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DAVID C. HARTNETT
University Distinguished Professor of biology

 

Photo of K-State's Dave Hartnett David C. Hartnett, university distinguished professor of biology at Kansas State University, researches North American and African grasslands, with an emphasis on plant population biology, plant-herbivore interactions, and important symbiotic relationships between plants and fungi in natural and agricultural ecosystems.

Hartnett is a member of the Ecological Society of America, the Botanical Society of America and the Society for Conservation Biology. 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, Hartnett earned his Ph.D. in plant biology from the University of Illinois in 1983. He joined the K-State faculty in 1986.

Hartnett serves on a National Science Foundation committee for international ecological research. 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.

Hartnett can be reached at 785-532-5925, or through e-mail at dchart@k-state.edu.