Michael J. Balick | |
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Born | |
Alma mater | University of Delaware Harvard University |
Known for | Plants, People, and Culture (1996, 2020)[4][5] |
Scientific career | |
Institutions | New York Botanical Garden[1] |
Thesis | The biology and economics of the Oenocarpus-Jessenia (Palmae) complex[2] (1980) |
Doctoral advisor | Richard Evans Schultes[3] |
Author abbrev. (botany) | Balick |
Michael Jeffrey Balick (born 1952) is an American ethnobotanist, economic botanist, and pharmacognosist,[6] known as a leading expert on medicinal and toxic plants, biocultural conservation and the plant family Arecaceae (palms).[1]