Faculty
Nathan Phillips
Associate Professor, Geography and Environment
PhD, Duke University, 1997
Areas of interest: Plant Physiological Ecology, Global Change Biology
Phone: 617-353-2841
Fax: 617-353-8399
E-mail: nathan@bu.edu
Website: http://people.bu.edu/nathan
Office: STO Rm 441A, Geography and Environment Department
675 Commonwealth Ave., 4th Floor
Boston, MA 02215
Current Research
Water loss is closely coupled to carbon gain by plants and ecosystems. I study the physiological mechanisms and processes by which plants and ecosystems regulate water loss and carbon gain, and how such processes may be altered under global environmental change.
Courses Taught
- CC 106 Biodiversity (Core Curriculum)
- GE 303 Biogeography
- GE 510 Physical Principles of the Environment
- GE 525 Plant Physiological Ecology
