Summary: We have a funded opportunity for one recently-graduated student (degree awarded between Jan 2022 – Jan 2023) who has NOT had substantial prior research experience and wishes to get it. Topic: You will seek to understand how and why leaf structure and anatomy varies in a wide range of plant species. We will teach…

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…