Stephen F. Austin State University’s SFA Gardens will host the monthly Theresa and Les Reeves Lecture Series at 7 p.m. Thursday, May 12, in the Ina Brundrett Conservation Education Building at the Pineywoods Native Plant Center, 2900 Raguet St. Dr. Lisa Alexander, United States National Arboretum geneticist will present “Improving the World One Plant at a Time."
Alexander is a U.S. Department of Agriculture research geneticist working to improve woody ornamental landscape plants for the USNA. She received a Bachelor of Science in biology in 2005 from the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga, where she conducted research on American chestnut tree restoration. She received her doctoral degree in molecular genetics from Purdue University in 2010. Her dissertation focused on using molecular markers for oak seed orchard management.
Thursday May 12, 2016
7:00 PM - 9:00 PM CDT
7 p.m. Thursday, May 12
Ina Brundrett Conservation Education Building at the Pineywoods Native Plant Center, 2900 Raguet St.
Parking is available at the nearby Raguet Elementary School, 2428 Raguet St., with continual shuttle service to the Ina Brundrett Conservation Education Building.
The lecture is free and open to the public but donations to the Theresa and Les Reeves Lecture Series fund are always appreciated.
For more information, call (936) 468-1832.
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