Full Name
Dr. Jim Westwood
Job Title
Professor, School of Plant and Environmental Sciences
Company
Virginia Tech
Speaker Bio
Dr. Jim Westwood's research focuses on parasitic plants, which have evolved to lose certain features typical of plants (e.g., photosynthesis) while exhibiting other remarkable capabilities such as the ability to identify and attack other plant species. He is working to discover how they interact with their hosts in order to better understand basic plant biology and improve techniques for applied vegetation management.
