<p>
	<img alt="" src="{filedir_5}BVE 7.jpg" style="width: 188px; height: 250px; float: right;" />Another of Au Sable&rsquo;s faculty who is himself an Au Sable alumni, Ben is a scientist and scholar who pays attention to detail, especially genetic and molecular detail. Ben earned his Bachelor&rsquo;s degrees (two of them) from Dordt College (Iowa) in Environmental Studies and Spanish before completing his PhD in Botany at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.&nbsp; Ben also holds a Naturalist and Land Resources Analyst certificate from Au Sable. Presently a faculty member and Director of the Herbarium in the Biology Department of the University of Puerto Rico-Mayag&uuml;ez, a Land Grant, Space Grant, and Sea Grant institution, he is the author of over 30 publications in molecular DNA analysis and plant systematics.&nbsp; His work represented in some of the best journals in his discipline, including <em>American Journal of Botany, Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution,</em> <em>Systematic Botany</em>, and <em>Taxon. </em>He also serves as associate editor for the journals <em>Phytotaxa</em> and <em>Systematic Botany</em>.</p>
