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Balick, Michael J., 1952-

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Personal name headingBalick, Michael J., 1952-
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Variant(s)Balick, Michael, 1952-
Balick, Mike, 1952-
See alsoEmployer: New York Botanical Garden
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Founded corporate body of person: Institute of Economic Botany (New York Botanical Garden)
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Associated countryUnited States
Associated placeNewark (Del.) Cambridge (Mass.) Bronx (New York, N.Y.) New York (N.Y.)
Addressmbalick@nybg.org
Birth date1952-07-21
Field of activityBotany Ethnobotany Traditional medicine Medicinal plants Plants, Edible Palms Poisonous plants Herbs--Therapeutic use
AffiliationHarvard University. Botanical Museum New York Botanical Garden Columbia University Fordham University City University of New York
Institute of Economic Botany (New York Botanical Garden)
Harvard University
University of Delaware
Profession or occupationBotanists Ethnobotanists Authors
Found inHis Systematics and economic botany of the Oenocarpus--Jessenia (Palmae) complex, 1986: CIP t.p. (Michael J. Balick) data sheet (b. 7/21/52) galley (assist. dir., New York Botanical Garden Inst. of Economic Botany; research assoc., Botanical Museum of Harvard Univ.)
Rainforest remedies, 1993: title page (Michael J. Balick) page 221 (Michael J. Balick, tropical botanist; doctorate from Harvard University; Director and Philecology Curator of Economic Botany at the Institute of Economic Botany at the New York Botanical Garden; chairman and co-founder of the Ix Chel Tropical Research Foundation)
Rodale's 21st century herbal, ©2014: title page (Michael J. Balick) rear cover (author Michael J. Balick holds a PhD in biology from Harvard University and is Vice President for Botanical Science, Director and Philecology Curator of the Institute of Economic Botany at the New York Botanical Garden; ethnobotanist, with a speciality in global medicine and food plants and the role they play in the healing system)
American men & women of science, 2008, via Gale Biography in context, March 23, 2016 (Michael Jeffrey Balick; nationality: American; occupation: botanist; education: University of Delaware, BSc., 1975; Harvard University, A.M., Ph.D., 1980)
New York Botanical Garden website, March 23, 2016: senior staff (Mike Balick; Vice President for Botanical Science, Director and Senior Philecology Curator of Economic Botany) scientists (Michael Balick; email: mbalick@nybg.org; Michael J. Balick, Ph.D., Harvard University, 1980; in 1981 he co-founded the New York Botanical Garden's Institute of Economic Botany with Sir Ghillean Prance; expertise: ethnobotany, ethnomedicine, medicinal plants, food plants, palms, poison plants; author and editor of 25 scientific and general interest books and monographs; published more than 160 scientific papers and book chapters as well as over 30 horticultural and general interest publications; currently serves as an adjunct professor at Columbia University, Fordham University, and the City University of New York; currently teaches ethnobotany courses at Columbia University and The City University of New York)
Associated languageeng