Richard Norby, Oak Ridge National Laboratory and University of Birmingham
Richard Norby
Mentor
Editor of New Phytologist
Oak Ridge National Laboratory and University of Birmingham

Richard Norby is an ecosystem ecologist interested in the

  • Effects of CO 2 enrichment on tree growth and forest metabolism
  • Ecosystem responses to atmospheric and climatic change
  • Carbon and nitrogen cycling in diverse ecosystems
  • Forest tree physiology and plant physiological ecology
  • Synthesis of experimental results to inform models

He is an Emeritus Research Fellow in the Environmental Sciences Division & Climate Change Science Institute,   Oak Ridge National Laboratory; Honorary Professor at the School of Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences University of Birmingham; and Research Professor in the Department of Ecology & Evolutionary Biology,  University of Tennessee' and an Editor of New Phytologist.

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Research interests: Ecosystem responses to atmospheric and climatic change, synthesis of experimental results to inform models. Effects of CO2 enrichment on tree growth and forest metabolism, carbon and nitrogen cycling in forest ecosystems. Forest tree physiology and plant physiological ecology.