Erika Jeannine Edwards is a professor at Yale University known for her work on evolution of plants.
In 2017 she moved to Yale University as a professor and director of the Marsh Botanical Garden.
[3] Edwards research focuses on succulents and the evolution of C4 carbon fixation in plants.
Her early research centered on Pereskia where she examined its physiology[4] and its place in the evolutionary history of cactus plants.
[13][14] In 2016, Edwards received a Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers (PECASE).