Lúcia Garcez Lohmann is a Brazilian botanist specialized in neotropical biodiversity, with an emphasis on plant ecology and evolution in the Amazon Basin.
[2][1] During this period, she utilized the Garden's Herbarium specimens and geospatial tools to address various evolutionary, ecological, and conservation challenges.
[2] Lohmann has contributed to several research projects, including work on the biodiversity and conservation of Amazonian plants, the digitization of botanical collections, and the systematics of Bignoniaceae.
[5] At UCB, her research has remained focused on neotropical biodiversity, with an emphasis on plant ecology and evolution in the Amazon Basin.
[1] In 2024, after an international search, Lohmann was selected to succeed Peter Wyse Jackson as the president of the Missouri Botanical Garden, a role she will assume in January 2025.