1 CURRICULUM VITAE - ANDREW JAMES HENDERSON Address Institute of Systematic Botany, The New York Botanical Garden, Bronx, New York, NY 10458. Telephone (718) 817 8973. Fax (718) 220 1029. Email [email protected] Date and place of birth: 8 September 1950. Surrey, England (U.S. Citizen). Married to Flor Henderson; one daughter and one son. Education 1963-1968, Wycliffe College, Stonehouse, Stroud, Glos., UK. O level 1966, AO level 1967, A level 1968. 1974-1977 Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, Richmond, Surrey, UK. Full time student on Kew Diploma in Horticulture course. Diploma 1977. 1978-1982 Birkbeck College, University of London, Malet Street, London WC1, UK. BSc (Upper second) 1982. 1982-1987 The Graduate School, City University of New York, 33 W 42nd Street, New York, NY 10036. Doctoral Program in Biology at CUNY/Herbarium Fellow at the New York Botanical Garden. M.Phil. degree October 1986. Ph.D. degree September 1987. Employment record September 1969-September 1971, Agriculturalist, Manor Farm, Notgrove, Nr. Cheltenham, Glos. September 1971-September 1972, travelling and working in South America and Africa. October 1972-March 1973, Horticulturalist, ICI Plant Protection, Fernhurst, Surrey. March 1973-January 1974, Horticulturalist, Wyck Hill Nurseries, Stow-on-the-Wold, Glos. January 1974-September 1974, Horticulturalist, The Manor, Notgrove, Nr. Cheltenham, Glos. February 1978-July 1978, Horticultural Supervisor, Parks Department, Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea, London, W1. July 1978-July 1982, Horticultural Supervisor, Westminster City Council, Victoria Street, London SW1. August 1982-September 1987, Graduate student at City University of New York. September 1987-July 1992, Research Associate, New York Botanical Garden. August 1992-1995, Assistant Curator, New York Botanical Garden and adjunct professor, Biology Program, City University of New York. 1995-2001, Associate Curator, New York Botanical Garden. 2001 to date, Curator, New York Botanical Garden, adjunct professor, Biology Program, City University of New York. Field Experience October-December 1977, Brazil. April 1982, Crete. January 1983, Puerto Rico. June-August 1983, Costa Rica. February-March 1984, Venezuela. December 1984-March 1985, Costa Rica, Panama, Colombia. April-May 1985, Brazil. July 1985, Ecuador. November-December 1985, Panama, Venezuela, Peru, Bolivia. April-June 1986, Ecuador. July 1986, Colombia. July-August 1986, Brazil. November-December 1986, Brazil, Peru. July 1987, Honduras. December 1987, Panama. January 2 1988, Peru. February-March 1988, Madagascar. May 1988, Bolivia. July 1988, Venezuela. September 1988, Australia. November 1988, Haiti. December 1988-January 1989, Brazil. February 1989, Venezuela. May 1989, Peru, Haiti. July 1989, Haiti. August-October 1989, Brazil. December 1989, Haiti. March 1990, Colombia. December 1990-February 1991 Brazil. August 1991, Trinidad. September 1991, Peru. September 1991, Costa Rica. October-November 1991, Peru, Colombia. January-February 1992, Peru, Brazil. June 1992, Costa Rica, Cuba. July 1992, Brazil. December 1992, Chile, Bolivia. April 1993, Colombia. May 1993, French Guiana. July 1993, Brazil. July 1994, Honduras. August 1994, Brazil. October 1994, Bolivia, Brazil, Peru. March 1995, Panama. September 1995, Peru. November 1995, Brazil. November-December 1995, Panama, Trinidad. January 1996, Bolivia. July 1996, Seychelles. September 1996, Peru. December 1996, Colombia, Brazil, Peru. March 1997, French Guiana. May 1997, Russia. September 1998, Brazil, Peru. October 1998, Australia. January 1999, Indonesia. May 1999, Panama. July 1999, Indonesia, Papua New Guinea. June 2000, Panama. July 2000, Brazil. August 2000, Papua New Guinea. March 2001, Mexico. October 2001, Philippines, Thailand. April 2002, Cameroon. August 2002, Australia, Papua New Guinea. November 2002, India, Sri Lanka. June 2003, Myanmar. July 2003, China. May 2004, Hawaii. August-September 2004, China, Myanmar. January-February 2005, Myanmar. August 2005, Vietnam. October-November 2005, Thailand, Myanmar, Vietnam. March-April 2006, China. January 2007, Thailand. April-August 2007, Vietnam. May 2008, Costa Rica. September 2008, Thailand. February-March 2009, Vietnam. June 2009, Vietnam. August 2009, Brazil. October-November 2009, Vietnam. July 2010, Vietnam. August-September 2010, Costa Rica, Panama. December 2010, Vietnam. August 2011, Vietnam. November-December 2011, Lao, Cambodia. March 2012, Vietnam. July 2012, Vietnam. September 2012, Vietnam. January 2013, Vietnam, Lao, Cambodia. April 2013, Vietnam. March 2013, Singapore, Malaysia. July 2013, India. July 2014, Vietnam. December 2014, Myanmar. March 2015, China. October 2015, Vietnam. January-February 2016, Malaysia. October 2016, Vietnam. April 