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Dr. Logan Park

He/Him/His

Associate Professor of Forest Recreation & Park/Wildland Management
Southern Illinois University, Forestry Department
Participates in 1 Session
Logan Park, Ph.D., is an associate professor of human ecology at Southern Illinois University's Forestry department. He works with U.S. national parks, forests, and wildlife refuges to manage and prevent human impacts to beautiful and fragile places loved by millions each year. Logan has hiked the Appalachian Trail right past Ilvermorny (Mt. Greylock, MA). He joins the Science in Harry Potter panel to discuss the zoology and ecology of fantastic beasts and how they'd be influenced by climate change, zookeeping in non-native environments, and how human values can spell survival or extinction for other creatures.

Sessions in which Dr. Logan Park participates

Friday 11 October, 2019

Time Zone: (GMT-05:00) Eastern Time (US & Canada)
11:30 AM
11:30 AM
Science in Harry Potter
1 hour, 11:30 AM EDT - 12:30 PM EDT

Seaport World Trade Center - Cityview Ballroom

Panel

Andrew Shtulman (Participant)

Emily Greenwald (Participant)

Kathleen Schoolcraft, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute (Participant)

Dr. Logan Park, Southern Illinois University, Forestry Department (Participant)

Emi Hayashi, DVM, Southern Illinois University Carbondale (Participant)

What happens if a dementor eats chocolate? Are there “wizard genes”? Could we develop a pensieve-like technology in the muggle world? How do we as ...