Uwe Hacke, PhD
Contact
Professor, Faculty of Agricultural, Life and Environmental Sci - Renewable Resources Dept
- hacke@ualberta.ca
- Phone
- (780) 492-8511
- Address
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251A Earth Sciences Building
11223 Saskatchewan Drive NWEdmonton ABT6G 2E3
Overview
About
Job/Research Area
Plant Biology
Major Responsibilities:
I am currently serving as Graduate Program Coordinator in the Department of Renewable Resources.
- David J. Gifford Award in Tree Biology from the Canadian Society of Plant Biologists (2017)
- CD Nelson Award for outstanding research contributions to plant biology, Canadian Society of Plant Biologists (2013)
- Faculty of Agricultural, Life & Environmental Sciences - Teacher of the Year (2008)
- Tier 2 Canada Research Chair in Tree-Water Relations (2007-2016)
Research
Research Interests:
I study trees, water, and vascular transport. Trees provide us with oxygen, habitat for birds and other animals, shelter, and wood products. Water is the molecule of life; as such it plays an active role in a myriad of processes on the cellular and organism level. Vascular transport distributes water and other molecules across the plant body.
In contrast to the human cardiovascular system, trees need to maintain their transport systems over decades and centuries, time scales that may greatly surpass human life spans. Such transport systems must cope with environmental changes and adjust to the growth of the organism over time.
I ask: How do these transport systems function? How do drought, frost, and insects affect transport? How are transport processes influenced by rising temperatures and concomitant changes in climate?
- xylem/wood
- drought
- tree rings
- aquaporins
- phloem
- frost
- plant abiotic stress
- climate change
Teaching
I teach courses on Introductory Plant Science and Graduate Research Skills.
Featured Publications
R.C. Stanfield, P.J. Schulte, K.E. Randolph, U.G. Hacke
Plant, Cell & Environment. 2019 January;
R.M. Hillabrand, V.J. Lieffers, E.H. Hogg, E. Martínez-Sancho, A. Menzel, U.G. Hacke
Tree Physiology. 2019 January;
J. Sebastian-Azcona, A. Hamann, U. Hacke, D. Rweyongeza
Forest Ecology and Management. 2019 January;
U.G. Hacke, R. Spicer, S.G. Schreiber, L. Plavcová
Plant, Cell & Environment. 2017 January; 40
M.D. Venturas, J.S. Sperry, U.G. Hacke
Journal of Integrative Plant Biology. 2017 January; 59
S.G. Schreiber, U.G. Hacke, A. Hamann
Functional Ecology. 2015 January;
U.G. Hacke, M.D. Venturas, E.D. MacKinnon, A.L. Jacobsen, J.S. Sperry, R. B. Pratt
New Phytologist. 2015 January; 205
U.G. Hacke
Functional and Ecological Xylem Anatomy. 2015 January;
U.G. Hacke, B. Lachenbruch, J. Pittermann, S. Mayr, J.-C. Domec, P.J. Schulte
Functional and Ecological Xylem Anatomy. 2015 January;
P.J. Schulte, U.G. Hacke, A.L. Schoonmaker
New Phytologist. 2015 January;
Exploring Picea glauca aquaporins in the context of needle water uptake and xylem refilling
New Phytologist. 2014 January; 203
S. Mayr, P. Schmid, J. Laur, S. Rosner, K. Charra-Vaskou, B. Daemon, U.G. Hacke
Plant Physiology. 2014 January; 164
L. Plavcová, U.G. Hacke, A.M. Almeida-Rodriguez, E. Li, C.J. Douglas
Plant, Cell and Environment. 2013 January; 36
S.G. Schreiber, C. Ding, A. Hamann, U.G. Hacke, B.R. Thomas, J.S. Brouard
Journal of Applied Ecology. 2013 January; 50
W.R.L. Anderegg, L. Plavcová, L.D.L. Anderegg, U.G. Hacke, J.A. Berry, C.B. Field
Global Change Biology. 2013 January;
L. Plavcová, U.G. Hacke
New Phytologist. 2011 January; 192
S.G. Schreiber, U.G. Hacke, A. Hamann, B.R. Thomas
New Phytologist. 2011 January; 190
L. Plavcová, U.G. Hacke
Journal of Experimental Botany. 63
S.G. Schreiber, A. Hamann, U.G. Hacke, B.R. Thomas
Plant, Cell and Environment..
J. Laur, U.G. Hacke
Journal of Experimental Botany. 64