Luiza Aparecido
@luiza-aparecido.bsky.social
Hot topics on Plant Ecophysiology! From the tropics to aridlands 🍃☀️
www.aparecidolab.com
Assistant Professor, University of Utah (SLC)
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www.aparecidolab.com
Assistant Professor, University of Utah (SLC)
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Wilkes Center Postdoctoral Program - The Wilkes Center for Climate Science & Policy
Apply to become a postdoctoral scholar! This postdoctoral scholar program will help create the next generation of leaders in climate science and policy. It endeavors...
wilkescenter.utah.edu
Hi all! If you are a PhD or soon to be PhD looking for a postdoc in plant thermotolerance, I would love to discuss project ideas for the University of Utah Wilkes Center Postdoc Fellowship, app due late Jan 2026!
Msg me if there is interest. Tnx!
wilkescenter.utah.edu/funding-oppo...
Msg me if there is interest. Tnx!
wilkescenter.utah.edu/funding-oppo...
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Introducing the Schnitzer Prize of the West: A new $50,000 award honoring innovators and collaborators shaping the future of the American West. Nominations now open! lnkd.in/g2nBfg5W
November 6, 2025 at 8:00 PM
Introducing the Schnitzer Prize of the West: A new $50,000 award honoring innovators and collaborators shaping the future of the American West. Nominations now open! lnkd.in/g2nBfg5W
Check out our new pub led by lab postdoc, Dr. Brad Posch! 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽
High #temperature acclimation of #photosystem II in land plants
#TansleyReview by @bposch.bsky.social et al.
nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
@hultinelab.bsky.social #PlantScience #photosynthesis
#TansleyReview by @bposch.bsky.social et al.
nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
@hultinelab.bsky.social #PlantScience #photosynthesis
November 5, 2025 at 7:10 PM
Check out our new pub led by lab postdoc, Dr. Brad Posch! 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽
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Congrats to @bposch.bsky.social for leading the writing of the New Phytologist Tansley Review on High‐temperature acclimation of photosystem II in land plants. @newphyt.bsky.social
nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
High‐temperature acclimation of photosystem II in land plants
The effect of high temperature on plant performance and survival is a topic of great interest given the ongoing rise in global heatwave frequency, duration, and intensity. The temperature at which ph...
nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com
November 3, 2025 at 9:54 PM
Congrats to @bposch.bsky.social for leading the writing of the New Phytologist Tansley Review on High‐temperature acclimation of photosystem II in land plants. @newphyt.bsky.social
nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
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I'm very excited to announce that UNC Biology has 6 faculty positions open this year! The first is for an Asst Professor who studies organismal resilience using an integrative approach 1/n
unc.peopleadmin.com/postings/307...
unc.peopleadmin.com/postings/307...
October 12, 2025 at 2:20 PM
I'm very excited to announce that UNC Biology has 6 faculty positions open this year! The first is for an Asst Professor who studies organismal resilience using an integrative approach 1/n
unc.peopleadmin.com/postings/307...
unc.peopleadmin.com/postings/307...
Hi all! If you are a PhD or soon to be PhD looking for a postdoc in plant thermotolerance, I would love to discuss project ideas for the University of Utah Wilkes Center Postdoc Fellowship, app due late Jan 2026!
Msg me if there is interest. Tnx!
wilkescenter.utah.edu/funding-oppo...
Msg me if there is interest. Tnx!
wilkescenter.utah.edu/funding-oppo...
Wilkes Center Postdoctoral Program - The Wilkes Center for Climate Science & Policy
Apply to become a postdoctoral scholar! This postdoctoral scholar program will help create the next generation of leaders in climate science and policy. It endeavors...
wilkescenter.utah.edu
October 1, 2025 at 5:55 PM
Hi all! If you are a PhD or soon to be PhD looking for a postdoc in plant thermotolerance, I would love to discuss project ideas for the University of Utah Wilkes Center Postdoc Fellowship, app due late Jan 2026!
Msg me if there is interest. Tnx!
wilkescenter.utah.edu/funding-oppo...
Msg me if there is interest. Tnx!
wilkescenter.utah.edu/funding-oppo...
