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PI: Kevin Simonin
Email: simonin@sfsu.edu Office: Hensill Hall 438 Lab: Hensill Hall 445 Google Scholar Profile ResearchGate Profile |
Graduate Students:
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Fiona Duong
I'm interested in studying plant structure-function relationships and how water-use strategies and photosynthetic capacity affect cycad physiology and anatomy. I'd like to use herbarium specimens and garden samples to further investigate these traits, as well as using visual elements like microCT for STEM outreach and education purposes. |
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Anjum Kaur Gujral
For my M.S. thesis, I am interested in assessing the relationship between plant community functional structure and community-level productivity across water table depth in degraded meadows. My goal is to identify species and their functional properties that are vital to the restoration of degraded landscapes and their ecosystem services. |
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Caroline Erickson
I am a first year graduate student in the Simonin lab, and I plan to investigate plant water use strategies and leaf size across environmental gradients (including microclimates), based out of the Sierra Nevada Field Campus. |
Myriam Serrano
Currently working on tracking leaf trait differentiation of newly diverging subspecies of Chenopodium oahuense on the Hawaiian Islands. We aim to increase understanding of how the native Hawaian Chenopodium species are responding to variation in climate which will provide baseline information for conservation efforts such as which populations should be prioritized given current climate projections.
Currently working on tracking leaf trait differentiation of newly diverging subspecies of Chenopodium oahuense on the Hawaiian Islands. We aim to increase understanding of how the native Hawaian Chenopodium species are responding to variation in climate which will provide baseline information for conservation efforts such as which populations should be prioritized given current climate projections.
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Bellal Naderi
For my MS Thesis I will investigate circadian regulation of leaf level gas exchange within the Fern lineage. Specifically, I am interested in the evolution and ecological implications of circadian regulation of gas exchange across major groups of terrestrial plants. |
Undergraduate Students:
Piper Lawrence
Sasha King
Luis Gomez
Andrea Hoppe
Students from the Past (Lab Elders):
Sterling Robinson, undergraduate research assistant
Stephanie Parker, undergraduate research assistant, NSF REU student
Brook Jensen, NSF REU student, Currently PhD student at Arizona State University in Silvie Huijben's lab
Tito Abbo, undergraduate research assistant, Currently PhD student at UC Riverside in Amy Litt's lab
Robert Thompson, undergraduate research assistant, Currently PhD student at Washington State University in Henry Adam's lab
Ian Mounts, undergraduate research assistant, MS Biology - Sacramento State University, Currently PhD Student at the Univ. of Mississippi in Jason Hoeksema's lab
Caitlin Bremner
Stephanie Parker, undergraduate research assistant, NSF REU student
Brook Jensen, NSF REU student, Currently PhD student at Arizona State University in Silvie Huijben's lab
Tito Abbo, undergraduate research assistant, Currently PhD student at UC Riverside in Amy Litt's lab
Robert Thompson, undergraduate research assistant, Currently PhD student at Washington State University in Henry Adam's lab
Ian Mounts, undergraduate research assistant, MS Biology - Sacramento State University, Currently PhD Student at the Univ. of Mississippi in Jason Hoeksema's lab
Caitlin Bremner
Maisie Borg
As a graduate student Masie investigated the impact of elevated atmospheric CO2 on the genome size and stomatal characteristics of California grassland species.
As a graduate student Masie investigated the impact of elevated atmospheric CO2 on the genome size and stomatal characteristics of California grassland species.
Tasha Kayatsky
As a graduate student Tasha investigated the water use strategy of three co-occurring perennial Asteraceae within the northern Sierra Nevada; Balsamorhiza sagittata, Wyethia mollis and Helianthella californica.
As a graduate student Tasha investigated the water use strategy of three co-occurring perennial Asteraceae within the northern Sierra Nevada; Balsamorhiza sagittata, Wyethia mollis and Helianthella californica.
- Kayatsky T, Parker T, Roddy AB, Simonin KA ( in prep ) Differences in water use strategy between three co-occurring herbaceous perennial Asteraceae in the Northern Sierra Nevada.
Jenifer Mo - As a graduate student Jennifer investigated circadian regulation of stomatal conductance for three gymnosperm species Pinus ponderosa, Pseudostuga menziesii and Sequoia sempervirens; unlike many Angiosperms no circadian regulation was observed.
Karen Loucos - As a graduate student, Karen used stable oxygen isotopes to investigate pathways for water flow in leaves.
- Loucos KE, Simonin KA, Song X, Barbour MM (2015) Observed relationships between leaf H218O Péclet effective length and leaf hydraulic conductance reflect assumptions in Craig-Gorgon model calculations. Tree Physiology 35: 16 – 26.
- Loucos KE, Simonin KA, Barbour MM (2017) Leaf hydraulic conductance and mesophyll conductance are not closely related within a single species. Plant, Cell and Environment 40: 203 – 215.
Millicent Smith - Using common bean as a model system, as an honors student Millicent investigated compound-speific patterns in leaf and phloem carbon isotope abundance and their relationship to plant water use efficiency.
- Smith M, Wild B, Richter A, Simonin K, Merchant A (2016) Carbon isotope composition of carbohydrates and polyols in leaf and phloem sap of Phaseolus VulgarisL. influences predictions of plant water use efficiency. Plant and Cell Physiology 57: 1756 - 1766.
Rhys Pirie - For his honors research, Rhys used stable oxygen and nitrogen isotopes to trace the movement of water and nitrogen within soils and the subsequent uptake by cotton plants. Rhys is currently working for Alltech Crop Science.