Noel Michele Holbrook


Department of Organismic and Evolutionary Biology

Harvard University
16 Divinity Avenue

Biological Laboratories, Room 3119
Cambridge, MA 02138 USA

Tel: 617-496-0603
Fax: 617-496-3526
email: holbrook@oeb.harvard.edu
http://www.oeb.harvard.edu/faculty/holbrook


Current Position
Professor of Biology and Charles Bullard Professor of Forestry, Department of Organismic and Evolutionary Biology, Harvard University

Education
Ph.D. in Biology, Stanford University, 1995. Physiological and Environmental Controls over the Movement of Water Through Plants
M.Sc. in Botany, University of Florida, 1989. The Role of Stem Water Storage in the Arborescent Palm, Sabal palmetto
A.B. in Biology, Magna Cum Laude, Harvard University, 1983

Research Interests

Long-distance transport physiology in plants; xylem:phloem interactions.

Root physiology; interactions between uptake and growth.

Water relations associated with flowering and flower production.

Biomechanics of growth and development.

Factors controlling uptake and movement of water in tropical trees.

 

C.V. (including publications)