Wolfgang Stuppy is the Seed Morphologist at Kew’s Millennium Seed Bank Project, which is at the center of the Millennium Seed Bank Partnership, a large international plant conservation initiative. He has a doctorate in comparative seed morphology and anatomy. After joining the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew in 1999 to work on plant conservation, he transferred to the Millennium Seed Bank in 2002. A huge global conservation project, which collects and stores seeds and fruits from all over the world, the Millennium Seed Bank Partnership offers the ideal environment for Dr. Stuppy to feed his passion for research into their astonishing diversity.
Rob Kesseler is a visual artist and Professor of Ceramic Art & Design at Central Saint Martins College of Art & Design. Collaborating with scientists, his work inhabits a territory where design, fine art and applied art overlap. From 2001–2004 he was a NESTA (National Endowment for Science, Technology and the Arts) Fellow at Kew and continues to work with Wolfgang Stuppy on an examination of microscopic plant material. He is a Fellow of the Linnean Society and of the Royal Society of Arts. In 2010, the Year of Biodiversity, he was appointed Research Fellow at the Gulbenkian Science Institute. His work has been exhibited around the world.
Professor Stephen D. Hopper FLS is the Director of the Royal Botanical Gardens, Kew. He lives in England.
Ken Arnold is the Head of Public Programmes of the Wellcome Trust. He lives in England.
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