Lucas Cernusak
Projects
7
Publications
147
Awards
3
Contact Details
- 07 4232 1763
- lucas.cernusak@jcu.edu.au
Biography
My research seeks to understand the environmental and biological controls on carbon dioxide and water vapour exchange between plants and the atmosphere. I use a range of measurement techniques to gain a deeper insight into these processes, including measurements of how the stable isotope compositions of carbon dioxide and water vapour change during photosynthesis and transpiration. I am also interested in improving the interpretation of stable isotope signals in plant organic material, in order to gain insight into how leaf gas exchange has responded to global climate change through time and space. I am especially interested using these tools to understand how tropical rainforests are responding to climate change, and what role they are likely to play in modulating the response of the global carbon cycle to human activity in the coming century.
Research
Research Interests
Forest responses to climate change
Carbon dioxide and water vapour exchange between plants and the atmosphere
Stable isotopes as recorders of plant physiological processes
Tropical plant ecophysiology
Projects
Teaching
Research Advisor Accreditation
Advisor Type
Mentor