Last week we wrapped up a spring collaboration with Richmond High School, exploring resilience in plants and in people through art and science. The work was supported by the National Science Foundation through our ‘Rules of Life’ grant on leaf venation networks. We helped put on a concert performed by the RHS orchestra (with a…

The end of the academic year is here, and there are many lab members and alumni to celebrate. We’ve been getting together to recognize all sorts of successes and support each other through obstacles – a few photos below. PhD student Courtenay with past lab student Deidra and past postdoc Luiza ‘Easter’ egg hunt with…

The Richmond High School Music Department proudly presents the world orchestral premiere of the Resilience Concertino for violoncello and orchestra composed by Marcus Norris Performed by Adeline Vargas, violoncello, and the Richmond High School Orchestra Also featuring artwork by Juniper Harrower An art-science collaboration with the University of California Berkeley – supported by the National…

We are seeking to hire a lead Postdoctoral Research Associate to lead a National Science Foundation funded project to identify adaptive water use strategies to cope with extreme thermal stress across a wide range of plant functional types. The project will be based at the Desert Botanical Garden in Phoenix, AZ, where the postdoc will…