Simard, Suzanne

Areas of research include:

• Forest ecology
• Plant-soil microbial interactions
• Plant-plant interactions
• Ectomycorrhizae
• Mycorrhizal networks
• Forest stand dynamics (regeneration, growth, mortality)
• Forest disturbances
• Complex adaptive systems and ecological resilience
• Global change

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Projects

The Mother Tree Project Current
May, 2017 – May, 2019

Forest Enhancement Society of British Columbia (Roach, Simard)

Designing successful forest renewal practices for our changing climate Current
September, 2015 – August, 2019

NSERC SPG (Simard, Roach, Pickles, Lavkulich, Mohn, Pither)

Plant­mycorrhizal fungal interaction networks: understanding their role in the resilience and adaptation of forests to climate change Current
April, 2016 – March, 2021

NSERC DG

The Salmon Forest Project Current
May, 2017 – May, 2019

Donner Canadian Foundation (Simard, Ryan)

Using the functional traits of soil fungi to improve post-disturbance pine regeneration Current
May, 2015 – May, 2018

NSERC SPG (Erbigin, Cahill, Karst, Simard)

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Awards and Distinctions

1. Royal Roads University, Honorary Doctor of Laws Degree 2024
2. Oregon State University, University Alumni Fellow, 2024
3. CIF-IFC Canadian Forestry Scientific Achievement Award, 2024
4. Brooklyn Botanical Gardens, Better Earth Award, June, 2024
5. Oregon State University, College of Forestry Distinguished Alum, 2023
6. Lewis Thomas Prize, Rockefeller University, 2023
7. Kew International Medal, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, UK, 2023
8. Canadian Botanical Association, Lawson Medal, 2022
9. BC & Yukon Book Prize, Bill Duthie’s Book Sellers Choice Award, 2022
10. Hubert Evans Non-Fiction Prize, 2022
11. Banff Mountain Book Prize in Mountain Environment and Natural History, 2021
12. National Outdoor Book Award for Natural History Literature, 2021
13. Killam Teaching Award, 2006