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
CONTACT
phone PHONE: (847) 835-8244
Elizabeth A. Cody, M.S.
Manager, Aquatic Plant Studies
CONTACT
phone PHONE: (847) 835-6843
fax FAX: (847) 835-1635
Louise Egerton-Warburton, Ph.D.
Soil Ecologist
Manager, Native Habitats
CONTACT
phone PHONE: (847) 835-6915
Jeremie Fant, Ph.D.
Manager, Plant Biology and Seed Labs
CONTACT
phone OFFICE: (847) 835-6959
phone LAB: (847) 835-8346
Kayri Havens, Ph.D.
Medard and Elizabeth Welch Director, Institute for Plant Conservation
CONTACT
phone PHONE: (847) 835-8378
Richard Hawke, B.S.
Manager, Plant Evaluation
CONTACT
phone PHONE: (847) 835-8251
Robert Kirschner, B.S.
Director, Aquatic Plant and Urban Lake Studies
Curator, Aquatics
CONTACT
phone PHONE: (847) 835-6837
Kristen E. Kordecki, M.A.
Research Associate
Interim Manager, CLM Program
CONTACT
phone PHONE: (847) 835-6954
fax FAX: (847) 835-5484
Susanne Masi, M.A.
Plant Conservation
Manager of Regional Floristics
CONTACT
phone PHONE: (847) 835-8269
Chad Osborn, Ph.D.
Plant Manager, Chicagoland Grows® Inc.
CONTACT
phone PHONE: (847) 835-8301
fax FAX: (847) 835-5484
Joan O'Shaughnessy, M.A.
Ecologist, River and Prairie
CONTACT
phone PHONE: (847) 835-8312
Marcello Pennacchio, Ph.D.
Ethnobotanist, Conservation Scientist
Grant Project Coordinator
CONTACT
phone PHONE: (847) 835-8377
James Steffen, M.S.
Ecologist
CONTACT
phone PHONE: (847) 835-8266
Jianwu (Jim) Tang, Ph.D.
Environmental Science, PotashCorp Fellow in Soil Science
CONTACT
phone PHONE: (847) 242-6322
Andrea Tietmeyer Kramer, Ph.D. candidate
Research Associate
CONTACT
phone PHONE: (847) 835-6971
Pati Vitt, Ph.D.
Conservation Scientist, Plant Demography
Manager, "Seeds of Success"
CONTACT
phone PHONE: (847) 835-8268
Stuart Wagenius, Ph.D.
Conservation Scientist
CONTACT
phone PHONE: (847) 835-6978
Emily Yates, M.S.
Co-Coordinator, Millennium Seed Bank Project
CONTACT
phone PHONE: (847) 835-6861
Nyree J. C. Zerega, Ph. D.
Director, Master's Program in Plant Biology
and Conservation
CONTACT
phone PHONE: (847) 835-6916