Daniel Lee Nickrent

Daniel Lee Nickrent
Born (1956-02-20) 20 February 1956 (age 68)
Bloomington, Illinois
CitizenshipUnited States of America
Alma materSouthern Illinois University
Old Dominion University (M.S.)
Miami University (PhD)
Known for
  • Plant Molecular Systematics and Evolution
  • Parasitic plants
  • Botany of the Philippines
Scientific career
InstitutionsOld Dominion University
University of Illinois
Illinois Natural History Survey
Southern Illinois University
ThesisA systematic and evolutionary study of selected taxa in the genus Arceuthobium (Viscaceae) (1984)
Doctoral advisorW. Hardy Eshbaugh
Sheldon Guttman
Doctoral studentsRomina Vidal-Russell
Author abbrev. (botany)Nickrent
Websitenickrentlab.siu.edu

Daniel Lee Nickrent is an American botanist, working in plant evolutionary biology, including the subdisciplines of genomics, phylogenetics, systematics, population genetics, and taxonomy. A major focus has been parasitic flowering plants, particularly of the sandalwood order (Santalales). His interest in photographic documentation and photographic databases has led to several photographic databases including Parasitic Plant Connection,[1] Phytoimages,[2] Plant Checklist for the Rocky Mountain National Park,[3] and Plant Checklist for the Crab Orchard National Wildlife Refuge.[4][5]

Nickrent has over 9400 citations (as of 15 October 2019) according to Google Scholar.[6] He is Research Faculty and Professor Emeritus of Plant Molecular Systematics and Evolution at Southern Illinois University Carbondale (SIUC) (As of July 2019).

The standard author abbreviation Nickrent is used to indicate this person as the author when citing a botanical name.[7]

  1. ^ "The Parasitic Plant Connection". parasiticplants.siu.edu. Retrieved 3 December 2019.
  2. ^ "Phytoimages". phytoimages.siu.edu. Archived from the original on 26 March 2013. Retrieved 3 December 2019.
  3. ^ "Plant checklist for the Rocky Mountain National Park". nickrentlab.siu.edu. Archived from the original on 13 July 2019. Retrieved 3 December 2019.
  4. ^ "Plant checklist for the Crab orchard national wildlife refuge". nickrentlab.siu.edu. Archived from the original on 30 December 2018. Retrieved 3 December 2019.
  5. ^ "Professor Daniel Lee Nickrent". Loop. Retrieved 13 July 2019.
  6. ^ Cite error: The named reference schol was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  7. ^ International Plant Names Index.  Nickrent.