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Botany Brown Bag with Dr. Pam Soltis

October 30 @ 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm

Join a new Botany Brown Bag Public Lecture Series!

This Botany Brown Bag series is continued by Dr. Pam Soltis, who will give a talk titled “Using Natural History Collections to Address 21st Century Societal Problems.”

Make sure to bring your lunch!

This event is free and open to the public, no RSVP required!

Pamela Soltis is a Distinguished Professor and Curator at the Florida Museum of Natural History at the University of Florida. She is also Director of the UF Biodiversity Institute and Director of Research for iDigBio, the NSF-sponsored National Coordinating Center for Biodiversity Collections. Her research addresses patterns and processes of plant evolution, including phylogeny and polyploidy. This work spans genomic to landscape scales, with applications for biodiversity assessment, conservation, and agriculture. She is an elected member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and the US National Academy of Sciences, where she recently served as Secretary of Biological Sciences.

Details

Date:
October 30
Time:
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
Website:
https://www.botgard.ucla.edu/event/botany-brown-bag-october-2025/

Organizer

UCLA Mathias Botanical Garden
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Venue

UCLA Mildred E Mathias Botanical Garden, La Kretz Garden Pavilion
707 Tiverton Dr
Los Angeles, CA 90095
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Phone
(310) 825-1260
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