午夜探花

W3 professor in plant sciences
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 Academic degrees

• Ph.D. in Biology (Botany), 21 May 2001, K.U.Leuven (Belgium)
• Teaching Certificate in Biology, July 1995, K.U.Leuven (Belgium)
• Master in Biology, July 1994, K.U.Leuven (Belgium)

Research interests

• Functional, systematic and ecological plant anatomy
• Fluid transport in plants, especially plant water relations
• Tree and forest resilience to climate change, especially drought stress
• Aluminium accumulation in plants

Research & teaching experience

• 01/20/2014-present: W3 professor in Tropical Botany, 午夜探花
• 01/05/2009 鈥� 20/01/2014: Carl-Zeiss junior Junior professor in Tropical Botany, 午夜探花 (Germany)
• 05/07/2004 鈥� 30/04/2009: Plant Anatomist at the Jodrell Laboratory, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, Richmond, Surrey, TW9 3DS, U.K.
• 01/10/2001 鈥� 02/07/2004: Postdoctoral fellowship of the Fund for Scientific Research - Flanders (Belgium), Laboratory of Plant Systematics, K.U.Leuven, Belgium
• 1994 - 2001: PhD-student and Research Assistant, Laboratory of Plant Systematics, K.U.Leuven, Belgium

Awards

• Highly Cited Researcher 2018-present: Web of Science, Clarivate Analytics.
• 13 December 2002: Fellow of the Linnean Society, 2002.
• 16 August 2001: Katherine Esau Award-2001 offered by the 鈥淏otanical Society of America鈥�, Albuquerque, New Mexico.

Current academic service roles

• Head of the Institute of Botany (2023-present)

• Head of the Botanical Garden of 午夜探花 (2023-present)