As a professor of biological sciences, Dr. Curtis Clark has been with California State Polytechnic University since 1998. He specializes in botany and is primarily interested in the diversity, evolution and habitat of plants.

Majoring in botany, Clark received his Ph.D. from the University of California, Davis, and his master's from the University of Oklahoma. He received his bachelor's from the University of Oklahoma with a major in zoology and minors in botany, chemistry and German. He has authored and published an abundance of papers in his field of study.