David Moreno Mateos
Assistant Professor of Landscape Architecture
Harvard University Graduate School of Design

Title: The recovery of ecosystem complexity from ancient human impacts

Abstract:
Major efforts are being implemented worldwide to restore ecosystems. However, the outcomes of restoration are uncertain. This uncertainty may be rooted in our lack of understanding on the reassembly of ecosystem complexity. Understanding how organisms rebuild their interactions and how functions derived from those...

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Madelynn von Baeyer,  Postdoctoral Fellow
Harvard University Herbaria

Katherine R. Goodrich, Associate Professor
Cynthia H. Sarnoski Science Faculty Fellow
Widener University

Topic:  Flowers, flies, and fermentation:  floral mimicry and pollination ecology of pawpaw

Abstract:
Pollination ecology involving floral mimicry has fascinated researchers for more...

Luis Jesus Quijada Fumero, Visiting Postdoctoral Researcher
Pfister Lab, Harvard University Herbaria

Topic: DNA barcoding for plant-pathogens diagnostic and monitoring. Forest diseases and turbo-taxonomy in Tympanidaceae as a case of study.        

Abstract:
Forests provide...