Zong-Xin Ren: “All Research Begins with Natural History”
Botany One interviews Dr Zong-Xin Ren, a pollination ecologist fascinated with natural history and orchids.
Carlos A. Ordóñez-Parra
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Carlos (he/him) is a Colombian PhD candidate at Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais (Brazil). He works as an Editor at Botany One and a Communications Officer at the International Society for Seed Science. Follow him on BlueSky at @caordonezparra.
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