Archives: Research Talks

  • A two-year survey of insects visiting flowers of woody plants at the Arnold Arboretum

    Date and Time: February 9, 2026 12:10 pm

    Speaker: 🌳Richard Primack (1), Ada Fang (2), Matteo Finnerty (2), Colleen Hitchcock (3) and Ethan Rosenfeld (4)
    (1) Professor, Boston University
    (2) Undergraduate Student, Boston University
    (3) Professor, Brandeis University
    (4) Undergraduate Student, Brandeis University
    🌳Funded by 2025 Jewett Prize

  • Salt-tolerant plants: An overview of current research and future directions

    Date and Time: February 23, 2026 12:10 pm

    Speaker: Esteban Ramirez Chueca
    Postdoctoral Fellow, OEB, Davis Lab

  • Thermal radiation is an ancient pollination signal

    Date and Time: March 23, 2026 12:10 pm

    Speaker: Wendy Valencia-Montoya
    Harvard Society of Fellows

  • Systematics, biogeography, phylogeography, species delimitation, and organ fusion in the plant lineage Lonicera (Honeysuckle)

    Date and Time: December 1, 2025 12:10 pm

    Speaker: 🌳Mansa Srivastav
    Global Change Fellow, Arnold Arboretum of Harvard University

  • Hypotheses-driven research in ethnobiology & ayahuasca sustainability

    Date and Time: November 14, 2025 12:00 pm

    Speaker: Michael Coe
    Assistant Professor, Tarleton State University

  • Trees, disease, and death in the forest: a story about beech bark disease

    Date and Time: October 22, 2025 1:00 pm

    Speaker: Adam Martin
    Associate Professor, University of Toronto; Current Harvard Forest Bullard Fellow; IN_PERSON ONLY

  • Title: TBA

    Date and Time: December 12, 2025 12:00 pm

    Speaker: Mason Heberling
    Associate Curator of Botany, Carnegie Museum of Natural History

  • Rejuvenation and resilience in trees & shrubs

    Date and Time: November 3, 2025 12:10 pm

    Speaker: 🌳Peter Del Tredici
    Senior Research Scientist Emeritus, Arnold Arboretum of Harvard University

  • Mycelium modified wood: Design for sustainable habitats

    Date and Time: October 20, 2025 12:10 pm

    Speaker: 🌳Noam Attias
    Postdoctoral Fellow, Graduate School of Design, Harvard University

  • Current knowledge of the Bryophyte flora of Sub-Saharan Africa: Biodiversity insights, herbarium records, and ongoing research

    Date and Time: October 31, 2025 12:00 pm

    Speaker: Lova Marline
    HUH Bartram Research Fellow

  • Herbaria in the modern age: Insights from powdery mildews and managing a small mycological collection

    Date and Time: October 17, 2025 12:00 pm

    Speaker: Michael Bradshaw
    Assistant Professor; Center for Integrated Fungal Research; Director of the NC State Mycological Herbarium; Department of Entomology & Plant Pathology: NCSU; IN-PERSON AT HUH IN CAMBRIDGE ONLY

  • Particulate matter pollution and leaf surface microbes at the urban forest edge

    Date and Time: October 6, 2025 12:10 pm

    Speaker: 🌳 Emma Daily
    Graduate Student, Boston University; Visiting Fellow of the Arnold Arboretum