Tala N. Awada
Hi, I’m Tala Awada, associate professor in the School of Natural Resources.
I teach in the areas of forestry and grasslands ecosystems, and bio-atmospheric interactions. Because I am a plant ecophysiologist, I am particularly interested in studying the responses of plants and ecosystems to environmental stresses, such as drought, salt, heat, frost and climate change. Such information is necessary to identify and develop plants that are best adapted to a specific environment and to predict how ecosystems respond to climate change.
As a member of the UNL faculty since 2001, I have been studying the impacts of tree invasion on ecosystem processes; the functional characteristics of grasses, trees and shrubs in the Nebraska Sandhills; and the development of broad-spectrum stress-tolerant plants.
I received my bachelor’s degree from the Lebanese University in Beirut, Lebanon. I have a master’s degree from the Mediterranean Agronomic Institute of Chania, Greece, and a Ph.D. from the University of Saskatchewan, Canada.
Personnel Information
| Name | Tala N. Awada |
| University Title | Associate Professor |
| Additional Title | Physiological Plant Ecologist |
| Address | 406 Hardin Hall, Lincoln NE 68583-0974 |
| Phone | 402-472-8483 |
| Fax | 402-472-2946 |
| tawada2@unl.edu | |
| Related Websites | n/a |
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Key Publications
- Zhou, X.H., Brandle, J.R., Schoeneberger, M.M. and Awada, T. (2007) Developing above-ground biomass equations for open-grown multiple-stemmed tree species: Shelterbelt grown Russian-olive. Ecological Modelling 202: 311-323.
- Eggemeyer, K.D., Awada, T., Wedin, D., Harvey, F.E. and Zhou, X. (2006). Physiological characteristics explain the success of Pinus ponderosa and Juniperus virginiana expansion into the semi-arid grasslands of Nebraska. International Journal of Plant Sciences 167: 991-999.
- Awada, T., Henebry, G.M., Redmann, R.E. and Sulistiyowati, H. (2004). Picea glauca dynamics and spatial pattern of seedlings regeneration along a chronosequence in the mixedwood section of the boreal forest. Annals of Forest Science 61:789-794.
- Awada, T., Radoglou, K., Fotelli, M. and Constantinidou, H. (2003). Ecophysiology of seedlings of three Mediterranean pine species in contrasting light regimes. Tree Physiology 23: 33-42.
- Awada, T., Dunigan, D.D. and Dickman, M.B. (2003). Animal anti-apoptotic genes ameliorate the loss of turgor in water-stressed transgenic tobacco. Canadian Journal of Plant Science 83:499-506.
