The New York Botanical Garden, Chief Science Officer and Dean, IPSC

The New York Botanical Garden named Mauricio Diazgranados, PhD as Chief Science Officer and Dean of the International Plant Science Center.

As Chief Science Officer and Dean of the International Plant Science Center, Diazgranados will lead strategic positioning and planning for NYBG’s Science Division. He joins NYBG from the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, in London, where he serves as a Research Leader responsible for leading Kew’s Nature-based Solutions Initiative, which works to address environmental and societal challenges. Previously, Diazgranados was Director for Science at the Bogotá Botanical Garden, where he funded and led the construction of the largest greenhouse in South America. While at Kew, Diazgranados led the development and publication of the Catalogue of Useful Plants of Colombia and the Catalogue of Fungi of Colombia, which have quickly become highly impactful and referenced works on one of the world’s most biodiverse countries.

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