Plants and fungi are essential to life on earth—key components of the planet’s ecology, biodiversity, climate, and human cultures. The study of plants and fungi is fundamental to medical science, conservation, genetics, agriculture, food-web studies, soil science, climate studies, anthropology, and many other fields. Field Museum botanists are leaders in the study of plant and fungi evolution, ecology, biogeography, environmental/climate impact, plant-animal interactions, and more.
Plants and fungi are essential to life on earth—key components of the planet’s ecology, biodiversity, climate, and human cultures. The study of plants and fungi is fundamental to medical science, conservation, genetics, agriculture, food-web studies, soil science, climate studies, anthropology, and many other fields. Field Museum botanists are leaders in the study of plant and fungi evolution, ecology, biogeography, environmental/climate impact, plant-animal interactions, and more.
A glimpse of The Field Museum's Botany Department, with over 2 million specimens and a network of passionate researchers:
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Current Staff
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Daniel LeDigital Media Specialist
Darlene Dowdy-PritchettCollections Assistant, Botany
Juliana PhilippField Guide Devloper
Kimberly HansenCollections Manager, Angiosperms, Gymnosperms, and Economic Botany
Lucia KawasakiCollections Specialist, Botany
Matthew Von KonratHead, Botany Collections, and Collections Manager, Bryophytes and Pteridophytes
Nancy HensoldTropical Plant Taxonomist- Nigel PitmanMellon Senior Conservation Ecologist
Richard ReeMacArthur Curator of Flowering Plants and Section Head
Thorsten LumbschVice President, Science; Curator, Lichenized Fungi
Todd WidhelmCollections Manager, Fungi and Lichens- Wyatt GaswickAssistant Collections Manager, Fungi and Lichens
Former Staff and Collaborators
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| Michael Dillon | Curator Emeritus |
| John Engel | Curator Emeritus |
| Christine Niezgoda |
