Craig Freeman

Craig Freeman
  • Senior Scientist
  • Senior Curator, R.L. McGregor Herbarium
  • Courtesy Associate Professor, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
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Contact Info

109 Bridwell Botany Research Laboratory, West Campus

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Education —

B.A. in Biology, Wartburg College, 1978
M.S. in Biology, Kansas State University, 1981
Ph.D. in Kansas State University, 1985

Research —

Craig's current research interests include plant systematics, floristics of the grassland biome of North America, prairie conservation and collection-based informatics. He is active in the Flora of North America project, contributing as an author, editor and member of the FNA's Board of Directors and Executive Committee.

Research interests:

  • Plant systematics, Floristics, Prairie conservation

Awards & Honors —

Research Achievement Award, KU Research & Graduate Studies, 2013

Sheldon H. Cohen Award for Outstanding Service, Kansas Native Plant Society, 2013

Memberships —

American Fern Society

American Society for Plant Taxonomists

Botanical Society of America

Dyck Arboretum of the Plains

Flora of North America Association

Kansas Native Plant Society

Grassland Heritage Foundation

The Nature Conservancy of Kansas