Roger James Hnatiuk (born 1946) is a Canadian-Australian botanist specialising in

biogeography Biogeography is the study of the species distribution, distribution of species and ecosystems in geography, geographic space and through evolutionary history of life, geological time. Organisms and biological community (ecology), communities o ...

and plant

ecology Ecology () is the natural science of the relationships among living organisms and their Natural environment, environment. Ecology considers organisms at the individual, population, community (ecology), community, ecosystem, and biosphere lev ...

Background

Hnatiuk was awarded 1st class honours in

botany Botany, also called plant science, is the branch of natural science and biology studying plants, especially Plant anatomy, their anatomy, Plant taxonomy, taxonomy, and Plant ecology, ecology. A botanist or plant scientist is a scientist who s ...

from the

University of Alberta The University of Alberta (also known as U of A or UAlberta, ) is a public research university located in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. It was founded in 1908 by Alexander Cameron Rutherford, the first premier of Alberta, and Henry Marshall Tory, t ...

, and went on to graduate with an MSc in plant ecology from the same institution. He was awarded a PhD in biogeography from the

Australian National University The Australian National University (ANU) is a public university, public research university and member of the Group of Eight (Australian universities), Group of Eight, located in Canberra, the capital of Australia. Its main campus in Acton, A ...

. Following his studies he worked on plant ecology in

Western Australia Western Australia (WA) is the westernmost state of Australia. It is bounded by the Indian Ocean to the north and west, the Southern Ocean to the south, the Northern Territory to the north-east, and South Australia to the south-east. Western Aust ...

. Hnatiuk was Assistant Director of the

Australian Biological Resources Study Australian Biological Resources Study (ABRS) is a project undertaken by the Parks Australia Division of Australia's Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water. Background ABRS was founded in 1973 from the recommendations ...

, where he led the

Flora of Australia The flora of Australia comprises a vast assemblage of plant species estimated to over 21,000 vascular and 14,000 non-vascular plants, 250,000 species of fungi and over 3,000 lichens. The flora has strong affinities with the flora of Gondwana, ...

Program and the Australian Biogeographic Information System Program. During this time he produced the '' Census of Australian Vascular Plants''.Scientists for Sustainability, Colloquium Abstract
, University of Melbourne, Feb 14, 2000 From 1989 to 1992 he was Director of the Australian National Botanic Gardens. He went on to work as a research scientist at the Bureau of Rural Sciences, where his research was forestry and the sustainable use of natural resources. He is a

bonsai Bonsai (; , ) is the Japanese art of Horticulture, growing and shaping miniature trees in containers, with a long documented history of influences and native Japanese development over a thousand years, and with unique aesthetics, cultural hist ...

enthusiast; and he initiated the exhibition of Australian native plants as bonsai that are displayed at the

Australian National Botanic Gardens The Australian National Botanic Gardens (ANBG) is a heritage-listed botanical garden located in , Canberra, in the Australian Capital Territory, Australia. Established in 1949, the Gardens is administered by the Australian Government's Departme ...

annually. He was the inaugural Chairman (2006 -) of the Bonsai Management Committee of the new National Bonsai and Penjing Collection of Australia, sponsored by the Government of the Australian Capital Territory, Canberra. Further details can be found at the web reference below.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Hnatiuk, Roger James 1946 births Living people Botanists active in Australia 20th-century Australian botanists 21st-century Australian botanists