Mark Plotkin
- January 10, 2024
- Ethnobotanist
Quick Facts
| Full Name | Mark Plotkin |
| Occupation | Ethnobotanist |
| Date Of Birth | May 21, 1955(1955-05-21) |
| Age | 69 |
| Birthplace | United States |
| Country | United States |
| Horoscope | Taurus |
Mark Plotkin Biography
| Name | Mark Plotkin |
| Birthday | May 21 |
| Birth Year | 1955 |
| Place Of Birth | United States |
| Birth Country | United States |
| Birth Sign | Taurus |
Mark Plotkin is one of the most popular and richest Ethnobotanist who was born on May 21, 1955 in United States, United States.
After attending Isidore Newman School in New Orleans, Plotkin worked at Harvard University’s Museum of Comparative Zoology when he joined an expedition searching for an elusive crocodilian species in 1978 and was galvanized into returning to education. He completed his bachelor of liberal arts degree at Harvard University’s Harvard Extension School, his master’s degree in forestry at Yale School of Forestry, and his Ph.D. at Tufts University; during which he completed a handbook for the Tiriyó people of Suriname detailing their own medicinal plants—the only other book printed in Tiriyó language being the Bible. He went on to do research at Harvard under Richard Evans Schultes. He is the author of the book Tales of a Shaman’s Apprentice. Other critically acclaimed books by Plotkin include Medicine Quest, The Killers Within: the Deadly Rise of Drug-Resistant Bacteria (with Michael Shnayerson), and The Shaman’s Apprentice, (a children’s book with Lynne Cherry).
Plotkin received the San Diego Zoo Gold Medal for Conservation (1993) and the Roy Chapman Andrews Distinguished Explorer Award (2004). Time called him an “Environmental Hero for the Planet” (2001) and Smithsonian hailed him as one of “35 Who Made a Difference” (2005), along with other notables like Bill Gates, Steven Spielberg, and fellow New Orleanian Wynton Marsalis.
Mark Plotkin Net Worth
| Net Worth | $5 Million |
| Source Of Income | Ethnobotanist |
| House | Living in own house. |
Mark Plotkin is one of the richest Ethnobotanist from United States. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Mark Plotkin 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)
Mark J. Plotkin (born May 21, 1955) is an ethnobotanist and a plant explorer in the Neotropics, where he is an expert on rainforest ecosystems. Plotkin is an advocate for tropical rainforest conservation.
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In 2011, he was the recipient of the Yale School of Forestry Distinguished Alumni Award. In 2019, the Harvard University Extension School gave him the Shinagel Award for Public Service “in recognition of his lifelong commitment to the protection of the Amazon rainforest and the tribal communities within.
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Mark Ranked on the list of most popular Ethnobotanist. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in United States. Mark Plotkin celebrates birthday on May 21 of every year.
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