Dr. Eleinis Àvila-Lovera has started an Earl S. Tupper Fellowship at Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute in Panama. We continue to collaborate on project funded by a USDA-AFRI grant designed to understand the effects of green stem photosynthesis on hydraulic functioning in avocados.
Dr. Scott T. Allen has started a faculty position at the University of Nevada, Reno. We continue to collaborate on a project funded by the Swiss Federal Office of the Environment designed to understand the future of Switzerland's forest ecosystems.
Dr. Carter Berry has moved back east to his old haunting grounds in North Carolina. We continue to collaborate on a project funded by a USDA-AFRI grant designed to understand the effects of diffuse light photosynthesis on plant gas exchange.
Dr. Andrew Felton joins us from Peter Adler's laboratory at Utah State University. Andrew will bring together our research on wood water storage and satellite remote sensing, funded by grants from USDA-AFRI and NASA. We are so excited to have Andrew as part of our community.