, Waterloo, Illinois; Cycadaceae.

Petra Fischer-Stolle, Botanist working on the visualization of research projects through innovative graphic design.
p.fischer-stolle@live.de

Donna I. Ford-Werntz, West Virginia University, Morgantown, West Virginia; Calandrinia, Montiopsis (Portulacaceae), flora of West Virginia.
diford@wvu.edu

Robin B. Foster, Field Museum of Natural History, Chicago, Illinois; tropical ecology and floristics.
rfoster@fieldmuseum.org

Alina Freire-Fierro, Herbario UTCEC, Universidad Técnica de Cotopaxi, Latacunga, Ecuador. Polygalaceae Systematics and Medicinal Importance, Neotropical Botany.
alina.freire@utc.edu.ec

Gayle Fritz, Ph.D. Anthropology, working with WLBC on Ethnobiology Journal Club, WUSTL.
gjfritz@wustl.edu

Alfredo Fuentes, Curator, Bolivia Program, Latin America Department, La Paz, Bolivia; plant taxonomy and floristics, Cunoniaceae, forest monitoring, flora of Bolivia.
afuentes@mobot.org

Sara Fuentes Soriano, Indiana University; works on Brassicaceae.
fuentess@indiana.edu

L. L. Gaddy, Clemson University, Clemson, South Carolina; vascular flora of the headwaters of the Savannah River.

Joan Garcia-Porta, Dr., Washington University in St. Louis, MO; molecular phylogenetics.
j.garcia-porta@wustl.edu

Chrissen Gemmill, collaboration on plant systematics in New Caledonia and Madagascar. As of Dec 1997 - hold the position as Senior Lecturer in Biological Sciences, University of Waikato, Hamilton New Zealand.

Bee Gunn, Missouri Botanical Garden, Research; phylogeny of the Cocoaeae (Arecaceae) with emphasis on Cocos nucifera L.
Bee.Gunn@mobot.org

Julian Harber, Foster Clough House in the United Kingdom; independent investigator who collaborates on the Flora of China; works on Berberis.
julian.harber@fosterclough.org.uk

David Harris, Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh, Edinburgh, U.K.; African plants, Irvingiaceae.
d.harris@rbge.org.uk

Elsa Hart, B.A., J.D., working in Library on history of botanical collection; working with Robbie Hart on Himalayan climate change.
elsamariehart@gmail.com

Thomas E. Hawkins, Wallingford, Pennsylvania; Mesoamerican flora, forestry.
hawkins@voicenet.com

Kristine A. Hildebrandt, Associate Professor – Southern Illinois University in Edwardsville; collaborates with Robbie Hart and Jan Salick on Himalayan bio-cultural diversity projects.
khildeb@siue.edu

Matt Hill, Restoration Ecology - restoration of tropical rainforest.  Check Green Again - Madagascar website.
Matt2Hill@gmail.com

Steven R. Hill, Illinois Natural History Survey, Champaign, Illinois; Malvaceae.
srhill@inhs.uiuc.edu

Bruce Holst, Marie Selby Botanical Gardens, Sarasota, Florida; Flora of the Venezuelan Guayana, neotropical Myrtaceae, Bromeliaceae (Pitcairnioideae).
bholst@virtu.sar.usf.edu

Cynthia Hong-Wa, Delaware State University.
chwa@desu.edu

Dale Johnson, Flora of North America (FNA); Asteraceae.
moxxykrispie@gmail.com

Mary T. Kalin, Universidad de Chile, Santiago, Chile; breeding systems, community pollination ecology, plant biogeography in high altitude communities, temperate forests, and Mediterranean vegetation in Chile.
southern@abello.dic.uchile.cl

Valerie Kapos, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, U.K., and University of Washington, Seattle; Amazonian forest ecology.

Richard Keating, the anatomy of character state adaptations in flowering plants. (See Staff Page)
richard.keating@mobot.org  or  rkeatin@siue.edu

Elizabeth Kellogg, Ph.D., Botany, working on Poaceae, Donald Danforth Plant Science Center.
ekellogg@danforthcenter.org

Robin C. Kennedy, University of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri; Epilobium (Onagraceae); research focus to "Flora of Missouri".
kennedyr@missouri.edu

David G. I. Kingston, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, Virginia; natural products chemistry.
dkingston@vt.edu

Kaoru Kitajima, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida; seedling ecology.

