Mark Plotkin

Mark Plotkin
Mark Plotkin with a Waura Chief in 2007
Born (1955-05-21) May 21, 1955
EducationHarvard University (ALB)
Yale University
Tufts University (PhD)
OccupationsEthnobotanist, advocate, author, and podcast host
Known forTropical rainforest conservation

Mark J. Plotkin (born May 21, 1955) is an ethnobotanist and a plant explorer in the Neotropics, where he is an expert on rainforest ecosystems. Plotkin is an advocate for tropical rainforest conservation and host of the Plants of the Gods: Hallucinogens, Healing, Culture and Conservation podcast.