About Speaker

Giuliana Furci is a field mycologist, Foundress, and Executive Director of the Fungi Foundation, the first NGO dedicated to fungal conservation in the world. She is an associate at Harvard University, a National Geographic Explorer, a Dame of the Order of the Star of Italy, and the Deputy Chair of the IUCN Fungal Conservation Committee. Giuliana is the author of several titles, including a series of three field guides to Chilean fungi. She has co-authored 14 peer-reviewed publications, including the publication that delimits the term “funga” and the 3F Proposal: Fauna, Flora & Funga, as well as the first State of the World's Fungi report.