Noel Michele Holbrook
Charles Bullard Professor of Forestry, Professor of Organismic and Evolutionary Biology, Director of the Harvard Forest, Faculty Fellow of the Arnold Arboretum,
Affiliate of Environmental Science and Engineering
Profile
Outside professional activities
Profile
Professor Michele Holbrook studies the physics and physiology of vascular transport in plants with the goal of understanding how constraints on the movement of water and solutes between soil and leaves influences ecological and evolutionary processes. Dr. Holbrook is currently working on questions relating to cavitation, stomatal mechanics, leaf hydraulic design, and xylem evolution.
Contact
Email: holbrook@oeb.harvard.edu
Phone: 617-496-0603
Additional Website: https://oeb.harvard.edu/people/noel-m-holbrook
Expertise
Ecology
Biomechanics
Biodiversity and Systematics
Physiology
Biomechanics
Biodiversity and Systematics
Physiology
Outside professional activities
Outside Professional Activities
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Outside Professional Activities For Noel Michele Holbrook
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Relationships:
American Society of Plant Biologists
Editorial Services
Macmillan Publishing
Inventorship/Authorship on Intellectual Property (license/royalties)
Sinauer Associates, Inc.
Consulting
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