I am a forest ecologist studying how trees regulate carbon and water under environmental change. I focus on drought: how it affects carbon uptake, use, respiration and growth, and how these responses are recorded in wood.
My research connects measurements in living trees with the history preserved in tree rings. I combine stable isotopes, tree-ring analysis, field ecophysiology and process-based modelling, from days to centuries.
Research
Tree rings provide precisely dated records that extend beyond direct observations of forest physiology. Their stable isotopes carry information about carbon and water regulation, but reading these records requires understanding how signals pass from leaves into wood.
My work has moved from reconstructing past forest responses to investigating the processes that create these isotope records. I now connect tree-ring archives with measurements of carbon and water fluxes in living trees.
How do drought and environmental change alter the way trees acquire and use carbon, and how much of that physiological history is preserved in tree rings?
Current research
My current work combines tree-ring archives with stem CO₂ efflux, carbon isotopes, sap flow and growth measurements to understand carbon use during drought and recovery.
I investigate how these processes shape the physiological information preserved in wood.
