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The University of Tennessee Arboretum Society

Contact:

Melanie Staten

865-776-8227

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

 

ARBORETUM SOCIETY TO HOLD URBAN FORESTRY PROGRAM JUNE 21

 

Oak Ridge, TN, June 9, 2012 -- The University of Tennessee Arboretum Society will sponsor a discussion on the UT Urban Forestry Program on Thursday, June 21st at Roane State in Oak Ridge, 7:00 p.m.  The program will be presented by Dr. Sharon Jean-Philippe, an Assistant Professor of Urban Forestry in the Department of Forestry, Wildlife and Fisheries, and member of the Tennessee Urban Forestry Council.

 

Dr. Jean-Phillipe will be speaking about the urban forestry opportunities and apotential Oak Ridge urban tree survey.

 

Sharonreceived a B.S. in biology from Tennessee State University in 2002. She earned her M.S. in Botany and PhD. in Natural Resources from the University of Tennessee in 2005 and 2010. Her M.S.

research focused on medical properties of edible fungi in the genus Pleurotus. Her dissertation

research evaluated the effects of mercury contaminated on tree diversity, endomycorrhizal and

ectomycorrhizal presence and absence and soil nutrient composition in Anderson and Roane Co.

Tennessee.

 

Dr. Jean-Phillipe’s research interests includes biogeochemical cycling of elements, carbon sequestration, and microbial community dynamics in Tennessee urban forest soils.  She is also interested in street

tree health and will be conducting a street and park tree inventory for the City of OakRidge.

 

The University of Tennessee Arboretum Society is a 47 year old, non-profit organization dedicated to furthering the objectives and programs of the University of Tennessee’s 250-acre Arboretum in Oak Ridge.  To learn more about the Arboretum Society, and the UT Arboretum Endowment Fund, go to www.utarboretumsociety.org. For more information call 865-483-3571.

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