Professor John Parker

Professor John Parker

Former Director of the Botanic Garden, Cambridge, and Curator of the University Herbarium, Cambridge

Professor John Parker was Director of the University Botanic Garden from 1996 to 2011 and Professor of Plant Cytogenetics in the Department of Plant Sciences. He is an expert in the life and work of the Garden’s founder and Charles Darwin’s mentor and specialized as a scientist in the genetics of natural populations.