Two of the lab’s wonderful students will be presenting posters at ESA in Montréal this week. Please stop by to learn about their exciting work! Lisa Garcia (REU 2021 from University of New Mexico, REPS 2022) Poster #: PS 28-94 Poster ID:  1233946 Poster Title: “Embolism spreading varies depending on contrasting leaf vein networks and herbivory treatments”…

Interested in joining the lab for an independent postdoctoral fellowship? I’m recruiting candidates who would like to develop independent research proposals. My areas of interest are broad, and include at least community ecology, trait-based ecology, global change ecology, control theory applications to ecology, remote sensing, biogeography, human use of plants, and forest ecology. I’m also…

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…