Invitation to attend Maryland Orchid Society meeting. Fungi as Keys to Unlocking Orchid Conservation by Dr. Melissa McCormick

Fungi as Keys to Unlocking Orchids] Conservation

Speaker: Melissa McCormick, PhD

ABOUT THE SPEAKER

Melissa McCormick is a Senior Ecologist at the Smithsonian Environmental Research Center (SERC) and is the Director of the North American Orchid Conservation Center (NAOCC). She earned her B.S. degree Trinity University (San Antonio, Texas, 1992) and Ph.D. in Ecology, Evolutionary Biology and Behavior from Michigan State University (1999). Melissa joined SERC in 1999, first as a postdoctoral researcher, then a research scientist, and now as a senior ecologist. Her main research focus is on associations between plants and mycorrhizal fungi, with a strong focus on orchids. In 2011, with Dennis Whigham, she co-founded NAOCC at the Smithsonian. The goal of NAOCC is to safeguard the native orchids of the US and Canada, through propagation, preservation, and education. She has authored over 60 peer reviewed scientific publications about orchids, their mycorrhizal fungi, their pollinators, and other drivers of plant distribution.

Sponsor: Maryland Orchid Society   

This meeting is hybrid. We ask that you register for your preferred option; after registering, you will get Zoom login information and in person location information.

Physical location: Hybrid, options to attend by zoom or to attend the Maryland Orchid Society meeting at Woodbrook Baptist Church, 25 Stevenson Lane, Baltimore 21212

The program is free and open to the public.

YOU MUST REGISTER IN ORDER TO RECEIVE THE ZOOM LINK

In person meeting begins at 7:00. Zoom opens at 7:45PM. Presentations begin at 8:00PM and generally run until 9:00PM. 

We can accommodate the first 300 people who enter the Zoom meeting at the meeting time. After you register, you will receive a registration confirmation email with a link to the Zoom meeting, as well as the in person location information.

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