Ian Wright
@ianjwright.bsky.social
Plant ecologist (leaf economics; optimality theory; global trait analyses). Chief Scientist, and Professor of Plant Functional Ecology at Hawkesbury Institute for the Environment, Western Sydney Uni (lab website: https://wrightlab.wordpress.com/)
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Save the date! 47th New Phytologist Symposium on 'Extreme Heat: extending the thermal limits of life'. Explore how extreme heat affects plants that underpin ecosystem productivity.
2-5 June 2026, Cordoba, Spain.
@newphyt.bsky.social
www.newphytologist.org/events/47-nps
2-5 June 2026, Cordoba, Spain.
@newphyt.bsky.social
www.newphytologist.org/events/47-nps
Extreme Heat: extending the thermal limits of life
www.newphytologist.org
November 3, 2025 at 6:52 AM
Save the date! 47th New Phytologist Symposium on 'Extreme Heat: extending the thermal limits of life'. Explore how extreme heat affects plants that underpin ecosystem productivity.
2-5 June 2026, Cordoba, Spain.
@newphyt.bsky.social
www.newphytologist.org/events/47-nps
2-5 June 2026, Cordoba, Spain.
@newphyt.bsky.social
www.newphytologist.org/events/47-nps
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Submit an abstract to our #EGU2026 session "Microclimate Variation and Heat Impacts on Vegetation: From Molecules to the Biosphere"(meetingorganizer.copernicus.org/EGU26/sessio...) @kalimiddleby.bsky.social @santiagotrueba.bsky.social @sonyageange.bsky.social @egu.eu @egubg.bsky.social @hs.egu.eu
November 3, 2025 at 10:46 PM
Submit an abstract to our #EGU2026 session "Microclimate Variation and Heat Impacts on Vegetation: From Molecules to the Biosphere"(meetingorganizer.copernicus.org/EGU26/sessio...) @kalimiddleby.bsky.social @santiagotrueba.bsky.social @sonyageange.bsky.social @egu.eu @egubg.bsky.social @hs.egu.eu
Exciting PhD opportunity advertised by superstar colleague Prof. Rachael Gallagher "Genomic and trait-based indicators of restoration success" (collaboration with Botanic Gardens of Sydney). See attached image. Contact Rachael directly for more information (email in advert). Closes 30th Nov.
October 29, 2025 at 12:52 AM
Exciting PhD opportunity advertised by superstar colleague Prof. Rachael Gallagher "Genomic and trait-based indicators of restoration success" (collaboration with Botanic Gardens of Sydney). See attached image. Contact Rachael directly for more information (email in advert). Closes 30th Nov.
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Currency Creek Arboretum open days for 2026 are now scheduled!
The world's most diverse collection of eucalypts is only open to the public twice a year, at our biannual open days. Details here: www.dn.com.au/Currency_Cre...
The world's most diverse collection of eucalypts is only open to the public twice a year, at our biannual open days. Details here: www.dn.com.au/Currency_Cre...
October 22, 2025 at 6:35 AM
Currency Creek Arboretum open days for 2026 are now scheduled!
The world's most diverse collection of eucalypts is only open to the public twice a year, at our biannual open days. Details here: www.dn.com.au/Currency_Cre...
The world's most diverse collection of eucalypts is only open to the public twice a year, at our biannual open days. Details here: www.dn.com.au/Currency_Cre...
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Excited to share a PhD opportunity in my upcoming lab at The University of Sydney!
Join an ARC-funded project on the ecology of ant invasions in 2026 🐜
🇦🇺 Live in Sydney, ant around Australia
🌍 Intl + Domestic applicants welcome
markwongecology.com/join
#PhD #Ecology #Biodiversity
Pls share, thx 🙏
Join an ARC-funded project on the ecology of ant invasions in 2026 🐜
🇦🇺 Live in Sydney, ant around Australia
🌍 Intl + Domestic applicants welcome
markwongecology.com/join
#PhD #Ecology #Biodiversity
Pls share, thx 🙏
Join — Sydney Functional Ecology
markwongecology.com
October 3, 2025 at 4:14 PM
Excited to share a PhD opportunity in my upcoming lab at The University of Sydney!
