el ▁and ▁Dr . ▁Maj a ▁Kr z ic ▁the ▁Communic ation ▁of ▁Science ▁Program ▁Ter re WE B , ▁which ▁has ▁been ▁training ▁gradu ate ▁students ▁to ▁become ▁better ▁communic ators ▁of ▁their ▁research ▁since ▁ 2 0 1 1 . ▁Sim ard ▁has ▁appeared ▁on ▁various ▁non - s cience ▁platforms ▁and ▁media , ▁such ▁as ▁the ▁short ▁document ary ▁Do ▁trees ▁communicate , ▁three ▁T ED ▁( con ference ) ▁tal ks ▁ ▁and ▁the ▁document ary ▁film ▁Int ellig ent ▁trees , ▁where ▁she ▁appears ▁alongside ▁for ester ▁and ▁author ▁Peter ▁W ohl leben . ▁ ▁Popular ▁Culture ▁ ▁Dr . ▁Sim ard ’ s ▁work ▁is ▁referenced ▁in ▁Richard ▁Pow ers ’ ▁ 2 0 1 8 ▁novel ▁The ▁Over story , ▁in ▁which ▁a ▁character ▁named ▁Pat ric ia ▁West er ford ▁pione ers ▁the ▁controvers ial ▁idea ▁that ▁trees ▁can ▁communicate ▁with ▁each ▁other . ▁ ▁She ▁is ▁rid ic u led ▁by ▁fellow ▁scient ists , ▁but ▁eventually ▁is ▁v ind ic ated . ▁ ▁References ▁ ▁External ▁links ▁ ▁Su z anne ▁Sim ard : ▁How ▁trees ▁talk ▁to ▁each ▁other ▁| ▁T ED ▁T alk ▁ 2 0 1 6 - 0 7 - 2 2 ▁– ▁Introduction ▁video ▁explaining ▁her ▁find ings ▁ ▁“ M other ▁Tre es ” ▁Use ▁F ung al ▁Communic ation ▁Systems ▁to ▁Pres erve ▁For ests ▁▁ ▁Official ▁Tra iler ▁" Int ellig ent ▁Tre es " ▁ ▁featuring ▁Su z anne ▁Sim ard ▁and ▁Peter ▁W