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📢📢We are looking for a postdoc to join a NASA Earth Surface Mineral Dust Source Investigation (EMIT) project!! Please see the attached job ad and help us share widely!! @uarizona.bsky.social @ecology-awesome.bsky.social @villarreal-miguel.bsky.social 📢📢
September 8, 2025 at 12:51 PM
📢📢We are looking for a postdoc to join a NASA Earth Surface Mineral Dust Source Investigation (EMIT) project!! Please see the attached job ad and help us share widely!! @uarizona.bsky.social @ecology-awesome.bsky.social @villarreal-miguel.bsky.social 📢📢
Such a gratifying conference, and so rewarding as chair of this amazing Chapter!!! Very grateful to everybody involved that made all of this happen!
Can’t for what’s to come here in Salt Lake for ESA2026!!! 😎
Can’t for what’s to come here in Salt Lake for ESA2026!!! 😎
Thank you to everybody that attended our events at ESA2025 in Baltimore!
We'd love to hear from u on how we did! Please fill this survey w/ your thoughts: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
See you in SLC next year! :D
We'd love to hear from u on how we did! Please fill this survey w/ your thoughts: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
See you in SLC next year! :D
September 4, 2025 at 9:55 PM
Such a gratifying conference, and so rewarding as chair of this amazing Chapter!!! Very grateful to everybody involved that made all of this happen!
Can’t for what’s to come here in Salt Lake for ESA2026!!! 😎
Can’t for what’s to come here in Salt Lake for ESA2026!!! 😎
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Congrats @kalimiddleby.bsky.social on this exciting paper showing local adaptation to warm temperatures in some tropical trees - and to coauthors @drrebeccajordan.bsky.social @martinbreed.bsky.social @awcheesman.bsky.social @mrossettorecer.bsky.social @dcrayn.bsky.social
dx.doi.org/10.1111/gcb....
dx.doi.org/10.1111/gcb....
Local Adaptation Drives Leaf Thermoregulation in Tropical Rainforest Trees
We tested whether tropical rainforest trees adjust their leaf traits and resulting leaf temperatures across their distributions within the Australian Wet Tropics. Using field measurements from across...
dx.doi.org
September 4, 2025 at 9:50 PM
Congrats @kalimiddleby.bsky.social on this exciting paper showing local adaptation to warm temperatures in some tropical trees - and to coauthors @drrebeccajordan.bsky.social @martinbreed.bsky.social @awcheesman.bsky.social @mrossettorecer.bsky.social @dcrayn.bsky.social
dx.doi.org/10.1111/gcb....
dx.doi.org/10.1111/gcb....
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@esa-sw.bsky.social look how cool our chapter is getting a high-five for being “good students” and getting all of our paperwork in which includes accomplishing expected activities :)
#ESA2025
If you are in Baltimore, come join us at our social event on Wednesday and our OOS - Wed @3:30
#ESA2025
If you are in Baltimore, come join us at our social event on Wednesday and our OOS - Wed @3:30
August 10, 2025 at 7:08 PM
@esa-sw.bsky.social look how cool our chapter is getting a high-five for being “good students” and getting all of our paperwork in which includes accomplishing expected activities :)
#ESA2025
If you are in Baltimore, come join us at our social event on Wednesday and our OOS - Wed @3:30
#ESA2025
If you are in Baltimore, come join us at our social event on Wednesday and our OOS - Wed @3:30
In addition to our three awesome @esa-sw.bsky.social events tomorrow (Wed Aug 12), two of my lab members will be presenting some of our first lab research findings!
Come check them out! #ecophys #southwest #ESA2025
@biancazorger.bsky.social @rebeccasenft.bsky.social
Come check them out! #ecophys #southwest #ESA2025
@biancazorger.bsky.social @rebeccasenft.bsky.social
August 12, 2025 at 4:02 PM
In addition to our three awesome @esa-sw.bsky.social events tomorrow (Wed Aug 12), two of my lab members will be presenting some of our first lab research findings!
Come check them out! #ecophys #southwest #ESA2025
@biancazorger.bsky.social @rebeccasenft.bsky.social
Come check them out! #ecophys #southwest #ESA2025
@biancazorger.bsky.social @rebeccasenft.bsky.social
Come find the @esa-sw.bsky.social at #esa2025!!
August 11, 2025 at 3:05 PM
Come find the @esa-sw.bsky.social at #esa2025!!
See you next week, y’all!!!
August 7, 2025 at 4:45 AM
See you next week, y’all!!!