Laura L. Klein, Ph.D., Donald Danforth Plant Science Center, St. Louis University, Department of Biology, St. Louis, MO; North American Vitis species and Diphasiastrum.
laura.klein@slu.edu

Kim Kleinman, Webster University, St. Louis, Missouri; history of science.
kkleinman@stlnet.com

Wesley M. Knapp, Mountains Ecologist/Botanist, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill – PhD student; M.S. in Plant Science with option in Plant Systematics and B.S. in Environmental Sciences focus in Botany.
Wesley.Knapp@ncdcr.gov
Blog:  Wes's Big Blog of Botanical Benevolence

Robert Michael Kooyman, Dr., Restoration Ecologist; Comparative Ecology Lab, Dept of Biological Sciences, Macquarie University; Australian Rainforest Ecology on the Basis of Species Traits.
Robert.Kooyman@mq.edu.au and Robert@ecodingo.com.au

Tiffany Knight, German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research, Leipzig.

Kyra Krakos, Ph.D., Ecology and Evolution, Washington University;  currently Associate Professor of Biology, Maryville University; studies Oenothera, plant-pollinaton sytems.
knkrakos@gmail.com  or  kkrakos@maryville.edu

Alyse Kuhlman, Dept. of Anthropology, Washington University.
akuhlman@wustl.edu

Job Kuijt, University of Victoria, British Columbia, Canada; Loranthaceae and Viscasceae.
jkuijt@uvic.ca

Douglas M. Ladd, M.S. Botany, Working on lichen taxonomy and local floristics project at WashU Tyson Research Center; retired Director of Conservation at Nature Conservancy.
dladd@tnc.org

Laura Lagomarsino, Ph.D., Louisiana State University; research focuses on phylogenetics, systematics, and macroevolution of angiosperms, with a focus on the Neotropics; primary study system are the Neotropical bellflowers (Campanulaceae: Lobelioideae).
llagomarsino1@lsu.edu

Michael J. Landis, Ph.D. Integrative Biology, Assistant Professor Dept. of Biology, Washington University;  research interest - evolutionary biology, phylogenetics and systematics, historical biogeography, probabilistic models and stochastic processes, inference methods.
michael.landis@wustl.edu

Geoffrey A. Levin, Illinois Natural History Survey, Champaign, Illinois; Euphorbiaceae.
levin1@uiuc.edu

Ruth Lewis, Biology and Math Librarian, Washington University.
rlewis@wustl.edu

Milton Lieberman, University of North Dakota, Grand Forks, North Dakota; forest dynamics and restoration in Costa Rica and other tropical countries.

Quinn Long, Ph.D., The Nature Conservancy, St. Louis, Missouri; Ecological Restoration, Natural Areas Management and Assessment.
quinn.long@tnc.org

Jonathan B. Losos, Department of Biology, Washington University.
losos@wustl.edu

Timothy K. Lowrey, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, New Mexico; Asteraceae, Nepenthaceae.

Maria Isabel Loza Rivera, Ph.D., University of Missouri - St. Louis, Department of Biology, St. Louis, Missouri; Ecology Evolution and Systematics.
belarivera23@gmail.com

W. R. Quentin Luke, National Museums of Kenya, Nairobi; East African floristics and plant conservation assessments.
quentin.luke@swiftkenya.com

John MacDougal, Passifloraceae.
jmacdougal@mobot.org

Carla Maldonado, Coordinator, Bolivia Program, Latin America Department, La Paz, Bolivia; conservation, seed banking, plant propagation.
cmaldonado@mobot.org

Richard Mansell, University of South Florida, Tampa, Florida; phytochemistry, Araceae.

Robert Marquis, (See Associated University Faculty)
Robert_Marquis@umsl.edu

Richard Mayden, (See Associated University Faculty)
maydenrl@slu.edu

Christine A. McAllister, Dr., Principia College, Department of Biology and Natural Resources; evolutionary history of the Andropogoneae Andropogon gerardii.
Chrissy.McAllister@principia.edu

Retha M. Meier, Associate Professor, Saint Louis University, St. Louis, MO; Research interests include Xerolphyllum tenax, the genus Cypripedium, Physaira filiformis, and Asclepias meadii.
rmeier3@gmail.com

Charile Miksicek, Archaeobotany, working with WLBC on Anderson-Cutler maize collection.
cmiksice@gmail.com

Allison Miller, work interest: origin, evolution, and conservation of domesticated Neotropical fruit trees.
amille75@slu.edu

Nicole E. Miller-Struttmann, Ph.D.,  Ecology and Evolution, Washington University; currently Associate Professor of Biology,  Webster University.
nmillstrutt@gmail.com

Robert H. Mohlenbrock, Southern Illinois University-Carbondale, Illinois; flora of Illinois and other midwestern areas, tropical legumes, and wetland flora.

