Lois Brako

Lois Brako (born July 25, 1957) is an American botanist, mycologist and explorer. She has conducted botanical expeditions in Peru. Brako has a Bachelor’s of Science degree from Queens College, a Master’s of Science studying lichens from the University of Minnesota working with Clifford Wetmore, and a Ph.D. in biology from the City University of New York supervised by Richard Harris.

Lois Brako's botanical eponym is "Brako". She has contributed to the discovery of 13 different plants. All of these plant species are flowering plants, with 9 that are part of the Hippeastrum family.

In 1991 her career moved into university administration, successively at the universities of Michigan, Wisconsin and Missouri. She was Assistant Vice President for Research–Regulatory and Compliance Oversight, at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor until her retirement in 2021. She was also on national committees and from 2009-2015 she served as the co-chair for the Federal Demonstration Partnership’s Human Subject Subcommittee.

Publications

Brako, L. 1991. Phyllopsora (Bacidiaceae). Flora neotropica. 551–66

-----------; AW Meerow; L. Brako. 1993. New combinations in Hippeastrum, Ismene, and Leptochiton (Amaryllidaceae) for the flora of Peru. Novon 3: 28–30 -----------. Inga (Fabaceae), Plantaginaceae, Rosaceae, Sapindaceae. In: L. Brako & J. L. Zarucchi (eds.), Catalogue of the Flowering Plants & Gymnosperms of Peru. Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 45: 481–486, 923–925, 1003–1010, 1059–1068. 1993

1981. The lichens of Wabasha and Winona counties, Minnesota. Ed. University of Minnesota. 278 pp. 1987. The lichen genus Phyllopsora (Bacidiaceae) in the neotropics. Ed. City University of New York. 532 pp. 1991. Phyllopsora (Bacidiaceae). Number 55 Flora neotropica. Ed. Organization for Flora Neotropica by the New York Botanical Garden. 66 pp. 1993. Catalogue of the flowering plants and gymnosperms of Peru: Catálogo de las angiospermas y gimnospermas del Perú. Number 45 Monographs in systematic botany from the Missouri Botanical Garden. 1.286 pp. -----------, Amy Y. Rossman, David F. Farr. 1995. Scientific and common names of 7,000 vascular plants in the United States. U.S. National Fungus Collections. Number 7 Contributions from the U.S. National Fungus Collections. 295 pp.