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'''Suzanne Simard''', born 1960, is a Canadian scientist who is a professor in the Department of Forest and Conservation Sciences at the [[University of British Columbia]].<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|title=Biography of Suzanne Simard for Appearances, Speaking Engagements|url=https://www.allamericanspeakers.com/celebritytalentbios/Suzanne+Simard/398201#:~:text=When%20she%20was%20a%20little,life%20revolves%20around%20the%20forest.|access-date=February 18, 2021|website=www.allamericanspeakers.com}}</ref> After growing up in the [[Monashee Mountains]], sheShe received her PhD in Forest Sciences at Oregon State University.<ref name=":0" /> Prior to teaching at the University of British Columbia, Simard worked as a research scientist at the British Columbia Ministry of Forests.<ref name=":0" />
 
Simard is best known for the research she conducted on the underground networks of forests characterized by fungi and roots.<ref name=":0" /> She studies how these fungi and roots facilitate communication and interaction between trees and plants of an ecosystem.<ref name=":0" /> Within the communication between trees and plants is the exchange of carbon, water, nutrients and defense signals between trees.<ref name=":0" /> Simard is also a leader of TerreWEB, an initiative set to train graduate students and post-doctoral fellows in global change science and its communication.<ref>{{Cite web|title=TerreWEB - UBC Wiki|url=https://wiki.ubc.ca/TerreWEB|access-date=February 18, 2021|website=wiki.ubc.ca}}</ref><ref name=":0" />