M. Marcela Mora, Ph.D., Neotropical Plant Taxonomy and Systematics.; Araceae, Gesneriaceae , Araliaceae ( Sciodaphyllum).
marcela.mora@mobot.org

Francisco Morales Quiros, Ph.D., Bayreuth Universitat, Bayreuth, Bavaria, Germany; Molecular Biology and Plants Systematics.
drifranciscomorales@gmail.com

Robbin Moran, Ph.D., retired from NYBG and doing his research at MBG; Pteridophyte for the Flora Mesoamericana; working with his students on The Genera of neotropical Ferns and Lycophytes, a Guide for Students. Systematic studies of Elaphoglossum (Dryopteridaceae) and Campyloneurum (Polypodiaceae). 
rmoran@mobot.org

Tania Maria de Moura, Dr.,  collaborates with Nelson Zamora and Roy Gereau – Universidade Estadual do Centro-Oeste, PR, Brazil – genus Mucuna.
tmariamoura@gmail.com

Nathan Muchhala, Ph.D., UMSL Biology Professor, working on plant systematics and evolution, mainly Campanulaceae, in the neotropics.
muchhalan@umsl.edu

Stephen Mulkey, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida; ecological physiology of canopy plants in tropical forests.P

Jesús Muñoz, Real Jardín Botánico, Madrid, Spain; bryophytes.
jmunoz@ma-rjb.csic.es

Jérôme Munzinger, Laboratoire de Phanérogamie, Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris, France; New Caledonian flora, Violaceae.
munzing@mnhn.fr

Michael Nee, New York Botanical Garden; work and continue his research on the flora/checklist of Bolivia.
mnee@nybg.org

Brad Oberle, recently completed his Ph.D. in "Ecology, Evolution and Population Biology" at Washington University; collaborating with Ivan Jimenez working in herbarium on hybridization between native and introduced Lespedeza.
brad.oberle@gmail.com

Nora H. Oleas, Ph.D. in Biological Sciences, Universidad Indoamerica, Quito, Ecuador; Professor – Facultad de Ciencias del Medio Ambiente (Environmental Science Department); Dissertation: Landscape genetics of Phaedranassa (Amaryllidaceae).
noraoleas@uti.edu.ec
ORCID

Mark Olson, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, México; Moringaceae.
molson@ib.unam.mx

Oliver Phillips, University of Leeds, U.K., plant community ecology.
oliverp@geog.leeds.ac.uk

John J. Pipoly, III, Ph.D., FLS, Program/Project Coordinator, Environmental Education Program, Parks and Recreation Division, Broward.org/Parks.
jpipoly@broward.org

Greg Plunkett, Department of Biology, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, Virginia; phylogenetics and evolution of Apiales, especially Araliaceae.
gmplunke@saturn.vcu.edu

Roger M. Polhill, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, U.K.; Leguminosae and African Loranthaceae and Viscaceae.
r.polhill@rbgkew.org.uk

Sylvain Razafimandimbison, Stockholm University, Department of Botany; researcher and project coordinator at the Bergius Foundation; collaborates with Pete Lowry on the Madagascar project; Rubiaceae.
sylvain.razafimandimbison@bergianska.se

Catherine Reeb, Researcher at the Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle Institut de Systématique Évolution Biodiversité UMR 7205 Sorbonne Université – MNHN CNRS EPHE; team INEVEF (Interactions and evolution of vegetal and fungal models), Paris, France.
catherine.reeb@mnhn.fr or catherine.reeb@gmail.com

J. Leighton Reid, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, School of Plant and Environmental Sciences, Virginia Tech, Blackburg, VA; environmental and ecological studies.
j.leighton.reid@gmail.com
Blog: Natural History of Ecological Restoration

Susanne S. Renner, Honorary Professor, Biology Department, Washington University;  papers are listed here.
srenner@wustl.edu
Web Page: https://biology.wustl.edu/people/susanne-renner.

Enrique Rentería, Honorary Curator, Medellín, Colombia.

Carlos Reynel, Universidad Nacional Agraria-La Molina, Lima, Peru; flora of Peru, systematics of New World Zanthoxylum (Rutaceae).
reynel@correo.lamolina.edu.pe

Zachary S. Rogers, New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, New Mexico; Thymelaeaceae worldwide.
zrogers@nmsu.edu

Steven Rogstad, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio; systematics and population biology of selected Malesian and north temperate plant species.
Steven.Rogstad@UC.edu

Rocío Rojas, Manager, Peru Program, Latin America Department, Oxapampa, Peru; plant taxonomy, Gesneriaceae, floristics of protected areas, flora of Peru.
rrojas@mobot.org