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Before this #PlantBio2025 thread closes: two exciting opportunities now open for early-career plant scientists.
1. Plantae Fellows program, apply by Aug 31 plantae.org/2026fellowsa...
2. @theplantcell.bsky.social Assistant Features Editor program, apply by Sep 15.
blog.aspb.org/the-plant-ce...
1. Plantae Fellows program, apply by Aug 31 plantae.org/2026fellowsa...
2. @theplantcell.bsky.social Assistant Features Editor program, apply by Sep 15.
blog.aspb.org/the-plant-ce...
July 30, 2025 at 4:04 PM
Before this #PlantBio2025 thread closes: two exciting opportunities now open for early-career plant scientists.
1. Plantae Fellows program, apply by Aug 31 plantae.org/2026fellowsa...
2. @theplantcell.bsky.social Assistant Features Editor program, apply by Sep 15.
blog.aspb.org/the-plant-ce...
1. Plantae Fellows program, apply by Aug 31 plantae.org/2026fellowsa...
2. @theplantcell.bsky.social Assistant Features Editor program, apply by Sep 15.
blog.aspb.org/the-plant-ce...
AGU25 abstract submission deadline is quickly approaching!
Join us in NOLA by submitting to our session “B054 - Heat and Microclimate Impacts on Plant Functioning: From Molecules to the Biosphere”.
Confirmed invited speakers: Chris Doughty (NAU) and Kim Novick (IU)!
Join us in NOLA by submitting to our session “B054 - Heat and Microclimate Impacts on Plant Functioning: From Molecules to the Biosphere”.
Confirmed invited speakers: Chris Doughty (NAU) and Kim Novick (IU)!
July 28, 2025 at 8:43 PM
AGU25 abstract submission deadline is quickly approaching!
Join us in NOLA by submitting to our session “B054 - Heat and Microclimate Impacts on Plant Functioning: From Molecules to the Biosphere”.
Confirmed invited speakers: Chris Doughty (NAU) and Kim Novick (IU)!
Join us in NOLA by submitting to our session “B054 - Heat and Microclimate Impacts on Plant Functioning: From Molecules to the Biosphere”.
Confirmed invited speakers: Chris Doughty (NAU) and Kim Novick (IU)!
Attending AGU25? We have a “hot” session for u! Consider submitting to our session focused on thermal plant ecology. Share widely! 🌡️☀️🍃🌲🌳
Submit an abstract to our #AGU2025 session "Heat and Microclimate Impacts on Plant Functioning: From Molecules to the Biosphere" (agu.confex.com/agu/agu25/pr...) @nicolebison.bsky.social @luiza-aparecido.bsky.social @bposch.bsky.social @agu.org @agubiogeosciences.bsky.social @gec-agu.bsky.social
June 25, 2025 at 3:45 PM
Attending AGU25? We have a “hot” session for u! Consider submitting to our session focused on thermal plant ecology. Share widely! 🌡️☀️🍃🌲🌳
Check out our new pub led by @ilainematos.bsky.social 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽
We contributed with leaf venation data from our Ecuador-Yasuni field collection funded by @ForestGEO 🌿
We contributed with leaf venation data from our Ecuador-Yasuni field collection funded by @ForestGEO 🌿
New Article: "Leaf venation network evolution across clades and scales" rdcu.be/epLNP
Evolution of leaf venation networks, from fewer, corrugated veins to high vein density and smoother loops. Herbivory as a potential driver of venation architectural changes.
Evolution of leaf venation networks, from fewer, corrugated veins to high vein density and smoother loops. Herbivory as a potential driver of venation architectural changes.
June 6, 2025 at 10:59 PM
Check out our new pub led by @ilainematos.bsky.social 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽
We contributed with leaf venation data from our Ecuador-Yasuni field collection funded by @ForestGEO 🌿
We contributed with leaf venation data from our Ecuador-Yasuni field collection funded by @ForestGEO 🌿
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In this just published paper we reconstructed the almost 400 million of leaf venation evolution!!
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
June 6, 2025 at 10:00 AM
In this just published paper we reconstructed the almost 400 million of leaf venation evolution!!
