Speaker Biography

Bernd Blossey has been working on the detection and study of biocontrol organisms for purple loosestrife since 1985. He grew up in Northern Germany and went to school at Kiel University, receiving a Ph.D. in Ecology in 1991. Blossey came to Cornell in 1992 as a post doc, overseeing the release of biocontrol agents for purple loosestrife; in 1995, he became director of the College-wide Biological Control of Non-Indigenous Plant Species program, and in 1999 Assistant Professor of Natural Resources. His work is focused on three main topics: (1) ecosystem impacts of the increase and decline of invasive species, (2) development of biological control programs and (3) distinguishing invasive from non-invasive species and whether invasiveness can be predicted. He currently coordinates programs targeting the following species: Purple loosestrife (Lythrum salicaria), Garlic mustard (Alliaria petiolata), Phragmites (Phragmites australis) and Japanese knotweed (Fallopia japonica).

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