Join an ARC-funded project on the ecology of ant invasions in 2026 🐜
🇦🇺 Live in Sydney, ant around Australia
🌍 Intl + Domestic applicants welcome
markwongecology.com/join
#PhD #Ecology #Biodiversity
Pls share, thx 🙏
Join an ARC-funded project on the ecology of ant invasions in 2026 🐜
🇦🇺 Live in Sydney, ant around Australia
🌍 Intl + Domestic applicants welcome
markwongecology.com/join
#PhD #Ecology #Biodiversity
Pls share, thx 🙏
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We are searching for a 4- year postdoctoral fellow to work us on Microbial Ecology and Crop Disease Management.
More details below. The position will start next year.
Please circulate and repost.
jobs.smartrecruiters.com/WesternSydne...
More details below. The position will start next year.
Please circulate and repost.
jobs.smartrecruiters.com/WesternSydne...
October 2, 2025 at 4:32 AM
We are searching for a 4- year postdoctoral fellow to work us on Microbial Ecology and Crop Disease Management.
More details below. The position will start next year.
Please circulate and repost.
jobs.smartrecruiters.com/WesternSydne...
More details below. The position will start next year.
Please circulate and repost.
jobs.smartrecruiters.com/WesternSydne...
📢🌿Available #traits #FunctionalTraits PhD position in my group @westsyduhie.bsky.social, closes 30th Oct. Topics: “Climate adaptations in Australian native grasses”; OR “Plant resource economics”. Apply via WSU Online Portal. Eligibility and other key info here: wrightlab.wordpress.com/news/
September 9, 2025 at 7:36 AM
📢🌿Available #traits #FunctionalTraits PhD position in my group @westsyduhie.bsky.social, closes 30th Oct. Topics: “Climate adaptations in Australian native grasses”; OR “Plant resource economics”. Apply via WSU Online Portal. Eligibility and other key info here: wrightlab.wordpress.com/news/
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📢New blog by Prof Colin Prentice. Why paleoclimate science matters now- and why ignoring our planet's history is no longer an option. Read more 👇
research.reading.ac.uk/lemontree/what…#paleoclimatet#climatechangeg#earthhistoryry
research.reading.ac.uk/lemontree/what…#paleoclimatet#climatechangeg#earthhistoryry
August 26, 2025 at 7:21 AM
📢New blog by Prof Colin Prentice. Why paleoclimate science matters now- and why ignoring our planet's history is no longer an option. Read more 👇
research.reading.ac.uk/lemontree/what…#paleoclimatet#climatechangeg#earthhistoryry
research.reading.ac.uk/lemontree/what…#paleoclimatet#climatechangeg#earthhistoryry
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New Article: "Arbuscular mycorrhizal association regulates global root–seed coordination" rdcu.be/eBmpX
Global positive correlation between root diameter and seed size, driven by dual roles of arbuscular mycorrhiza in phosphorus uptake and pathogen defence.
Global positive correlation between root diameter and seed size, driven by dual roles of arbuscular mycorrhiza in phosphorus uptake and pathogen defence.
August 19, 2025 at 10:39 AM
New Article: "Arbuscular mycorrhizal association regulates global root–seed coordination" rdcu.be/eBmpX
Global positive correlation between root diameter and seed size, driven by dual roles of arbuscular mycorrhiza in phosphorus uptake and pathogen defence.
Global positive correlation between root diameter and seed size, driven by dual roles of arbuscular mycorrhiza in phosphorus uptake and pathogen defence.
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PhD opportunity available at @westsyduhie.bsky.social with the brillant Dr Laura Williams - hyperspectral data and process-based modelling of tree diversity 🌳🌲 please share with your networks tinyurl.com/ms6mjz8y
August 18, 2025 at 3:41 AM
PhD opportunity available at @westsyduhie.bsky.social with the brillant Dr Laura Williams - hyperspectral data and process-based modelling of tree diversity 🌳🌲 please share with your networks tinyurl.com/ms6mjz8y
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An ongoing Academic (Research and Teaching) position in Genomics, here at Monash University in Melbourne. Closing in a little over a week! Please share widely! Lecturer/Senior Lecturer level (similar to Assistant Professor). careers.pageuppeople.com/513/cw/en/jo...
