Barry John Conn

Australian botanist Barry John ConnBorn1948 (age 77–78)Scientific careerFieldsBotanyPlant Systematics Lamiaceae Urticaceae LoganiaceaeThesisA taxonomic revision of Prostanthera Labill. section Klanderia (F.v. Muell.) Benth. (Labiatae) (1982)Author abbrev. (botany)B.J.Conn Barry John Conn, born 1948, is an Australian botanist. He was awarded a Ph.D. from the University of Adelaide in 1982 for work on Prostanthera. The standard author abbreviation B.J.Conn is used to indicate this person as the author when citing a botanical name. Career Conn's first appointment as a botanist was with the Lae Herbarium in 1974. He then became herbarium curator and a lecturer at the Papua New Guinea Forestry College, Bulolo (1976–1979). He is a scientific advisor to the Food and Agriculture Organisation. In Australia, he has been senior botanist at the National Herbarium of Victoria (1982–1987), and botanist (and principal research scientist) at the National Herbarium of New South Wales (1987–2015). In 1994-1995, he was Australian Botanical Liaison Officer at Kew. While with the National Herbarium of New South Wales, he managed the Australia’s Virtual Herbarium Project for New South Wales, a