Get in touch
555-555-5555
mymail@mailservice.com

                  Anna Gardner    |     Plant ecophysiologist

 Anna Gardner
Research biologist

Ecosystems and Environmental change
University of Exeter
a.gardner4@exeter.ac.uk

My research focuses on understanding the effects of climate and global change on trees. I study tree growth and physiology to assess how trees respond to their current environment and how they may respond under future environmental conditions. This includes research into the effects of climate change on the carbon, nutrient and water cycling in forested ecosystems. 

Current project:
MONTANE-ACCLIM -Can tropical Montane forest Acclimate to high temperatures? 
We have planted 1200 native tropical montane forest trees in the Colombian Andes to study thermal acclimation of key gas exchange processes and growth. 
Visit project web page for more details: https://andeantreewarming.wordpress.com/ 
 

Publications:

Gardner et al. New Phytologist (2022); https://doi.org/10.1111/nph.18618

Gardner et al. Trees (2022); https://doi.org/10.1007/s00468-022-02328-7

Gardner et al. Tree Physiology (2021); https://doi.org/10.1093/treephys/tpab090

Roberts, A.J..... Gardner, A. et al., Forests (2022); https://doi.org/10.3390/f13070998


Research interests

 
Plant eco-physiology 

Forest ecology 
 
Climate change biology

Nutrient cycling

Terrestrial Ecology

Education

 2022
Ph.D Biological Sciences
University of Birmingham

2014
BSc. 1st Class (Hons) Biological Sciences
University of Birmingham

Awards/grants/achievements:
  • Forest Resources policy grant, Welsh government.
  • Royal Forestry Society Viking Bursary Research grant.
  •  British Ecological Society award.
  • Company of Biologists award.
  • 'I'm a Scientist...' Plant Zone winner.
  •  Sir Dominic Cadbury Scholarship.
  • Elijoor Scholarship.
  • Allen Murray Centenary Scholarship.
  • Grocott Award.
  • Gateway Bursary Scholarship, Research grant.

Employment

2022- current:
Post doctoral research associate
University of Exeter

2016-2018
Research Technician
Birmingham Institute of Forest Research
University of Birmingham.

2015-2016
Ecologist, UK.

Terrestrial Ecology Research Coordinator
Archipelagos Research Institute, Samos.

2014-2015
Researcher
Mote Marine Laboratory, Florida.

Research Assistant
International Centre for Potatoes, Peru.
UPCOMING EVENTS/PROJECTS

BBC Radio 4: Costing the Earth, November

#MembersHour, Online, Institute of Chartered Foresters 2021

PAST EVENTS/PRESENTATIONS


2021:
COP26, Glasgow November
ITV Central, November
Trees for the Future, Birmingham November 2021
Society of Experimental Biology, Online July 
BBC Midlands Today, October
BBC Radio 4 Inside Science with Gaia Vince

2020:
European Geosciences Union: April 
British Ecological Society annual meeting: December
Visiting Researcher at EucFACE, Western Sydney: January - April  

2019: 
British Ecological Society annual meeting: December (Belfast)
 IUFRO world congress: October (Brazil)
Plant imaging symposium: September (Warwick)
New Phytologist symposium: September (Kew gardens)
Birmingham In Action: September (London).

2018: 
BES annual meeting: December (Birmingham)
 BIFOR annual meeting: January (UoB)
 ECT Long term experiment meeting (Buxton)
The Tree Conference: October (Froome)
Future forests meeting National Trust (Stafford),

Pre 2018: 
Archibold Biological Station (Florida)
Mote marine laboratory (Florida)
Archipelagos institute of Marine Conservation (Samos).

Send a message

Share by: