Chris M. Smith-Martin

No se lo pierdan! @CMSmithMartin

How Tropical Root respond to global changes? Find it out 👉 onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/gc… for 6 key global changes- led brillantly by @YaffarDaniela & Laynara with @TropiRoot team

I'm thrilled to talk about my science in Central Park on August 17!

Global Change Biology | Environmental Change Journal | Wiley Online Library onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/gc…

@GiardinaFra @LUQLTER @LauraBoeschoten @ramontgomery_mn @Tana_TropicsGal @XiangtaoX @JesterKZ We are measuring air temperature and humidity but we aren't going to try and control VPD or anything like that. That's awesome you worked with Maria. She was my postdoc advisor and is a PI on the project.

@CMSmithMartin @LUQLTER @LauraBoeschoten @ramontgomery_mn @Tana_TropicsGal @XiangtaoX @JesterKZ That’s pretty comprehensive!! And the facility and location seem quite cool too. Are you also planning to control atmospheric dryness somehow? This could answer some interesting questions. I’ve worked with Prof. Uriarte before and almost end up working on similar stuff too 😁

The prototype for LUQTEE (Luquillo Throughfall Exclusion Experiment) @LUQLTER seems to be drying the soil nicely. Next up, building the final shelters! @LauraBoeschoten @ramontgomery_mn @Tana_TropicsGal @XiangtaoX @JesterKZ and Maria Uriarte.

Climate-induced tree-mortality pulses are obscured by broad-scale and long-term greening. Excited for this work led by Yuchao Yan to be out this week in @NatureEcoEvo! 🌲 🛰️ 🌳 doi.org/10.1038/s41559…

@shroominn @GiardinaFra @LUQLTER @LauraBoeschoten @ramontgomery_mn @Tana_TropicsGal @XiangtaoX @JesterKZ Decompo experiment is a great idea!

@CMSmithMartin @GiardinaFra @LUQLTER @LauraBoeschoten @ramontgomery_mn @Tana_TropicsGal @XiangtaoX @JesterKZ Decomp? Looks cool…and fun.

@GiardinaFra @LUQLTER @LauraBoeschoten @ramontgomery_mn @Tana_TropicsGal @XiangtaoX @JesterKZ But in the actual experiment, we are also measuring tree growth, sap flow, and other ecophys traits. So far, we have just been collecting pretreatment data but will start rain exclusion shelter construction this summer.

@GiardinaFra @LUQLTER @LauraBoeschoten @ramontgomery_mn @Tana_TropicsGal @XiangtaoX @JesterKZ In the prototype, we are just measuring soil moisture and temperature down to 1 m and air humidity and temperature.

Beautiful Southern Sierras!

Most of the carbon in tropical forests is stored in roots — but climate models don’t reflect that. @NewPhyt paper coauthored by Cary’s @SABatterman lays a roadmap for fixing how roots are represented in models, to help improve climate change predictions. nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.11…

2-y post-doc offer in tree ecophysiology @CREAF_ecologia Barcelona in the framework of @CoForFunc project @BiodiversaPlus creaf.factorialhr.com/embed/job_post…

Joshua tree posing with @yanivbrandvain and Dave Moeller.

Job alert! 📢 @ubcforestry are hiring multiple faculty members (TT-teaching & research, all levels & lecturers/sessional lecturers) to join the new Centre for Indigenous Land Stewardship, starting July 2024. Please share widely! forestry.ubc.ca/career-opportu…

We are looking for a postdoc to work on a @BBSRC funded project on the crosstalk of plant (and bacteria) oxygen sensing and symbiotic nitrogen fixation tinyurl.com/UniOxlowO2

I’m hiring a soil biogeochemistry postdoc @Livermore_Lab to study soil-based strategies for carbon removal in the field, esp. interactions between soil organic C cycling and enhanced weathering. Work with an amazing, collaborative team! Salary: $108K/yr. jobs.smartrecruiters.com/LLNL/374399000…

Internship Alert 🚨 @stri_panama We are seeking 3 or more interns to research tropical species ID and tropical tree woody growth in Panama 📷Get full position descriptions and see how to apply here: rb.gy/2psdy0

Fresh out of the oven! We show that plant reflectance can estimate physiology and be used to detect Oak Wilt or drought before visual symptoms appear. Reflectance variability within the canopy allows us to differentiate one from the other. pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pn…