Amazon conservation team mark plotkin biography
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Mark Plotkin
Mark Plotkin | |
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Mark Plotkin with Waura Chief | |
| Born | (1955-05-21) May 21, 1955 (age 69) |
| Occupation(s) | Ethnobotanist,advocate, author, and podcast host |
| Known for | Tropical rainforest conservation |
Mark J.
Plotkin (born May 21, 1955) is an ethnobotanist and a plant explorer in the Neotropics, where he is an expert on rainforest ecosystems. Plotkin is an advocate for tropical rainforest conservation and host of Plants of the Gods: Hallucinogens, Healing, Culture and Conservation podcast.
Background and career
After attending Isidore Newman School in New Orleans, Plotkin worked at Harvard University's Museum of Comparative Zoology when he joined an expedition searching for an elusive crocodilian species in 1978 and was galvanized into returning to education.
He completed his bachelor of liberal arts degree at Harvard University's Harvard Extension School, his master's degree in forestry at Yale School of Forestry, and his Ph.D. at T