Chicago Botanic Garden

Plant Science — OUR SCIENTISTS

Science and Research Staff

Please find Horticulture, School and Collections Staff in their respective departments.

James R. Ault, Ph.D.
Director of Environmental Horticulture

phone PHONE: (847) 835-8244
Louise Egerton-Warburton, Ph.D.
Soil Ecologist
Manager, Native Habitats

phone PHONE: (847) 835-6915
Jeremie Fant, Ph.D.
Manager, Plant Biology and Seed Labs

phone OFFICE: (847) 835-6959
phone LAB: (847) 835-8346
Kayri Havens, Ph.D.
Medard and Elizabeth Welch Director, Plant Science and Conservation

phone PHONE: (847) 835-8378
Richard Hawke, B.S.
Manager, Plant Evaluation

phone PHONE: (847) 835-8251
Patrick S. Herendeen, Ph.D.
Senior Scientist
Director of Academic Partnerships

phone PHONE: (847) 835-6956
Robert Kirschner, B.S.
Director, Aquatic Plant and Urban Lake Studies
Curator, Aquatics

phone PHONE: (847) 835-6837
Daniel Larkin, Ph.D.
Conservation Scientist, Community Ecology

phone PHONE: (847) 835-6931
Susanne Masi, M.A.
Plant Conservation
Manager of Regional Floristics

phone PHONE: (847) 835-8269
Gregory M. Mueller, Ph.D.
Vice President, Science and Academic Programs

phone PHONE: (847) 835-8226
fax FAX: (847) 835-4484
Joan O'Shaughnessy, M.A.
Ecologist, River and Prairie

phone PHONE: (847) 835-8312
Krissa Skogen, Ph.D.
Conservation Scientist

phone (847) 835-6919
James Steffen, M.S.
Ecologist

phone PHONE: (847) 835-8266
Andrea Tietmeyer Kramer, Ph.D.
Executive Director, U.S. Office
Botanic Gardens Conservation International

phone PHONE: (847) 835-6971
Pati Vitt, Ph.D.
Conservation Scientist, Plant Demography
Manager, "Seeds of Success"

phone PHONE: (847) 835-8268
Stuart Wagenius, Ph.D.
Conservation Scientist

phone PHONE: (847) 835-6978
Emily Yates, M.S.
Seed Bank Coordinator, Dixon Tallgrass Prairie Seed Bank
(Seeds of Success Program/Millennium Seed Bank Project)

phone PHONE: (847) 835-6861
Nyree J. C. Zerega, Ph. D.
Director, Master's Program in Plant Biology
and Conservation

phone PHONE: (847) 835-6916