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Light, Water, Air: The Physical World of Plants

Take a fascinating look at the unseen forces that shape our green world. Using NYBG collections as a living lab, you'll discover the remarkable ways plants interact with their environment-from keeping cool in the desert to staying dry in the wetlands. Through core fundamentals of physics and plant biology, you'll become familiar with the physical principles that govern plant structure and function.

Recommended Text: Steven Vogel, The life of a leaf. University of Chicago Press, 2012.

Schedule:

Every week on Thursday, starting on 08/07/25 and ending on 08/21/25

Times:

10:00am-12:00pm EDT

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Instructor:

Aleca Borsuk Aleca Borsuk

Aleca Borsuk

Dr. Borsuk is an Assistant Curator of Ecological Physiology in the Laboratory for Integrative Biodiversity Research at the New York Botanical Garden. Her research group studies plant form & function across Earth's diverse environments to understand how plant anatomy promotes carbon assimilation, provides resilience to abiotic stress, and informs sustainable technologies that derive function from structure. Dr. Borsuk received her Ph.D. from Yale University in 2023.

Location:

NYBG, Watson Room 315
2900 Southern Blvd
Bronx, NY 10458

Session Number:

261BOT355

Price:

Price Non-Member : $131.00
Member : $118.00

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