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July 28, 2025 at 11:33 PM
An ongoing Academic (Research and Teaching) position in Genomics, here at Monash University in Melbourne. Closing in a little over a week! Please share widely! Lecturer/Senior Lecturer level (similar to Assistant Professor). careers.pageuppeople.com/513/cw/en/jo...
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Two (!) ongoing Academic (Research and Teaching) positions in Ecology, here at Monash University in Melbourne. Closing in a little over a week! Please share widely! Both at Lecturer/Senior Lecturer level (similar to Assistant Professor) careers.pageuppeople.com/513/cw/en/jo...
Job Search
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July 28, 2025 at 11:32 PM
Two (!) ongoing Academic (Research and Teaching) positions in Ecology, here at Monash University in Melbourne. Closing in a little over a week! Please share widely! Both at Lecturer/Senior Lecturer level (similar to Assistant Professor) careers.pageuppeople.com/513/cw/en/jo...
Wind and frost have surprisingly strong effects on global patterns in leaf cuticle thickness! Latitude, biome and taxonomy matter too. Other climate variables not so much. #trait research from international team including @lawrensack.bsky.social @westobymark.bsky.social. doi.org/10.1111/nph....
July 21, 2025 at 12:00 PM
Wind and frost have surprisingly strong effects on global patterns in leaf cuticle thickness! Latitude, biome and taxonomy matter too. Other climate variables not so much. #trait research from international team including @lawrensack.bsky.social @westobymark.bsky.social. doi.org/10.1111/nph....
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Awesome to see our paper exploring competing hypotheses in macro/metabolic ecology out in PNAS.
Led by the all star @lilyleahy.bsky.social with a range of amazing folks including @funkyant.bsky.social @natejsanders.bsky.social @ianjwright.bsky.social.
Check it out!
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
Led by the all star @lilyleahy.bsky.social with a range of amazing folks including @funkyant.bsky.social @natejsanders.bsky.social @ianjwright.bsky.social.
Check it out!
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
Metabolic traits are shaped by phylogenetic conservatism and environment, not just body size | PNAS
Metabolic rate dictates life’s tempo, yet how ecological and environmental factors
integrate to shape metabolic traits remains contentious. Conside...
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July 18, 2025 at 8:05 AM
Awesome to see our paper exploring competing hypotheses in macro/metabolic ecology out in PNAS.
Led by the all star @lilyleahy.bsky.social with a range of amazing folks including @funkyant.bsky.social @natejsanders.bsky.social @ianjwright.bsky.social.
Check it out!
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
Led by the all star @lilyleahy.bsky.social with a range of amazing folks including @funkyant.bsky.social @natejsanders.bsky.social @ianjwright.bsky.social.
Check it out!
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
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Great to get this paper out on macroevolutionary trends of the hyperdiverse southwest Australian and eastern Australian floras! @alexskeels.bsky.social
Article is open access and can be downloaded here:
lnkd.in/gaxzYppQ
Article is open access and can be downloaded here:
lnkd.in/gaxzYppQ
July 2, 2025 at 4:04 AM
Great to get this paper out on macroevolutionary trends of the hyperdiverse southwest Australian and eastern Australian floras! @alexskeels.bsky.social
Article is open access and can be downloaded here:
lnkd.in/gaxzYppQ
Article is open access and can be downloaded here:
lnkd.in/gaxzYppQ
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Please pass along - postdoc position! with our working group on #FunctionalTraits and rarity. This is part of the FREE (Functional Rarity in Ecology and Evolution) working group led by Cyrille Violle in Montpellier France 🧪🌐🌾 emploi.cnrs.fr/Offres/CDD/U...
Portail Emploi CNRS - Offre d'emploi - Offre de post-doctorat en écologie (H/F)
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June 17, 2025 at 8:40 PM
Please pass along - postdoc position! with our working group on #FunctionalTraits and rarity. This is part of the FREE (Functional Rarity in Ecology and Evolution) working group led by Cyrille Violle in Montpellier France 🧪🌐🌾 emploi.cnrs.fr/Offres/CDD/U...
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I'm delighted to present this Science special issue on Plants and Heat! Through a series of Reviews and Perspective articles, covering topics from cell signalling to ecology there is something for everyone here. (1/8)
As the world warms, plants in natural ecosystems and agricultural settings find ways to respond to the heat.
