INHS Seminar - Understanding the biodiversity of the Midwestern commercial plant trade
- Event Type
- Seminar/Symposium
- Sponsor
- Illinois Natural History Survey Seminar Committee
- Location
- 1005 Forbes Natural History Building, 1816 S Oak Street, Champaign
- Date
- Feb 14, 2023 4:00 pm
- Speaker
- Dr. Jack Zinnen, Wetland Science Program, Illinois Natural History Survey
- Contact
- Suneeti Jog
- jog@illinois.edu
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- Originating Calendar
- INHS Events
This seminar will be held in room 1005 Forbes Natural History Survey, 1816 S Oak Street, Champaign or on Zoom here | Meeting ID: 811 4620 7550 | Password: 453550
Dr. Jack Zinnen is an assistant research scientist in the Wetlands Group at the Illinois Natural History Survey. He received his bachelor's degree in Biology at the University of Illinois Springfield. He completed his PhD in Natural Resources and Environmental Sciences at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. His research expertise includes vegetation science, restoration ecology, wetland science, and conservation genetics. Specifically, he studies Floristic Quality Assessment and ecological conservatism, rare plant species, prairie ecology, and the topic of today's seminar, the native plant industry.