István Rácz

The native form of this personal name is Rácz István. This article uses the Western name order.
István Rácz
Born 1952 (age 6364)
Nationality Hungarian
Occupation Dendrologist, curator, museologist

Rácz István (born 1952) is a Hungarian dendrologist, curator, and museologist.

Research fields

Woody plant (primarily conifer) taxonomy, ecology, conservation, and herbarium development.

Biography

Received his diploma from the University of Horticulture, Budapest in 1976. From that year Istvan Racz has worked at the Botanical Department of the Hungarian Natural History Museum[1] as a member of the Dendrological Documentation project.[2] Received doctorate and then Ph.D from the University of Silviculture in Sopron, Hungary in 1984 and 1997, respectively. As part of the dendrological documentation team led by Zsolt Debreczy research botanist, he had worked in many leading institutes worldwide, including the Arnold Arboretum of Harvard University, also in other major herbaria, arboreta and botanical gardens in the U.S., England, Scotland, Ireland, Germany, and Poland. Istvan Racz also participated in large-scale botanical expeditions led to various parts of the temperate and adjacent zones, including northern North America, Mexico, China, Chile, Japan, Taiwan, New Zealand and Tasmania. Co-author or author of numerous books and scientific articles.

Selected publications

Scientific journal articles

Books

Awards

Fellowships

References

External links

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