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W. John Kress

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American botanist and curator

United StatesScientistsBorn 1951 · age 75
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Walter John Emil Kress is an American botanist and the vice-president for science at the National Museum of Natural History.

Awards 2

2013Parker-Gentry Award
2002Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science

Connected to W. 4

Juan MayrAlso won Parker-Gentry AwardF. Gary StilesAlso won Parker-Gentry AwardUma RamakrishnanAlso won Parker-Gentry AwardLouise H. EmmonsAlso won Parker-Gentry Award

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Floyd Dunn34.8Chester Lyman34.8

About this person

Walter John Emil Kress is an American botanist and the vice-president for science at the National Museum of Natural History. He currently holds the appointment (2010) as the Director of the Consortium for Understanding and Sustaining a Biodiverse Planet at the Smithsonian Institution and is the former Executive Director of the Association for Tropical Biology and Conservation.

Country
United States
Category
Scientists
Type
Scientist
Status
living
Dates
Born 1951 · age 75
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5 languages

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