Kayri Havens is an American botanist with expertise in reproductive ecology and rare, threatened, and endangered species conservation, including seed banking.[1][2][3] She is the Medard and Elizabeth Welch Director of Plant Science and Conservation at the Chicago Botanic Garden. Havens is the co-director of Project Budburst, a community science project that facilitates the collection of plant phenology observations.[1][4] In 2019, she was the recipient of the American Horticultural Society's Liberty Hyde Bailey Award for her achievements in plant conservation.[5]
Kayri Havens | |
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| Nationality | American |
| Alma mater | Southern Illinois University Carbondale (B.S. and M.S.), Indiana University (Ph.D.) |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | botany, pollination, climate change, ex situ conservation |
| Institutions | Missouri Botanical Garden, Chicago Botanic Garden, Northwestern University, University of Illinois at Chicago, Loyola University Chicago |
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References
edit- ^ a b "Kayri Havens, Ph.D." chicagobotanic.org. Chicago Botanic Garden. Retrieved 15 April 2020.
- ^ Raver, Anne (9 November 2009). "A Hunt for Seeds to Save Species, Perhaps by Helping Them Move". The New York Times. Retrieved 15 April 2020.
- ^ Worland, Gayle (11 August 2003). "Seed bank saves a prairie legacy". chicagotribune.com. Retrieved 15 April 2020.
- ^ "About Budburst". Budburst. Retrieved 15 April 2020.
- ^ "AHS 2019 Great American Gardeners National Award Winners" (PDF). American Horticultural Society. Retrieved 15 April 2020.
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