Gary A. Laursen

Dr.Gary Laursen was trained a classical mycologist at virginia Tech before coming to Alaska to begin his work in 1971 on the fungi of high-latitude environs. He joined the University of Alaska fairbanks in 1976 and currently is a senior research professor in the Institute of Arctic Biology. His toon meer afflication for mushroom studies has taken him throughout Alaska, the Circumpolar Arctic, Subarctic, and the Sub-Antarctic island archipelago. He lives in Fairbanks, Alaska. Dr.Rodney D.seppelt earned his PhD at the University Melbourne, Australia, after completing his Undergraduate and master of science degrees at the University of Adelaide, South Australia. He joined the Australian Antarctic Division in 1978, working on Australian and Subantarctic liverworts, mosses, and lichens. He has amassed a total of forty Visits to Antarctica and the Sub-Antarctic islands and ten seasons working in Alaska. He is affiliated with the university of Alaska Fairbanks through the Institute of arctic Biology. He is also an accomplished botanical artist. toon minder