David C. Hartnett
University Distinguished Professor of biology
David C. Hartnett, university distinguished professor of biology at Kansas State University,
conducts research on North American and African grasslands and savannas, with an emphasis
on plant ecology and conservation, plant population biology, plant-herbivore and plant-fungal
interactions, biodiversity and the ecology of invasive exotic plant species.
Hartnett is a member of the Ecological Society of America and the Botanical Society of America. He also serves as an elected member of the International Society of Plant Population Biologists and the British Ecological Society.
After obtaining his bachelor of science and master of science degrees in biology from Bucknell University in 1977 and 1978, respectively, Hartnett earned his doctorate in plant biology from the University of Illinois in 1983. He joined K-State in 1986.
Hartnett serves on a National Science Foundation committee for international ecological research and is a member of the editorial board of African Journal of Ecology. As a Senior Fulbright Scholar, he was visiting professor of biology at the University of Botswana in 2002. He also is a former director of the Konza Prairie Biological Station and currently serves as co-director of the Institute for Grassland Studies.
Hartnett can be reached at 785-532-5925, or through e-mail at dchart@k-state.edu.