In a new special issue of Science, researchers examine how heat affects plants at multiple scales, from the molecular level to the biosphere. scim.ag/44cSw3Z
In a new special issue of Science, researchers examine how heat affects plants at multiple scales, from the molecular level to the biosphere. scim.ag/44cSw3Z
June 13, 2025 at 9:14 AM
I'm delighted to present this Science special issue on Plants and Heat! Through a series of Reviews and Perspective articles, covering topics from cell signalling to ecology there is something for everyone here. (1/8)
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Excited to share our new paper led by Tsinghua Uni ECR Zhang Han: www.science.org/doi/10.1126/.... New model based on eco-evolutionary optimality explains observed seasonal and spatial trends in stem respiration, implies stem CO2 efflux down by >25% by 2100, reducing land carbon emissions.
Thermal acclimation of stem respiration implies a weaker carbon-climate feedback
The efflux of carbon dioxide (CO2) from woody stems, a proxy for stem respiration, is a critical carbon flux from ecosystems to the atmosphere, which increases with temperature on short timescales. Ho...
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May 29, 2025 at 11:49 PM
Excited to share our new paper led by Tsinghua Uni ECR Zhang Han: www.science.org/doi/10.1126/.... New model based on eco-evolutionary optimality explains observed seasonal and spatial trends in stem respiration, implies stem CO2 efflux down by >25% by 2100, reducing land carbon emissions.
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Outstanding postdoc position on ecology and biogeography with @biogeokreft.bsky.social
@unigoettingen.bsky.social
www.uni-goettingen.de/en/644546.ht...
@unigoettingen.bsky.social
www.uni-goettingen.de/en/644546.ht...
Stellen OBP - Georg-August-University Göttingen
Website of the Georg-August-University Göttingen
www.uni-goettingen.de
May 29, 2025 at 8:21 AM
Outstanding postdoc position on ecology and biogeography with @biogeokreft.bsky.social
@unigoettingen.bsky.social
www.uni-goettingen.de/en/644546.ht...
@unigoettingen.bsky.social
www.uni-goettingen.de/en/644546.ht...
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Have you recently lost your academic job due to the political situation? Then this program is for you. Read more! www.monash.edu/research/eme...
EMERGE
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May 26, 2025 at 5:06 AM
Have you recently lost your academic job due to the political situation? Then this program is for you. Read more! www.monash.edu/research/eme...
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Fully funded PhD in Plant Ecophysiology at UBC in Vancouver 🍁! Possible topics include leaf physiology, thermal ecology, microclimates, scaling, tree physiology, forest ecology & more. Start Jan/May/Sept 2026. michaletzlab.org
Please share!
#PlantEcoPhys #Ecology #Botany #PhDposition #GradSchool
Please share!
#PlantEcoPhys #Ecology #Botany #PhDposition #GradSchool
March 13, 2025 at 9:04 PM
Fully funded PhD in Plant Ecophysiology at UBC in Vancouver 🍁! Possible topics include leaf physiology, thermal ecology, microclimates, scaling, tree physiology, forest ecology & more. Start Jan/May/Sept 2026. michaletzlab.org
Please share!
#PlantEcoPhys #Ecology #Botany #PhDposition #GradSchool
Please share!
#PlantEcoPhys #Ecology #Botany #PhDposition #GradSchool
Excited to share this paper led by ECR Tiantian Pan: Adaptation in eucalyptus wood anatomy to site climate, just published in PCE.
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/.... Wonderful coauthors including
@julianschrader.bsky.social and @deannicolle1.bsky.social e1.bsky.social #FunctionalTraits
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/.... Wonderful coauthors including
@julianschrader.bsky.social and @deannicolle1.bsky.social e1.bsky.social #FunctionalTraits
April 28, 2025 at 8:36 AM
Excited to share this paper led by ECR Tiantian Pan: Adaptation in eucalyptus wood anatomy to site climate, just published in PCE.
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/.... Wonderful coauthors including
@julianschrader.bsky.social and @deannicolle1.bsky.social e1.bsky.social #FunctionalTraits
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/.... Wonderful coauthors including
@julianschrader.bsky.social and @deannicolle1.bsky.social e1.bsky.social #FunctionalTraits