PEOPLE


Craig Brodersen
Professor of Physiological Plant Ecology

Contact/Info
craig.brodersen@yale.edu
Yale FES Website
Twitter: @brodersen_lab
Google Scholar Profile

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Haoran Zhou
NOAA Climate and Global Change Postdoc Fellow
Google Scholar Profile
Research Interests: Plant eco-physiology and ecological and evolutionary models, specifically the evolution of C3, C4, CAM photosynthesis.

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Leila Fletcher
Postdoctoral Scholar
Google Scholar Profile

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Kyra Prats
Ph.D. Candidate, 2016 – Present

Contact/Info
kyra.prats@yale.edu

https://kyraprats.weebly.com/

Research Interests: “Broadly speaking, I am interested in the ecophysiology of plants—particularly ferns—under environmental stressors, such as drought or freezing temperatures. Ferns can serve as crucial bio-indicators of drought and climate change in many ecosystems, and studying their ecophysiology can provide insight into how they cope with changing climates. I use a variety of methods—from gas exchange and hydraulics, to microCT and epi-illumination fluorescence microscopy—to explore fern ecophysiology. Additionally, I am a joint PhD candidate with the New York Botanical Garden.”

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Aleca Borsuk

Ph.D. Student 2019 – Present
Contact/Info
aleca.borsuk@yale.edu
http://campuspress.yale.edu/alecaborsuk/
Research Interests: Plant morphology, plant physiology, and bio-inspired technology. My current studies are aimed at characterizing 3D leaf traits, understanding how these influence natural variation in photosynthetic capacity, and modeling biophysical processes such as light propagation and carbon dioxide transport within the heterogeneous inner landscape of the leaf.

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Joseph Zailaa
Ph.D. Student 2020-Present
Google Scholar Profile
Research Interests: My research revolves around plant-atmosphere interactions from the cellular to the ecosystem level. More specifically, I am interested in exploring mechanisms driving hydraulic function in plants, the exchange of water vapor and CO2 between vegetation and the environment, and the various anatomical, physiological, and morphological ways plants have adapted or can acclimate to sub-optimal abiotic conditions, including high-temperature and low-water environments. With climate trends shifting towards higher temperatures and more severe drought regimes in many regions globally, affecting individual- to community-level productivity and mortality, investigating these processes is gaining much urgency. During my PhD, I hope to combine empirical and computational approaches to investigate how vegetation will respond to a rapidly changing climate.

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Lab Alumni

Ana Clara Fanton – Postdoctoral Scientist – Bordeaux Sciences Agro

Morgan Furze – Postdoctoral Scientist – UC Davis

Elizabeth Clark – Postdoctoral Scientist – UC Berkeley

Adam Roddy – Assistant Professor – Florida International University

Santiago Trueba – Postdoctoral Scientist – INRA France

Mason Earles – Assistant Professor, University of California – Davis

Jay Wason – Assistant Professor, University of Maine

Martin Bouda – Postdoctoral Fellow, Czech Academy of Sciences

Cameron Musser – USDA Forest Service

Collaborators


Andrew McElrone – UC Davis

Brendan Choat – U. Western Sydney

Tim Brodribb – U. Tasmania

Brett Huggett – Bates College

Peter Crane – Oak Spring Garden Foundation

Christine Scoffoni – Cal State Los Angeles

Lawren Sack – UCLA

Jarmila Pittermann – UC Santa Cruz

Dan Johnson – U. of Georgia

Matthew Gilbert – UC Davis

Guillaume Theroux-Rancourt – University of Life Sciences and Natural Resources, Vienna

Bill Smith – Wake Forest

Ed Exteberria – U. of Florida

Nabil Killiny – U. of Florida