Conserving Genetic Diversity of Plant Species Using Genetic Data, Simulations, and Effective Population Size

Plant Biology

Sean Hoban, Morton Arboretum

March 27, 2023 @ 12:10 pm to 01:10 pm

108 Wartik Building
University Park

Bio:

Sean Hoban is a Tree Conservation Biologist at The Morton Arboretum in Chicago USA. Sean also has a leading role in the IUCN Conservation Genetic Specialist Group, GEO BON, and the Coalition for Conservation Genetics. He has a PhD from University of Notre Dame, and performed a postdoc with the ConGRESS project and another postdoc at NIMBioS. He has more than 80 publications and currently focuses on developing science-based advice for ex situ collections like botanic gardens, and for bringing knowledge on adaptive capacity of populations to national and global policy. Trained as a population geneticist, he also has interests in seed dispersal, macrogenetics, hybridization, demography, and population size change over time. You can read more about his group at hobanlab.com.

Contact

Donghui Wei
dxw608@psu.edu