Dr. Suzanne Simard is a Professor of Forest Ecology at the University of British Columbia and Leader of The Mother Tree Project. She conducts research on ecological relationships between trees, soils, climate and disturbances that are the foundation of forest structure and function. She is known for her work on belowground fungal networks that connect trees and facilitate inter-tree communication, and she is investigating how this underpins the complexity, adaptability and resilience of forests to climate change. She has published over 200 scientific and popular science articles. Her book, “Finding the Mother Tree”, was published in 2021 by Knopf at Penguin Random House