George C. Whiting, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Horticulture
Ph.D, University of Minnesota
MS, University of Minnesota
BS, Penn State University

Dr. Whiting's expertise is in herbaceous plants, plant taxonomy or plant classification, and plant breeding. A Temple University faculty member since 1979 he has taught; Plant Taxonomy, Plant Genetics and Breeding, Herbaceous Plants I and II, Plant Ecology, and Botany labs.

Dr. Whiting was part of a group that worked with the Environmental Protection Agency on one of the centerpiece exhibits for the 2001 Philadelphia Flower Show.

Dr. Whiting is an associated faculty member of the Temple University Ambler Center for Sustainable Communities. He is a member of the Pennsylvania Horticultural Society, the Perennial Plant Association, the North American Rock Garden Society, and the American Rose Society.