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Official Aparecido Lab photo unlocked!! These people make work feel less like work every day ❤️ @uofubiology.bsky.social #plantecophys #universityofutah
May 24, 2025 at 6:37 PM
Official Aparecido Lab photo unlocked!! These people make work feel less like work every day ❤️ @uofubiology.bsky.social #plantecophys #universityofutah
Apply for the 2025 ESA Southwest Chapter travel awards!! Open to all early-career ecologists working in the Southwest US and Northern MX that are attending ESA 2025! Please share
Applications are now open for the 2025 ESA Southwest Travel awards for ecologists and members of our Chapter presenting or just attending ESA this year!
If you fit the description or know someone who does, apply and share!
Looking forward to seeing you in Baltimore!
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
If you fit the description or know someone who does, apply and share!
Looking forward to seeing you in Baltimore!
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
Southwest Ecologist Awards ($700 travel award)
We are excited to announce the 2025 Southwest Ecologist Travel award ($700)! Funding will be awarded to three early career (students and post-graduates) and/or federal agency ecologists whose work is ...
docs.google.com
May 21, 2025 at 6:55 PM
Apply for the 2025 ESA Southwest Chapter travel awards!! Open to all early-career ecologists working in the Southwest US and Northern MX that are attending ESA 2025! Please share
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My PhD paper is out!
We showed that both forest and grassland are vulnerable to drought, but the vulnerability is attributable to different reasons: higher sensitivity to drought in forests (narrower #SM50) and lower fog exposure in grasslands. Check it out: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
We showed that both forest and grassland are vulnerable to drought, but the vulnerability is attributable to different reasons: higher sensitivity to drought in forests (narrower #SM50) and lower fog exposure in grasslands. Check it out: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
May 16, 2025 at 7:41 PM
My PhD paper is out!
We showed that both forest and grassland are vulnerable to drought, but the vulnerability is attributable to different reasons: higher sensitivity to drought in forests (narrower #SM50) and lower fog exposure in grasslands. Check it out: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
We showed that both forest and grassland are vulnerable to drought, but the vulnerability is attributable to different reasons: higher sensitivity to drought in forests (narrower #SM50) and lower fog exposure in grasslands. Check it out: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Reposted by Luiza Aparecido
New paper 📣🏔️ In tropical montane grassland, an increase of 3°C in temperature by 2100 will increase the proportion of species with entire leaves. In contrast, toothed leaves have higher stomatal conductance rates, making them vulnerable to atmospheric drought. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
May 19, 2025 at 4:25 PM
New paper 📣🏔️ In tropical montane grassland, an increase of 3°C in temperature by 2100 will increase the proportion of species with entire leaves. In contrast, toothed leaves have higher stomatal conductance rates, making them vulnerable to atmospheric drought. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
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New paper published by Wilder et al. in the journal Global Change Biology reveals how recent anomalous drought and heat events are impacting native succulents in the Sonoran Desert. The paper can be accessed at: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
May 10, 2025 at 6:50 PM
New paper published by Wilder et al. in the journal Global Change Biology reveals how recent anomalous drought and heat events are impacting native succulents in the Sonoran Desert. The paper can be accessed at: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
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The pointy edges of petals rely on a type of geometric feedback never before seen in nature.
https://go.nature.com/3GuL0bw
https://go.nature.com/3GuL0bw
Revealed: the unusual mathematics that gives rose petals their shape
The pointy edges of petals rely on a type of geometric feedback never before seen in nature.
go.nature.com
May 1, 2025 at 9:13 PM
The pointy edges of petals rely on a type of geometric feedback never before seen in nature.
https://go.nature.com/3GuL0bw
https://go.nature.com/3GuL0bw
A must read! 👏🏽👇🏽
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“The loss of this science doesn’t just mean fewer data points,” writes Kristina Young. “It means fewer tools to protect water supplies, fewer insights to guide wildfire mitigation and fewer answers when local communities ask how to adapt to change.”
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April 30, 2025 at 6:07 PM
A must read! 👏🏽👇🏽
And it’s a wrap!! My 1st semester (ever) teaching is now over, and it was actually quite great! Looking forward to many more years teaching Ecosystem Ecology 👩🏻🏫… but also glad to be able to focus on research again! 😅
April 25, 2025 at 3:59 PM
And it’s a wrap!! My 1st semester (ever) teaching is now over, and it was actually quite great! Looking forward to many more years teaching Ecosystem Ecology 👩🏻🏫… but also glad to be able to focus on research again! 😅