Today, my lab @ UF is still asking #WhatKillsTrees, & I pour my heart & soul into developing research projects and funding that can provide a stable seat at the table for the next generation of scientists to push the boundaries of knowledge further (they're AWESOME, see: ecophyslab.com/people; 6/7).
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September 27, 2025 at 1:07 AM
Today, my lab @ UF is still asking #WhatKillsTrees, & I pour my heart & soul into developing research projects and funding that can provide a stable seat at the table for the next generation of scientists to push the boundaries of knowledge further (they're AWESOME, see: ecophyslab.com/people; 6/7).
We learned a lot about #WhatKillsTrees. I turned the GRFP support into new knowledge, just as it's intended: news.okstate.edu/articles/art.... I did my level best to become a leader in my field. Since that first paper, I've authored or co-authored 40 more, studying how and why plants die.
Ph.D. student researching moment when droughts kill trees - Oklahoma State University
William Hammond, a Ph.D. candidate in Oklahoma State University's Department of Plant Biology, Ecology and Evolution has spent the past few years researching the moment when trees stop living and star...
news.okstate.edu
September 27, 2025 at 1:07 AM
We learned a lot about #WhatKillsTrees. I turned the GRFP support into new knowledge, just as it's intended: news.okstate.edu/articles/art.... I did my level best to become a leader in my field. Since that first paper, I've authored or co-authored 40 more, studying how and why plants die.
I read everything I could about the process, had so many other graduate students, professors, and prior GRFP fellows provide guidance, support, copies of previously awarded applications. I stood on the shoulders of these giants, & developed the best proposal I could--asking #WhatKillsTrees. (3/7)
September 27, 2025 at 1:07 AM
I read everything I could about the process, had so many other graduate students, professors, and prior GRFP fellows provide guidance, support, copies of previously awarded applications. I stood on the shoulders of these giants, & developed the best proposal I could--asking #WhatKillsTrees. (3/7)
If you're waiting on a reply, a peer review, or other effort from me--please be patient. I urgently left to document a developing forest die-off event more intense than any I've seen. No obvious biotic agents, dead & dying include multiple Pinus & Juniperus, many Quercus, & shrubs. #WhatKillsTrees
June 12, 2025 at 12:24 AM
If you're waiting on a reply, a peer review, or other effort from me--please be patient. I urgently left to document a developing forest die-off event more intense than any I've seen. No obvious biotic agents, dead & dying include multiple Pinus & Juniperus, many Quercus, & shrubs. #WhatKillsTrees
The ability of some trees species to respond to climate and/or CO2 may increase their survival under global change. Species with lower plasticity may face higher mortality. Our new study in @globalchangebio.bsky.social onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... #WhatKillsTrees
Loss of Stomatal Regulation Sensitivity to CO2 and Reduced Xylem Hydraulic Conductivity Contribute to Long‐Term Tree Decline and Mortality
Increasing drought threatens forests, but tree species respond differently. We examined how long-term drought and rising CO2 affect three Mediterranean tree species with different drought tolerances....
onlinelibrary.wiley.com
May 20, 2025 at 3:08 PM
The ability of some trees species to respond to climate and/or CO2 may increase their survival under global change. Species with lower plasticity may face higher mortality. Our new study in @globalchangebio.bsky.social onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... #WhatKillsTrees
We have a new paper out "Die-off after an extreme hot-drought affects trees with physiological performance constrained by a more stressful abiotic niche" @csic.es Free access link authors.elsevier.com/c/1kZozcFXJo... #WhatKillsTrees
February 7, 2025 at 6:14 PM
We have a new paper out "Die-off after an extreme hot-drought affects trees with physiological performance constrained by a more stressful abiotic niche" @csic.es Free access link authors.elsevier.com/c/1kZozcFXJo... #WhatKillsTrees
Had a great time talking #WhatKillsTrees at AGU this year! I shared my recent work with PhD student Emily Perry on plant thermal limits in dry air #HotEnoughToKill, and PhD student Medelin Kant did an awesome job presenting her work on pine survival in the Anthropocene!!
December 13, 2024 at 12:37 PM
Had a great time talking #WhatKillsTrees at AGU this year! I shared my recent work with PhD student Emily Perry on plant thermal limits in dry air #HotEnoughToKill, and PhD student Medelin Kant did an awesome job presenting her work on pine survival in the Anthropocene!!
When it comes to measuring plant thermal limits, are we in hot water?? Excited to wrap this project up with Emily Perry, Medelin Kant, and Marylou Mantova before #AGU24 next month. #WhatKillsTrees #HowHotIsTooHot
November 19, 2024 at 4:40 PM
When it comes to measuring plant thermal limits, are we in hot water?? Excited to wrap this project up with Emily Perry, Medelin Kant, and Marylou Mantova before #AGU24 next month. #WhatKillsTrees #HowHotIsTooHot
Thanks @JoeBuckInNature @wmhammond. #whatkillstrees? Hopefully not this guy.
November 10, 2024 at 11:17 PM
Thanks @JoeBuckInNature @wmhammond. #whatkillstrees? Hopefully not this guy.