Karl J. Niklas

Karl Joseph Niklas (born 1948) holds the title of 'Liberty Hyde Bailey Professor Emeritus' in the Section of Plant Biology, School of Integrative Plant Science, at Cornell University. His work is mainly focused on plant biomechanics, allometry, and functional morphology. He is also known for his contributions to understanding plant evolutionary biology, particularly early land plant evolutionary diversification patterns and morphospaces. Provided by Wikipedia