Rate My Professor Troy Ocheltree

In 2023, Ocheltree served as interim head of the Department of Forest and Rangeland Stewardship. He is affiliated with the School of Global Environmental Sustainability, where he held a Resident Fellowship in 2018-2019, and serves on the Faculty Council representing Natural Resources until 2027. His contributions extend to grassland ecology, climate change adaptation, natural resource management, and ecosystem functioning. