W. John Kress

W. John Kress
Born (1951-03-04) March 4, 1951
Illinois, US
Alma materHarvard University
Known forSystematic biology
SpouseLidnesy Clarkson
Scientific career
FieldsTropical ecology
Academic advisorsP.B. Tomlinson

Walter John Emil Kress (born March 4, 1951) 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.

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