2017, Vietnam. September 2107-January 2018, Sulawesi, Indonesia. August-September 2018, Vietnam. Teaching experience (graduate level) Plant Systematics (Monocotyledons), Yale University, School of Forestry, Fall 1990, 1991. Course on Ecology and Importance of Palmae for Conservation for Sustainable Development in Central America, La Selva, Costa Rica, September 1991. Curso Prático-Teórico de Coleta, Identificaçao e Herbroizaçao de Palmeiras, Universidade Federal do Acre, Brazil, July 1992. Taxonomia, Botânica Econômia e Ecologia de Palmeiras Brasilieras, Jardim Botânico de Rio de Janeiro, August 1994. Taxonomia, Botânica Econômia e Ecologia de Palmeiras Brasilieras, Universidade Federal de Rio de Janeiro, November 1995. Diversidad, Distribución, Conservación, y Usos de Palmas Bolivianas, Santa Cruz, Bolivia, January 1996. Systematics and economic botany of palms. City University of New York, Lehman College, spring 2000 semester. Botanical resources of the tropics, Yale University, School of Forestry, spring 2001 semester. Advanced study in palms. City University of New York, Lehman College, Fall 2001 semester. Tropical Field Botany, Yale University, School of Forestry, spring 2003 semester. Advanced study in palms. City University of New York, Lehman College, spring 2003 semester. 3 Systematics of Rattans. Thailand, September 2008, ITTO Rattan Workshop in Bangkok. Systematics and Biogeography, October 2017, Tadulako University, Sulawsesi, Indonesia. Editorial Experience Associate Editor, Brittonia, 1994 Editor-in-Chief, Brittonia, 1995-1997 Editor, Flora Neotropica 2001-2004 Associate Editor, Brittonia, 2018-2020 Grants and Awards 1982-1987: Herbarium Fellowship at the New York Botanical Garden. 1983: Organization for Tropical Studies Post Course Award ($250). 1984: Organization for Tropical Studies Pilot Research Award sponsored by Jesse Smith Noyes Foundation ($1,100). City University of New York Student Travel and Research Fund ($100). Sigma Xi Grants-in-Aid of Research ($330). World Wildlife Fund-U. S./Garden Club of America Tropical Botany Fellowship ($5,000). 1985: National Science Foundation Dissertation Improvement Grant ($7,456). American Society of Plant Taxonomists Herbarium Travel Award ($400). International Palm Society ($600). 1986: Lawrence/Conoco Fund ($2,150). The George H. M. Lawrence Memorial Award ($1,000). 1987: Smithsonian Institution Short-term Visitor Award ($2,000). 1988: National Geographic Society ($4,000). World Wildlife Fund ($730). World Wildlife Fund ($10,000). 1989: United States Agency for International Development ($12,000). National Science Foundation ($90,000). Biological Dynamics of Forest Fragments Project ($6,000). 1990: World Wildlife Fund ($10,000). Biological Dynamics of Forest Fragments Project ($6,970). 1991: Biological Dynamics of Forest Fragments Project ($9,700). World Wildlife Fund ($15,000). 1992: Biological Dynamics of Forest Fragments Project ($28,000). United States Agency for International Development ($147,000). 1993: National Science Foundation ($180,000). 1994: National Geographic Society ($10,000). Ford Foundation ($30,000). 1995: National Science Foundation ($35,000). 1998: National Geographic Society ($14,000). Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations ($8,000). 2000: Samuel Freeman Trust ($20,000). Center for Environmental Research and Conservation ($8,500). 2002: Center for Environmental Research and Conservation ($11,500). International Palm Society Chapters ($4,250). 2003: National Geographic Society ($18,000). International Palm Society ($3,200). 2005: National Science Foundation ($8,200); International Palm Society ($5,850). 2006: Invitation as Visiting Professor for three months, Aarhus University. Fulbright Scholar Award, Vietnam, 5 months ($31,625). 2007: International Palm Society ($4,100). 2008: National Geographic Society ($17,360). 2009: International Palm Society ($3,250); John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation ($300,000). 2011: National Geographic Society ($17,900). World Wildlife Fund ($50,000). International Palm Society ($5,110). 2013: Singapore Botanic Gardens Research Fellowship ($3,540). International Palm Society ($2,500). Aarhus University Visiting Professor Fellowship ($1,000). 2014: National Geographic Society ($19,920). National Science Foundation ($479,475). 2015: Mohamed bin Zayed Species Conservation Fund ($7,000). 2016: International Palm Society ($5,500). 2017: Fulbright Scholar Award ($22,000). 2018: International Palm Society ($2,400). 2018: Singapore Botanical Garden Visiting Scholar ($1,500). 2019: National Geographic Society ($9,700). 2020: National Science Foundation ($13,456). 4 Scientific papers 1. Henderson, A. 1984. Observations on pollination of Cryosophila albida (Palmae). Principes 28: 120-126. 2. Henderson,