Amy Ny Aina Aritsara: Plant Physiology First Author

Amy Ny Aina Aritsara, first author of “Divergent leaf and fine root “pressure-volume relationships” across habitats with varying water availability”

Current Position: Postdoctoral fellow at Guangxi University, China

Education: Ph.D. in Ecology

Non-Scientific Interests: Music, walking, riding, driving, volleyball.

Brief-biography:

 I am fascinated by plant biodiversity and aim to understand the foundation and protection of plant biodiversity via analyzing plant anatomy and functional traits. Thus, most of my research works analyze the relationships between plant anatomy and functional traits across multiple species. In 2015 I graduated with a master’s degree in forestry and environment engineering from the University of Antananarivo. My master thesis focused on forest community survey and wood property assessment for the restoration of a tropical mountain forest and aimed to provide scientific tools to implement wood production. In 2020, I got my Ph.D. degree from Guangxi University, China For my Ph.D. thesis, I analyzed the functional optimization and tissue spatial arrangement in the aboveground hydraulic system of magnoliids from a tropical rainforest in Madagascar and showed that tissue arrangement can optimize stem xylem and leaf hydraulic properties. In 2021, I began my postdoctoral work on analyzing stem xylem anatomy and vessel pit structure in relation to drought resistance.

姓名：ARITSARA Amy Ny Aina (阿米), Plant Physiology 第一作者

现在职位：博士后，广西大学

教育经历：硕士， 塔那那礼佛大学-马达加斯加; 博士，广西大学

兴趣爱好：音乐，散步，骑行，自驾游，气排球

个人简介：

我主要关注植物的多样性，通过分析植物解剖结构和功能特征旨在了解植物生物多样性的基础和保护措施。因此，我主要研究不同物种的植物解剖和功能性状之间的关系。硕士期间，为森林修复选择树种，进行了马达加斯加山区热带雨林群落调查和木材性状检测，于2015年在塔那那礼佛大学取得硕士学位。博士就读于广西大学，在曹坤芳教授指导下，我的博士课题主要研究马达加斯加木兰类植物枝条木质部和叶片结构以及水力功能性状，此研究表明木质部和叶片组织的空间优化配置有助于枝条和叶片实现功能优化。于2020年取得博士学位。从2021年开始博士后研究工作，继续研究枝条木质部结构与植物耐旱能力的关系。