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Staff Profile

Hope Brooks

Research Technician

Research Labs

Molecular Ecology

Plant Ecology

BrooksH@si.edu

Phone

443-482-2379

hope_brooks_cv_2015.pdf

Biography

Research Interests| Orchid ecology, in vitro orchid propagation, mycorrhizal interactions, plant invasion ecology, forest fire ecology, military land management

Academic Credentials| BS Plant Sciences (2014) -- Penn State

Current Projects

Monitoring populations of Small Whorled Pogonia (Isotria medeoloides)
Genetic identification of orchid mycorrhizal fungi in the North American Orchid Conservation Center's fungi collection
Japanese Tsunami Mussel Debris
Mytilicola spp. in the Chesapeake Bay

Publications

McCormick, M.k., H.E.A. Brooks, D.F. Whigham. In press. Microsatellite analysis to estimate realized dispersal distance in Phragmites australis. Biological Invasions. (IF=2.6, citations –).