Wednesday, March 26, 2025. 7:00 pm PDT. White Pine Chapter Zoom Meeting
Speaker: Dr. Leda Kobziar, Professor of Wildland Fire Science, University of Idaho,
Presentation: Microbial Content of Wildfire Smoke
Program will be presented online (and recorded) via Zoom (Zoom id can be found below or on the flyer)
ZOOM ONLY, please join us at
https://uidaho.zoom.us/j/3240288251?omn=81487831464
Speaker: Dr. Leda Kobziar, Professor of Wildland Fire Science, University of Idaho,
Presentation: Microbial Content of Wildfire Smoke
Program will be presented online (and recorded) via Zoom (Zoom id can be found below or on the flyer)
ZOOM ONLY, please join us at
https://uidaho.zoom.us/j/3240288251?omn=81487831464
In the last few years, our research has revealed that multiple trillions of living microbes are transported from soils and plants into smoke during wildfires and prescribed burns. What types of microbes, how many, and how far they are transported depend on the ecosystem burning as well as the characteristics of fire behavior. This presentation will highlight what we know about the repercussions of this microbial transport mechanism for the health of plants, animals, and people downwind.
Dr. Leda Kobziar is the Professor of Wildland Fire Science in the Department of Forest, Rangeland, and Fire Sciences at the University of Idaho and director of the Master of Natural Resources program. Her research focuses on the emission and transport of living microorganisms via wildland fire, referred to as “pyroaerobiology†(PAB).
Please print and post a flyer to help publicize this event. Kobziar poster
Program is free and open to all.