Dr. Juliana
S. Medeiros Department of Biology, University of New Mexico Curriculum Vitae K-12 critical thinking curriculum Research experiences for K-12
I received my PhD in Plant Eco-Physiology in the Department of Biology at the University of New Mexico under the direction of Dr. William T. Pockman. My current research focuses on local adaptation and whole-plant co-ordination of physiological adaptations to freezing in the genus Larrea at high and low latitude sites at the Sevilleta LTER (Chihuahuan Desert) in N. America and the Monte Desert in S. America. My other research interests include population biology and genetics, whole plant co-ordination of function, seedling recruitment, the effects of spatial and temporal variation on population dynamics and distributions, ecological trade-offs, comparative biology, reproductive ecology, the fitness effects of habitat alteration and climate change, ecology of forests, alpine, montane, arid and semi-arid ecosystems, plant physiological adaptations to extreme events and environments, and the plasticity and evolution of physiological traits. I have spent the last 9 years practicing and teaching scientific inquiry at UNM and as a GK12 Fellow, and I particularly enjoy helping students learn how to answer their own questions using the scientific process.
 
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