Puttock, Christopher Francis (Chris)   (1954 - )

Born in 1954;

Education
- Dip. Ed. University of New South Wales, Australia.
- B.Sc. (Hons)., Botany. University of New South Wales, Australia.
- Ph.D., Biological Sciences. University of New South Wales, Australia.

Professional Experience
- Research Assistant, Macquarie University, Sydney, NSW (1978-1979).
- Research Assistant, (Electron Microscopist), Sydney University, Sydney, NSW (1979-1981).
- Technical Officer, University of NSW, Sydney, NSW (1981-1988).
- Senior Technical Officer, University of NSW, Sydney, NSW (1988-1992).
- Research Scientist, ANBG, Australian National Herbarium, Canberra, ACT (1992- ).
- Collections manager of botany at the Bishop Museum in Hawaii, USA.
- Research Associate, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, USA.

He currently the Executive Director and CEO of Chesapeake Natives which is the only local ecotype nursery and produces hundreds of plant species for the purpose of sustaining the native flora and fauna of the Chesapeake Bay Watershed.

He has undertaken field-work and survey work in tropical and temperate Australia, Malaysia, Sri Lanka and South Africa.
Museum studies in Hawaii, mainland USA, Europe, Australia and Asia.

Dr. Puttock has led many outreach programs for greater community awareness of the consequences of human interruption to the natural environment.

Special interests:
- As a taxonomist he has interests in the Rubiaceae and Asteraceae flowering plant families as well as Pteridophyta (ferns) and Rhodophyta (red algae).
- Postcards of Ceylon (he owned over 1500 pre-1920s antiquarian picture postcards of Ceylon.)
- He studied mangroves while working at the University of New South Wales in Sydney.

Source: Extracted from:
https://www.anbg.gov.au/people/puttock.chris.html
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christopher_Francis_Puttock
https://ceylon-society.com/about-3/
https://pbrotary.org/Stories/dr.-christopher-f.-puttock-rotary-district-environment-committee-esrag-chair-is-guest-speaker-on-december-17-2020
https://www.rotary.org/en/why-rotary-is-committed-mangroves
https://www.rotary.org/en/what-its-plant-butterfly-garden-first-lady
https://vnps.org/johnclayton/events/propagating-native-plants-a-show-tell-with-dr-christopher-puttock/
Portrait Photo: 1998, M.Fagg

Collecting localities for 'Puttock, C.F.' from AVH (2024)

Data from 3,135 specimens