Gustavus Adolphus College

Exec. Director of Linnaeus Arboretum, Assoc. Professor Biology
Biology and Arboretum

B.S. Bemidji State University, M.S. Iowa State University, Ph.D. Iowa State University

Cindy Johnson-Groh is the Executive Director of the Linnaeus Arboretum, associate professor in biology and environmental studies and is a self-proclaimed "plant pusher" with passion for plant biology, ecology and the importance of plants in our world. Cindy oversees the Arboretum, staff and Friends and teaches in biology and environmental studies. She has a soft spot for woody plants and is especially interested in their biology and importance. Cindy teaches Conservation Biology, Plant Systematics, Organismal Biology, Environmental Justice and the Natural History of Tanzania. Cindy is a plant ecologist with an interest in plant conservation, particularly the rare genus of ferns, moonworts (Botrychium).

"Any good poet, in our age at least must begin with the scientific view of the world, and any scientist worth listening to must be something of a poet, must possess the ability to communicate to the rest of us his sense of love and wonder at what his work discovers." -- Edward Abbey

Areas of Expertise

• plants
• conservation
• moonworts
• trees
• environmental justice
• Tanzania

Interests

• outdoors
• biking
• hiking
• kayaking and canoeing
• travel
• weaving
• Tanzania
• Alaska
• sled dogs (mushing)
• bread baking