Vicki Funk

Vicki Funk
Vicki Funk
	Funk in 2010
Born	Vicki Ann Funk; November 26, 1947; Owensboro, Kentucky, U.S.
Died	October 22, 2019 (aged 71)
Alma mater	B.S., Murray State University, Biology and History, 1969, M.S., Murray State University, Biology, 1975; PhD, Ohio State University, 1980
Known for	Botanist and curator
Awards	Queensland Fellowship (2001); Society of Systematic Biologists President’s Award for Service (2002); National Museum of Natural History Science Achievement Award (2006); National Museum of Natural History Science Achievement Award (2009); Secretary's Award for Excellence in Collaboration (2009); International Association for Plant Taxonomy Stebbins' Medal (2010); Smithsonian's Secretary's Award for Outstanding Publication (2012); Rolf Dahlgren Prize (2014); American Society of Plant Taxonomists Asa Gray Lifetime Achievement Award (2018); Linnean Medal (2019);
	Scientific career
Institutions	New York Botanical Garden,; Smithsonian Institution,; George Mason University,; Duke University
Theses	A Floristic and Geologic Survey of Selected Seeps of Calloway County, KY.; The Systematics of Montanoa Cerv. (Asteraceae);
Author abbrev. (botany)	V.A.Funk

Vicki Ann Funk (November 26, 1947 – October 22, 2019) was an American botanist and curator at the Smithsonian's National Museum of Natural History, known for her work on members of the composite family (Asteraceae) including collecting plants in many parts of the world, as well as her synthetic work on phylogenetics and biogeography.

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