Residence United States Nationality United States | Name George Diggs Fields Botany | |
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Institutions Austin CollegeBotanical Research Institute of Texas Alma mater University of Wisconsin–MadisonCollege of William and Mary Notable awards Donovan Stewart Correll Memorial Award for Scientific Writing (2000, 2006)Texas Professor of the Year 1999 Education University of Wisconsin-Madison, College of William & Mary | ||
Plant food toxins in an evolutionary context george diggs ph d ahs14
George M. Diggs, Jr. (born 1952) holds a Ph.D. in biology from the University of Wisconsin–Madison. He is Professor of Biology at Austin College in Sherman, Texas. He is a specialist in the systematics of the plant genera Comarostaphylis and Arctostaphylos (Ericaceae). This recent research has focused on the floras of North Central and Eastern Texas.
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- Plant food toxins in an evolutionary context george diggs ph d ahs14
- Real food diets for lions zebras people and beyond george diggs tedxaustincollege
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Diggs is Research Associate of the Botanical Research Institute of Texas (BRIT) in Fort Worth. In 1999 he was named Texas "Professor of the Year" by The Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching and the Council for the Advancement and Support of Education. In 2000, Diggs was awarded the Donovan Stewart Correll Memorial Award for Scientific Writing by the Native Plant Society of Texas for his book Shinners & Mahlers Illustrated Flora of North Central Texas. In 2006, Diggs and coauthors were awarded the Donovan Stewart Correll Memorial Award for Scientific Writing by the Native Plant Society of Texas for their book "Illustrated Flora of East Texas, Volume One"
His current research project is the Illustrated Flora of East Texas, a 3-volume illustrated taxonomic treatment of the 3,402 species of vascular plants occurring in the East Texas Region. This project is a collaborative effort between the Botanical Research Institute of Texas (BRIT) in Fort Worth and the Austin College Center for Environmental Studies.