Dr. Lena Struwe
Department of Plant Biology
Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
59 Dudley Road, Foran Hall Room 237
New Brunswick, NJ 08901-8520
848-932-6343
lena.struwe@rutgers.edu
Department of Ecology, Evolution, and Natural Resources
Graduate Program in Ecology and Evolution
Organization for Tropical Studies
Biography
DR. LENA STRUWE is director of the Chrysler Herbarium at Rutgers University and professor at the School of Environmental and Biological Sciences, where she teaches evolution, botany, and plant systematics. She has over 25 years of research and teaching experience in the fields of plant diversity, botanical nomenclature, evolution, and ethnobotany, and has been involved in many research and teaching projects-especially regarding gentians and relatives, medicinal plants, and weeds-on several continents. She is the recipient of three teaching awards, including the 2015 Innovation in Plant Systematics Education Prize. In her free time, Lena runs the blog Botanical Accuracy, where she provides free information to the public about the correct naming and identification of plants included in commercial products.
Title and Address
Professor
Director of Chrysler Herbarium
Department of Plant Biology
School of Environmental and Biological Sciences
Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
Primary Focus Area: Plant Evolutionary Biology and Systematics (especially Urban Weeds and Gentianales)
Secondary Focus Area: Modern ethnobotany (Medicinal Plants, Food Plant Biodiversity, and Botanical Accuracy)
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