W. John Kress

W. John Kress
BornMarch 4, 1951
Illinois
Alma materHarvard University
Known forSystematics Biology
SpouseLidnesy Clarkson
Scientific career
FieldsTropical Ecology
Academic advisorsP.B. Tomlinson

Walter John Emil Kress (born Illinois, 4 March 1951) is an American botanist and the vice-president for science at the National Museum of Natural History.[1] He currently holds the appointment (2010) as the Director of the Consortium for Understanding and Sustaining a Biodiverse Planet at the Smithsonian[2] and is the former Executive Director of the Association for Tropical Biology and Conservation.[3]

  1. ^ "Department of Botany Staff, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution". botany.si.edu. Archived from the original on October 22, 2018. Retrieved October 18, 2018.
  2. ^ "2013 W. John Kress | Parker/Gentry Award". parkergentry.fieldmuseum.org. Archived from the original on February 26, 2022. Retrieved October 20, 2018.
  3. ^ "W. John Kress". medicaltraditions.org. Retrieved October 19, 2018.