Rate My Professor Margaret Barbour

An experimental plant physiologist, Barbour pioneered novel stable isotope techniques to measure isofluxes between plants and the atmosphere and developed the underlying theory to explain variations. Her research elucidates plant regulation of carbon and water dynamics, with applications in crop production, plant ecological physiology, and paleoclimatic reconstruction from tree rings. She is an internationally recognised expert in stable isotope effects during photosynthesis, respiration, and transpiration in higher plants. Barbour received the 2006 Roger Slack Award from the New Zealand Society of Plant Biologists for her work on stable isotopes and plant carbon-water dynamics. At the University of Waikato, she co-led the development of the world's first Bachelor of Climate Change degree. Her scholarly impact is evidenced by over 10,000 citations and an h-index of 50 on Google Scholar. Notable publications include 'Sites of Evaporation within Leaves' (Plant Physiology, 2017), 'Mesophyll conductance exerts a significant limitation on photosynthesis at low intercellular CO2 concentrations' (New Phytologist, 2022), and 'Can hydraulic design explain patterns of leaf water isotopic enrichment in C3 plants?' (Plant, Cell & Environment, 2021).