Professor Kris

10/01/2025

This is my own screen shot of the actual, official, USDA website.

Remind me, which party controls the senate, house, and executive branch??

05/22/2024

Science+education = economic development

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Donald Danforth Plant Science Center

A study by Sandy Dall’Erba found that the JJK FAN provides significant supplemental non-monetized economic and societal benefits to the citizens of Illinois.

10/05/2023

Delighted to meet Ambassador Filip Vander Bulcke from Belgium 🇧🇪! Had a fantastic lunch discussing how we can strengthen ties between and the University of Ghent's plant science research 🌿🔬. Exciting possibilities ahead for international collaboration in plant biology. 🌍🌱 🌐🤝

10/05/2023

Privileged to hang out with Jordon, one of the most well spoken future politicians at the MDP 10th Annual Truman Dinner!

06/11/2023

Breakfast from the garden!

10/24/2022

Today a parent sent a kiddo to school, not realizing it would be the last time.

Today, after securing his students in his classroom after hearing shots in the hallway, a teacher called his wife to say "I love you,” not knowing if it was the last time.

Today, I received an email from the Principal of the Collegiate School for Medicine & Biosciences (CSMB), that the thing we fear most in schools happened in our school, on our campus.

CSMB shares a building with the Central Visual and Performing Arts school (CVPA). As a CSMB board member, I've seen and supported the intentional development of a culture that meets their students’ basic needs-including a sense of safety and belonging- so that students can focus on education and learning. This culture has created cohorts of some of the brightest stars who come from our most underserved communities. I have had the privilege of hosting these students at the Danforth Center and in my own lab every spring.

Today, that sense of safety was shattered.

A few months ago, I heard Councilwoman Webb propose common sense gun laws for St. Louis County. During that Council meeting, Mark Harder talked about how he does not support such policies because 'a gun is just a tool.’

Today, that tool was used to kill students and teachers in their safe place. It was used to shatter the sense of safety of a community of kiddos.

Harder declined an opportunity to protect kids in St. Louis County by supporting common sense gun laws.

Will today be the day you say 'enough' and vote in change?

Feel free to share.

06/14/2022

Sometimes work-life balance means answering email from the stands while your two littles participate in a parade at the Cardinals baseball game. What does work-life balance mean for you?

06/11/2022

Supporting the fight against cancer