Noel Michele Holbrook

Biological Laboratories
Harvard University

Cambridge, MA 02138
617-496-0603 (voice)
617-496-5854 (fax)
holbrook@oeb.harvard.edu

Further Information: http://www.oeb.harvard.edu/faculty/holbrook/people/missy/missy.html

EDUCATION

1983 A.B. Harvard University (Biology)
1989 M.Sc. University of Florida (Botany)
1995 Ph.D. Stanford University (Biological Sciences)

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

2001 - Professor of Biology, Harvard University
1999- 2001 Thomas D. Cabot Associate Professor of Organismic and Evolutionary Biology, Harvard University
1998-1999 Associate Professor, Harvard University
1995-1997 Assistant Professor, Harvard University

TEN RECENT PUBLICATIONS (out of 75 total)

Brodribb, T.J., N.M. Holbrook, and M.V. Gutierrez. 2002. Hydraulic and photosynthetic coordination in seasonally dry tropical forest trees. Plant Cell and Environment 25: 1435-1444.

Catovsky, S., N.M. Holbrook, F.A. Bazzaz. 2002. Coupling whole-tree transpiration and canopy photosynthesis in coniferous and broad-leaved tree species. Canadian Journal of Forest Science 32: 295-309.

Cavender-Bares, J. and N.M. Holbrook. 2001. Hydraulic properties and freezing-induced cavitation in sympatric evergreen and deciduous oaks with contrasting habitats. Plant, Cell and Environment 24: 1243-1256.

Zwieniecki, M.A., P.J. Melcher and N.M. Holbrook. 2001. Hydrogel control of xylem hydraulic resistance. Science 291: 1059-1062.

Zwieniecki, M.A., P.J. Melcher, and N.M. Holbrook. 2001. Hydraulic properties of individual xylem vessels of Fraxinus americana. Journal of Experimental Botany 52: 1-8.

Holbrook, N.M., E.T. Ahrens, M.J. Burns, and M.A. Zwieniecki. 2001. In vivo observation of cavitation and embolism repair using magnetic resonance imaging. Plant Physiology 126: 27-31.

Zwieniecki, M.A., L. Hutyra, M.V. Thompson and N.M. Holbrook. 2000. Dynamic changes in petiole specific conductivity in red maple (Acer rubrum L.), tulip tree (Liriodendron tulipifera L.) and northern fox grape (Vitis labrusca L.). Plant, Cell and Environment 23: 407-414.

Meinzer, F.C., J.L. Andrade, G. Goldstein, N.M. Holbrook, J. Cavelier, and S.J. Wright. 1999. Partitioning of soil water among canopy trees in a seasonally dry tropical forest. Oecologia 121: 293-301.

Feild, T.S., M.A. Zwieniecki, M.J. Donoghue, and N.M. Holbrook. 1998. Stomatal plugs of Drimys winteri (Winteraceae) protect leaves from mist but not drought. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 95: 14256-14259.

Holbrook, N.M., M.J. Burns and C.B. Field. 1995. Negative xylem pressures in plants: a test of the balancing pressure technique. Science 270: 1193-1194.

Synergistic Activities

• P.I. Interdisciplinary Graduate Training Grant in Biomechanics (NSF- IGERT program): 2003 - 2008.
• Harvard University teaching and mentoring activities:
  • Innovation Award (Harvard College) to support the development of teaching laboratories for two classes (Plant Physiology and Introductory Botany)
  • Participation in Howard Hughes Foundation supported program for local high schools:
    • 1999 summer research training for high school teacher (3 mo)
    • 2000 summer research training for high school student
  • Mentor in Harvard Forest summer program (1997 - 2003),
    • 9 undergraduates of which 2 were minorities (1 hispanic, 1 African-American) and 7 were women)
  • Radcliffe Research Partnerships:
    • Provided research guidance and mentoring for 6 undergraduate women (including two minority students) for a total of 5 semesters and 3 summers.
• Through my research projects in Latin America - I am formally or informally advising and mentoring graduate students from Costa Rica, Brazil, and Chile with their dissertation research.
• Council of Delegates, Organization for Tropical Studies.

Collaborators, Graduate Advisors, Graduate Students and Postdoctoral Fellows

Collaborators (last 48 months): E. Ahrens (Carnegie-Mellon), A.J. Bloom (University of California, Davis), J.S. Boyer (University of Delaware), G. Goldstein (University of Hawaii), M.V. Guttierrez (Universidad de Costa Rica), D. Lee (Florida International University), L. Mahadevan (MIT), F.C. Meinzer (US Forest Service), R. Munns (CSIRO, Canberra), B. Palma (Universidad de las Americas, Santiago), J.B. Passioura (CSIRO, Canberra), O. Rocha (Universidad de Costa Rica), W.K. Silk (University of California, Davis), G. Timmins (University of New Mexico).

Graduate Advisors: Prof. Christopher B. Field, Carnegie Institution of Washington and Prof. Harold Mooney, Stanford University.

Postdoctoral Advisor: none.

Graduate students: S.M. Chapotin, A. R. Cobb, T.S. Feild (Ph.D. 2001), R. Spicer, M.V. Thompson (Ph.D. 2002)

PostDoctoral fellows: C.K. Boyce, T.J. Brodribb, P.J. Melcher (currently Ithaca College), L. Sack, S. Saha, M.A. Zwieniecki