Kayri Havens | |
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Nationality | American |
Alma mater | Southern Illinois University Carbondale (B.S. and M.S.), Indiana University (Ph.D.) |
Scientific career | |
Fields | botany, pollination, climate change, ex situ conservation |
Institutions | Missouri Botanical Garden, Chicago Botanic Garden, Northwestern University, University of Illinois at Chicago, Loyola University Chicago |
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Kayri Havens is an American botanist with expertise in reproductive ecology and rare, threatened, and endangered species conservation, including seed banking. [1] [2] [3] She is the Medard and Elizabeth Welch Director of Plant Science and Conservation at the Chicago Botanic Garden. Havens is the co-director of Project Budburst, a community science project that facilitates the collection of plant phenology observations. [1] [4] In 2019, she was the recipient of the American Horticultural Society's Liberty Hyde Bailey Award for her achievements in plant conservation. [5]