Robert Lugge, a horticulturist at the Danforth Plant Science Center, tends to plants on Thursday, May 7, 2026, within the 2 acres of greenhouses at the Creve Coeur campus.
Christian Gooden, Post-Dispatch
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It鈥檚 been an eventful start to Giles Oldroyd鈥檚 tenure as the president of the Donald Danforth Plant Science Center, after leaving the University of Cambridge and a highly decorated career in academics聽to join the Creve Coeur-based nonprofit crop research institution聽last October.
Giles Oldroyd, president of the Danforth Plant Science Center, speaks during an interview on Thursday, May 7, 2026, in his office at the Creve Coeur campus.
James Umen, an algae geneticist at the Danforth Plant Science Center, shows media a sample of green algae on Thursday, May 7, 2026, in a growth chamber at the Creve Coeur campus.
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Robert Lugge, a horticulturist at the Danforth Plant Science Center, tends to plants on Thursday, May 7, 2026, within the 2 acres of greenhouses at the Creve Coeur campus.
Giles Oldroyd, president of the Danforth Plant Science Center, speaks during an interview on Thursday, May 7, 2026, in his office at the Creve Coeur campus.
James Umen, an algae geneticist at the Danforth Plant Science Center, shows media a sample of green algae on Thursday, May 7, 2026, in a growth chamber at the Creve Coeur campus.
