Patrick S. Herendeen | |
Birth Date: | 5 June 1959[1] |
Birth Place: | South Bend, Indiana |
Nationality: | American |
Fields: | Paleobotany, taxonomy, evolutionary biology |
Workplaces: | Indiana University, The George Washington University, National Science Foundation, The Field Museum, Northwestern University, Chicago Botanic Garden |
Alma Mater: | California State University, Long Beach (B.S.), Michigan State University (M.S.), Indiana University (Ph.D.) |
Thesis1 Title: | The Alvars of the Maxton Plains, Drummond Island, Michigan: Present Community Composition and Vegetation Changes |
Thesis1 Year: | 1985 |
Thesis2 Title: | Fossil History of the Leguminosae from the Eocene of Southeastern North America |
Thesis2 Year: | 1990 |
Doctoral Advisor: | David L. Dilcher |
Dr. Patrick Stephen Herendeen (born 1959) is an American botanist with expertise in paleobotany and evolutionary biology of Cretaceous Age fossil plants. He is the Senior Director of Systematics and Evolutionary Biology and Senior Scientist at the Chicago Botanic Garden and teaches at Northwestern University.[2] [3] Herendeen is the president of the International Association for Plant Taxonomy.[4]