Dr Sandra Knapp
President
Dr Sandra Knapp
President
Dr. Knapp is a Merit Researcher and head of the Algae, Fungi and Plants Division in the Life Sciences Department of the Natural History Museum (London), which she joined in 1992 to manage the international project Flora Mesoamericana - a synoptic inventory of the approximately 17,000 species of plants of the isthmus of Central America. She specializes in the taxonomy of the nightshades - Solanaceae - a plant family with many agriculturally and culturally important species such as potatoes, tomatoes and tobacco. Dr. Knapp served a total of 16 years as a member of the Council of Trustees of Fauna & Flora International, (FFI - registered charity no. 1011102 in England & Wales), prior to retiring from this position in September 2021. She became President of the FFI USA Board of Directors when it was established in September 2016.