was awarded the David Fairchild Medal for Plant Exploration by the United States National Tropical Botanic Garden. Also in 2022 Knapp was elected as a Fellow of the Royal Society. Knapp was appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in the 2023 New Year Honours for services to botany and the public understanding of science. Bibliography References External links Dr Sandra Knapp at JSTOR Global Plants JSTORies – Dr. Sandy Knapp Living people Pomona College alumni Cornell University alumni Employees of the Natural History Museum, London Fellows of the Linnean Society of London Fellows of the Royal Society Linnean Medallists 1956 births American emigrants to England Naturalised citizens of the United Kingdom Officers of the Order of the British Empire