Dr. Frank Gilliam teaches ecology and plant ecology at Marshall University in West Virginia. His research focuses on the movement and cycling of plant nutrients within terrestrial ecosystems, and forest community ecology. He is especially interested how forests evolve after a disturbance (secondary succession), species dynamics in the herbaceous layer of forests, and the various factors that influence how species change in the herbaceous zone.

Our midday seminars are open to the public. Because they are directed to a scientific audience, they are more technical than our monthly evening lectures.