PhD Candidate, Department of Plant Biology
ORCID: 0000-0001-7979-025X
Education:
Bachelor of Science (Hons), Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, 2019, Trinity College, University of Toronto
Research:
High levels of tropospheric ozone and intense drought both have the potential to increase with anthropogenic climate change. Both of these stressors have well understood impacts on field crops, with elevated ozone resulting in a considerable reduction in yield and drought likewise resulting in a yield reduction, ultimately having a financial impact on both individual farmers and the market at large. Many areas with high levels of agricultural production are expected to see a concurrent worsening ozone and drought conditions under future climate scenarios, making an understanding of the interaction of the two stressors important. My research investigates the interaction between elevated ozone and drought in Soybean at the SoyFACE facility at the University of Illinois. At the site ambient ozone levels are elevated using FACE (Free Air Concentration Enrichment) throughout the growing season. Drought is imposed by deploying awnings which are situated within the rings during periods of rainfall. By using FACE and awnings we are able to investigate the interactive impacts on Soybean, and how they affect the photosynthetic physiology, growth, and yield traits throughout the growing season.
Publications:
Adachi, S., Stata, M., Martin, D.G., Cheng, S., Liu, H., Zhu, X., and Sage, R.F. (2022) The evolution of C4 photosynthesis in Flaveria (Asteraceae): Insights from the Flaveria linearis complex. Plant Physiology. doi: 10.1093/plphys/kiac467
Li, S., Moller, C.A., Mitchell, N.G., Martin, D.G., Sacks, E.J., Saikia, S., Labonte, N.R., Baldwin, B.S., Morrison, J.I., Ferguson, J.N., Leakey, A.D.B., and Ainsworth, E.A. (2022)The leaf economics spectrum of triploid and tetraploid C4 grass Miscanthus x giganteus. Plant, Cell & Environment. doi: 10.1111/pce.14433
Montes, C.M., Demler, H.J., Li, S., Martin, D.G., and Ainsworth, E.A. (2022). Approaches to investigate crop responses to ozone pollution: from O3-FACE to satellite-enabled modeling. The Plant Journal 109(2): 432-446. doi: 10.1111/tpj.15501
Presentations:
Martin D.G. and Ainsworth E.A. (2022). "Interaction of Elevated Ozone and Reduced Rainfall on Soybean Photosynthesis and Yield". Presentation. Crop Science Society of America Annual Meeting, Baltimore, MD.
Teaching:
Plant Form and Function (Spring 2019) - Teaching Assistant, Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Toronto
Organismal Biology (Fall 2019) - Teaching Assistant, School of Integrative Biology, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign