Episode 181 - Jessica Turner-Skoff is Longwood Garden’s first Associate Director of Science Communications.

https://www.linkedin.com/in/jessicabturnerskoff/

https://longwoodgardens.org/ 

https://www.instagram.com/reel/CyOJ5s0AR2W/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0HTZHkyvJGQ

https://tinyurl.com/2ts6zap9 

https://www.c2st.org/person/jessica-turner-skoff/

https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=7cYvmugAAAAJ&hl=en

https://nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/ppp3.10134

https://nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/ppp3.38

https://mortonarb.org/explore/activities/adult-programs/health-benefits-of-trees/#:~:text=Research%20studies%20show%20links%20between,stays%2C%20and%20even%20feeling%20younger!

https://mortonarb.org/educators/planted-podcast/ 

Jessica Turner-Skoff: The benefits of trees for livable and sustainable communities (youtube.com)

The Benefits of Trees with Dr. Jessica Turner-Skoff (youtube.com)

Story of Plants - Longwood Gardens (youtube.com)

https://www.hardingsginsengfarm.com/ 

https://www.publicgardens.org/

https://www.bgci.org/

https://www.arbnet.org/

https://mortonarb.org/

Jessica Turner-Skoff is Longwood Garden's first Associate Director of Science Communications. She champions Longwood’s leadership in plant science and interprets Longwood’s scientific resources for multiple communication channels and audiences. Jessica is an internationally recognized, award-winning science communicator who is professionally trained as a conservation biologist. She came to Longwood after making significant contributions in science communications at The Morton Arboretum, serving as a Botany in Action Fellow for three years at Phipps Conservatory, and teaching science communication at collegiate and professional levels.

Jessica holds a Ph.D. in Biology from West Virginia University, an MS in Conservation Science and Sustainable Development from the University of Maryland, College Park, and a BS from Muskingum University. She is an Editorial Advisor for the Journal Plants, People, Planet. She was the 2020 Emerging Horticulture Professional from the American Horticultural Society, as well as a Chanticleer Scholar in 2022.