Program Participants First Flower

SUN GE

Paleobotanist, Jilin University
en.jlu.edu.cn

DAVID DILCHER

Paleobotanist, University of Florida
web.botany.ufl.edu/people/faculty/faculty-dilcher-d.html

YIN KAIPU

Botanist, Chengdu Institute of Biology

DANIEL J. HINKLEY

Horticulturist & Plant Explorer
www.danielhinkley.com

SIR PETER CRANE

Paleobotanist, University of Chicago
geosci.uchicago.edu/

ELSE MARIE FRIIS

Professor, Swedish Museum of Natural History
www.nrm.se/

LEO HICKEY

Paleobotanist, Yale University
earth.geology.yale.edu/~hleo/

MARK CHASE

Director, Jodrell Laboratory, Kew Gardens
www.rbgkew.org.uk/

PAM SOLTIS

Molecular Biologist, University of Florida
www.flmnh.ufl.edu/staff/cvs/psoltis_cv.htm

DOUG SOLTIS

Molecular Biologist, University of Florida
web.botany.ufl.edu/people/faculty/faculty-soltis-doug.html

ANDREW DARRAGH

Horticulturist, Kew Gardens
www.rbgkew.org.uk/

First Flower

• 21^st-Century Plant Hunter
• Mother of Gardens
• Flowers Modern & Ancient
• Pick the Pollinator