Prof., Indiana Univ. Indianapolis EiC: J. of Arid Environ; Editor: HESS, Sci. Data Dad, husband, occasional Twitter, mostly science
Indianapolis, IN
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Excited to share our new ecohydrology handbook, edited by Brad Wilcox, Heidi Asbjornsen, Irena Creed, Keith Smettem, and me.
Written by leading experts, this 600-page book should include everything you need to know about ecohydrology 😊
It’s open access.
taylorfrancis.com/books/oa-e…
This is part of my son's scout activities. This is the first time he is doing an online sale. He will also do wagon sales and storefront sales locally.
Please buy it only if you really want to eat the popcorn (it's not cheap :) and support Scouts.
trails-end.com/store/scout/A…
A new publication today in Nature Sustainability, another exciting product from our global BIODESERT collaborations. We showed that drylands are prominent hotspots for microbial traits, fewer than a quarter of these hotspots fall within protected areas.
rdcu.be/fyd7R
High school student Campbell Bell finished her summer internship in my lab. For the past 2 months, she has done an amazing job working on the dew project. Today she presented at the Project SEED symposium!
My PhD student Mengyun Sun has been a fantastic mentor for Campbell!
Lixin Wang (him, he) retweeted
🧡 She was protecting her baby with her last strength in the burnt forest... Firefighters carefully pulled the tiny kit out, gave them water, and stayed until both were safe. This is pure humanity ❤️🥺
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Readers added context they thought people might want to know
Videos like this depicting firefighters rescuing a mother animal and kit from a wildfire are AI-generated. factly.in/an-ai-generate…
An exciting new publication in AGU Advances today. Our analysis showed a significant increase in global plant water stress over the last four decades. This was obvious only when structural greening effects were removed.
It's open access at,
agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.…
Our newest ARID product in GCB led by Andrew Feldman.
It is open access here:
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/…
This paper serves as our synthesis of the ARID research agenda and campaign plan.
We would like to invite you to submit to AGU 2026 Session: "H010 - Advances in ecohydrology of water-limited environments”. This is the 17th year we have run this session. @Ecohydro_Soils
Submission link: agu.confex.com/agu/agu26/pre…
Confirmed invited speakers:
Julia Green
Alan Knapp
A new publication in Nature Communications from our global BIODESERT collaboration.
Aridity-related differences in soil elemental ratios reshape microbial functional traits across global biomes
nature.com/articles/s41467-0…
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🆕 Our #LatestIssue is online now!
📚 nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/…
Highlights include:
🌱 Photosynthetic primary production in the #Mesoproterozoic
🌱 The underappreciated roles of fog and dew on vegetation and #biocrusts
🌱 #Photoprotection across the green lineage
#PlantScience
ALT On the cover of New Phytologist volume 251, issue 1: Maximum projection confocal micrograph of a developing maize ear primordium expressing PIP2-CFP membrane marker (cyan) and developmental receptor BAM1D-YFP (yellow).
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#TansleyReview: The underappreciated roles of fog and dew on vegetation and biocrusts
Wang et al.
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#LatestIssue #PlantScience @ecohydro_wang
ALT Fig. 6 Conceptual framework illustrating the interactions among fog and dew inputs, microclimatic conditions, and biological soil crusts (biocrusts).
Excited to share our New Phytologist Tansley Review published in an issue today. It's open access. In this, we synthesize the effects of fog and dew on ecosystem functions, primarily in vascular plants and biocrusts.
@YueLi1614297469 @NaQiao2 @Mengyun_Sun
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A memorable weekend in Charlottesville this weekend to celebrate my PhD advisor, Prof. Steve Macko's retirement from UVA after almost 40 years of an amazing career.
This academic family tree is a gift from all the students.
We are grateful to the Powell Center for funding our ARID proposal "Towards an integrated multi-scale understanding of dryland plant traits with application to land management". We'll recruit a postdoc for this project very soon!
usgs.gov/centers/john-wesley…
A new product published today in Nature Communications from our global BIODESERT collaboration,
nature.com/articles/s41467-0…
More 2026 graduation photos (BS, MS, and PhD awardees) from my department, taken by my chair, Dr. Kathy Licht.
Today is my school’s commencement, and I had the honor of hooding my PhD student, Yu Peng @YuPeng_IU Congratulations, Yu!
It’s always a bittersweet moment when students finish and leave the lab. I’m excited to see what’s next for Yu, a postdoc at ESILL at CU Boulder in 2 months
Today, I received excerpts from my nominators for the "2025 International Student Success Award” from the IU Indy International Office.
I’m deeply honored and truly touched by their generous words. Their encouragement will continue to inspire me throughout my academic journey.
Finally submitted the grades today!
Canvas is back online with limited functionality. Please continue checking your email for updates from your instructors about your classes. For additional support and resources, visit keeplearning.iu.edu. We appreciate your patience and flexibility as our team worked to restore service as safely and quickly as possible.
ALT Indiana University logo at the top, text in the center reads "Canvas Update" on a red background. "Bring on Tomorrow" at the bottom.
Today, I am honored to receive "2025 International Student Success Award." Thank you, IU Indy International office!
I'm deeply touched by the generous words of my nominators, thank you!! Working with students is the biggest reward in my academic journey!
@IUIScience @IUImpact