Ricardo Rueda, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de Nicaragua-León, León, Nicaragua; Verbenaceae, ethnobotany, flora of Nicaragua, especially the Bosawas and Indio Maíz Reserves.
rueda@nicarao.apc.org.ni

Daniel Santamaria Aguilar, curatorial assistant at the Tucker Herbarium at Louisiana State University (previously worked at INBio (Costa Rica) and the Harvard University Herbarium); Neotropical Botanical Generalist who has performed taxonomic research in Pentaphylacaceae, Myristicaceae, and Burseraceae, among other groups, and is particularly interested in the flora of Costa Rica.
santamaria1@lsu.edu

Barbara Schaal, (See Associated University Faculty)
schaal@biology.wustl.edu

David Seigler, University of Illinois, Urbana, Illinois; the role of plant secondary compounds, especially cyanogenic compounds, in biological interactions.
d-seigler@uiuc.edu

A. Johathan Shaw, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina; bryophytes.
shaw@duke.edu

R. D. Sheffer, Indiana University Northwest, Gary, Indiana; biosystematic studies of Anthurium and Syngonium (Araceae).

Seema Nayan Sheth, CCSD-Analysis Unit.
seema.sheth@mobot.org

Alan R. Smith, University of California, Berkeley, California; neotropical ferns, especially Thelypteridaceae and Grammitidaceae.
smith@ucjeps.Herb.Berkeley.edu

Neil Snow, Pittsburgh State University, Pittsburgh, Kansas.
nsnow@pittstate.edu  

Victoria Sork, Department of Organismic Biology, Ecology, and Evolution, UCLA; evolutionary ecology, conservation biology.

Lloyd Stark, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, Nevada; bryophytes.
lrs@nevada.edu

Kim Steiner, California Academy of Sciences, San Francisco, CA; Diascia (Scrophulariaceae) and the evolution of oil secretion as a pollination syndrome.
ksteiner@calacademy.org 

Alan R. Templeton, Washington University, St. Louis, Missouri.
temple_a@biology.wustl.edu

Eric J. Tepe, Ph.D., Dept. of Biological Sciences at University of Cincinnati, Associate Professor and Curator of the CINC Herbarium, plant systematics including taxonomy, phylogenetics, biogeography, and diversification. (See Web Page)
eric.tepe@uc.edu or eric.tepe@gmail.com

Justin R. Thomas, Institute of Botanical Training, LLC; Missouri Flora
jthomas@botanytraining.com

Gordon Tucker, Eastern Illinois University, Charleston, IL; Cyperus and neotropical Cyperaceae.
cfgct@eiu.edu

Nan C. Vance, USDA Forest Service, PNW Research Station, Corvallis, Oregon; pollination biology.
nvance@fs.fed.us

Rodolfo Vásquez, Director, Peru Program, Latin America Department, Oxapampa, Peru; tree taxonomy, floristics of protected areas, flora of Peru.  
rvasquez@mobot.org

Dilys M. Vela Díaz, Ph.D., Department of Biology - Washington University; Evolution, Ecology & Population Biology. Multivariate Analysis of morphological and anatomical characters of Calophyllum L. (Calophyllaceae) in South America.
veladd@wustl.edu

Gregory Allen Wahlert,  Ph.D., environmental and plant biology.
rinorea@gmail.com

Alan Whittemore, U.S. National Arboretum, Washington, D.C.; liverworts.
whittema@ars.usda.gov

Justyna Wiland-Szymanska, Adam Mickiewicz University, Poznan, Poland; tropical african Hypoxidaceae.
wiland@amu.edu.pl  or  justynawiland@netscape.net

Nicholas Wilding, Ph.D., Department of Biological Sciences at the University of Cape Town, South Africa; extensive knowledge in Malagasy and African floras; Bryology.
NicholasWilding@gmail.com

Paddy Woodworth, School of Languages and Literatures, University College Dublin; journalist and author; ecological restoration.
Paddywoodworth1@gmail.com

Pan-cheng Wu, Honorary Curator, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China; Bryophytes.

George Yatskievych, Curator, TEX-LL Herbarium, Plant Resources Center, University of Texas at Austin; systematics of pteridophytes and parasitic angiosperm families; floristics and biogeography of the United States (especially Missouri) and Mexico; plant conservation and invasive exotic species.
george.yatskievych@austin.utexas.edu

Richard H. Zander, Bryology. (See Staff Page.)
richard.zander@mobot.org

Amy Elise Zanne, Assistant Professor, University of Missouri; plants in Africa and the United States.
aezanne@gmail.com

Liang Zhang, Ph.D., Botany, working on pteridophytes with Libing Zhang, Kunming Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences.
zhangliang@mail.kib.ac.cn

 

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