# Noel Michele Holbrook Professor of Organismic and Evolutionary Biology Charles Bullard Professor of Forestry Director, Harvard Forest ![Professor Noel Holbrook](/sites/g/files/omnuum6381/files/styles/hwp_4_5__320x400/public/holbrook/files/missy_holbrook_photo.jpg?itok=Yco7TwT7) location\_on Department of Organismic & Evolutionary Biology Biological Laboratories 3119 16 Divinity Avenue Cambridge, MA 02138 smartphone [617-496-0603](tel:617-496-0603) email 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 currently working on questions relating to cavitation, stomatal mechanics, leaf hydraulic design, and xylem evolution. [Curriculum vitae](/file_url/257) - ## People Terms [Principal Investigator](/people-terms/principal-investigator)