Dr Rebecca Jordan is a Research Scientist at Australia’s national science agency, CSIRO. She is fascinated by how evolution and landscapes shape genetic variation within plants and how this knowledge can support forest ecosystem management to enhance adaptability now and into a changing future.

Patrick Lenz is research scientist in forest genetics at the Canadian Wood Fibre Centre of Natural Resources Canada. His current research focusses on the development of genomic tree breeding tools to speed up the selection of planting stock with improved growth, wood quality and resilience in the context of climate change. Some of his top priorities include the research on resistance traits to climate anomalies to better understand their role in adaptation and breeding opportunities.

Anne Sophie Sergent obtained her PhD in forest biology at Val de Loire University – France - in 2011 before joining the National Scientific and Technical Research Council CONICET - Argentina. Her research activities are conducted within the ecology, ecophysiology, and wood laboratory (LEEMA) of IFAB, UEDD INTA-CONICET in Bariloche. Her research interests are forest tree ecophysiology and dendro-ecology, focusing on the relationships between wood structure, growth rate, and physiological mechanisms involved in drought resistance.