FACULTY

Thomas Hinckley

Thomas Hinckley

Interim Director/Professor
Woody plant ecophysiology; Stress and carbon physiology; Subalpine-alpine systems; Old-growth to plantations; Mountain communities


Office: Anderson 102A
Phone: 206-685-1928 
Email: hinckley@u.washington.edu

Graduate Interest Group(s): FOREST ECOLOGY; FOREST SOILS;RESTORATION ECOLOGY AND ENVIRONMENTAL HORTICULTURE

B.A., Biology, Carleton College, 1966
Ph.D., Forest Ecophysiology, University of Washington, 1971

Tom Hinckley studies tissue to whole tree responses to environmental stresses. He is particularly interested in the water and nutrient relations, carbon economy, and growth of trees from diverse ecosystems. Recent emphases have been on the understanding of structural-functional relationships using Populus as a model system, and on scaling leaf and twig level measures of water loss to the branch, tree, and stand levels in such species as hybrid Populus, Abies amabilis, and Pseudotsuga menziesii. For the latter species, he has been using the Wind River Canopy Crane Research Facility.
Courses Taught:
CFR 521 Current Topics in Forest Resources (3)
ENVIR 100 Environmental Studies: Interdisciplinary Foundations (5)
ESRM 401 Spring Comes to the Cascades (3)
Current Sponsored Research:
Eastside Forest Health Forum
Effects of fire management on carbon sequestration in Sequoia Kings Canyon and Yosemite National Parks
Natural resource condition assessments for Ebey's Landing National Historical Reserve, Fort Vancouver National Historic Site, Lewis and Clark National Historical Park, and San Juan Island National Historical Park