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Professor Holbrook studies the physics and physiology of vascular transport in plants with the goal of understanding how constraints on the movement of water and solutes between soil and leaves influences ecological and evolutionary processes. Her lab is...

To understand how vegetative ecosystems will shift in response to climate change and human encroachment, it is imperative to reconcile the individual measurable physiological performances of plants with demographic responses. I am passionate about how...

Stomata are complexes on leaves that allow plants to acquire CO 2 when open, but opening stomata also results in a disproportionately large loss of water. I am broadly interested in how plants regulate their stomata and control gas exchange. I am studying...

Trees are always on the hunt for light. The variety of growth forms seen in the forest is a testament to this photic need; individuals differentially find, occupy, and maintain branches in available light gaps despite the mechanical stressors of gravity...

Plants possess intricate structures that function as robust and indispensable elements for their survival. My research focuses on pit membranes, which are micron-scaled structures within plant xylem that prevent embolism from spreading during drought...

Plants lose most of their water through pores on the surface of leaves called stomata. In order for the plant to protect themselves from hydraulic failure during drought stomata can be closed with the hormone abscisic acid. My research focuses on...

In general, plants cannot physically run away from their problems, so they must be able to tolerate whatever their environment throws at them. I study how plants couple fluid transport with the management of solutes they need to retain or remove in order...