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I was born in Tucson, Arizona and lived there for seven years. During these early formative years, my parents introduced me to the diverse natural habitats of Arizona. My earliest memories include hikes in the Rincon Mountains and Sabino Canyon. By the time I was six, I had hiked and camped in habitats from the snow-capped Catalina Mountains to the desert of the Saguaro National Monument. This early appreciation for nature would later become the foundation for my life goals.

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    The Downside of Smelling for Danger: Fitness Costs of Plant Defense Priming via Plant-Plant Volatile Signaling

    Principal Investigator (PI)

    2020

    $241.5K
Publications (52)
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  • Information potential of an ubiquitous phytochemical cue

    2023

  • Overlaps and trade‐offs in the diversity and inducibility of volatile chemical profiles among diverse sympatric neotropical canopy trees

    2023

  • Effects of β-caryophyllene and oxygen availability on cholesterol and fatty acids in breast cancer cells

    2023

  • Priming Seeds with Indole and (Z)-3-Hexenyl Acetate Enhances Resistance Against Herbivores and Stimulates Growth

    2022

  • Global urban environmental change drives adaptation in white clover

    2022

  • Effects of Azteca trigona alarm pheromones on heterospecific ant behavior

    2021

  • A visual technique used by citizen scientists shows higher herbivory in understory vs. canopy leaves of a tropical forest

    2021

  • Poplar Allene Oxide Synthase 1 Gene Promoter Drives Rapid and Localized Expression by Wounding

    2021

  • Defoliation-induced compensatory transpiration is compromised in -RNAi

    2020

  • Defoliation-induced compensatory transpiration is compromised in SUT4-RNAi Populus

    2020

  • Interspecific Eavesdropping on Ant Chemical Communication

    2020

  • Plant seeds are primed by herbivore-induced plant volatiles

    2019

  • A non-catalytic function of carbonic anhydrase IX contributes to the glycolytic phenotype and pH regulation in human breast cancer cells

    2019

  • Acute toxicity of the plant volatile indole depends on herbivore specialization

    2019

  • β-caryophyllene enhances the transcriptional upregulation of cholesterol biosynthesis in breast cancer cells

    2019

  • Abstract 1436: Beta-caryophyllene regulates lipid biosynthesis in breast cancer cells

    2018

  • Dispensing a synthetic green leaf volatile to two plant species in a common garden differentially alters physiological responses and herbivory

    2018

  • UFH-001 cells: A novel triple negative, CAIX-positive, human breast cancer model system

    2018

  • Abstract 2102: UFH-001: A novel triple-negative, CAIX-positive cell line for small-molecule targeting of human breast cancer

    2018

  • Reduction of Motion Artifacts and Noise Using Independent Component Analysis in Task-Based Functional MRI for Preoperative Planning in Patients with Brain Tumor

    2017

  • Drought response transcriptomes are altered in poplar with reduced tonoplast sucrose transporter expression

    2016

  • Acute Invasive Fungal Rhinosinusitis: A Comprehensive Update of CT Findings and Design of an Effective Diagnostic Imaging Model

    2015

  • Constitutively elevated salicylic acid levels alter photosynthesis and oxidative state but not growth in transgenic populus

    2013

  • The tonoplast-localized sucrose transporter in Populus (PtaSUT4) regulates whole-plant water relations, responses to water stress, and photosynthesis

    2012

  • A petiole-galling insect herbivore decelerates leaf lamina litter decomposition rates

    2012

  • Tubulin Manipulations Alter Wood Properties and Drought Tolerance Characteristics in Populus

    2012

  • ecosystem processes: the role of

    2012

  • Effects of Herbivores on Terrestrial Ecosystem Processes: The Role of Trait-Mediated Indirect Effects

    2012

  • Partial suppression of a strongly expressed tonoplast sucrose transporter affects water use and carbon partitioning in Populus

    2011

  • Tracing the history of plant traits under domestication in cranberries: potential consequences on anti-herbivore defences

    2011

  • COS 32-8: A gall-inducing caterpillar species differentially alters decomposition dynamics of leaf litter from two Populus host plant species

    2010

  • Cytokinin primes plant responses to wounding and reduces insect performance

    2010

  • OOS 47-8: Acid soil stress compromises sugar maple induced resistance against an invasive insect herbivore

    2010

  • New evidence for a multi-functional role of herbivore-induced plant volatiles in defense against herbivores

    2010

  • OOS 47-4: Ozone pollution compromises plant defense responses to insect herbivory

    2010

  • Red oak responses to nitrogen addition depend on herbivory type, tree family, and site

    2010

  • Phylogeny and expression profiling of CAD and CAD-like genes in hybrid Populus (P. deltoides$\times$ P. nigra): evidence from herbivore damage for subfunctionalization and functional divergence

    2010

  • OOS 52-8: Plant responses to airborne volatiles depend on signal source and specificity

    2010

  • Herbivore-induced volatiles in the perennial shrub, Vaccinium corymbosum, and their role in inter-branch signaling

    2009

  • Why do distance limitations exist on plant-plant signaling via airborne volatiles?

    2008

  • Plant defense priming against herbivores: getting ready for a different battle

    2008

  • COS 71-3: Defense priming against herbivores by plants using volatile cues as indicators of potential attack

    2008

  • Insect herbivores and their frass affect Quercus rubra leaf quality and initial stages of subsequent litter decomposition

    2008

  • Slow-cycle effects of foliar herbivory alter the nitrogen acquisition and population size of Collembola

    2008

  • Herbivore-induced shifts in carbon and nitrogen allocation in red oak seedlings

    2008

  • Priming defense genes and metabolites in hybrid poplar by the green leaf volatile cis-3-hexenyl acetate

    2008

  • Improved Sugar Release from Lignocellulosic Material by Introducing a Tyrosine-rich Cell Wall Peptide Gene in Poplar

    2008

  • Recycling of nitrogen in herbivore feces: plant recovery, herbivore assimilation, soil retention, and leaching losses

    2007

  • Within-plant signalling via volatiles overcomes vascular constraints on systemic signalling and primes responses against herbivores

    2007

  • COS 115-10: Induced airborne volatiles coordinate systemic defense responses to insect herbivores

    2007

  • Direct and indirect effects of insect herbivores on terrestrial ecosystem processes

    2005

  • Insect canopy herbivory and frass deposition affect soil nutrient dynamics and export in oak mesocosms

    2004

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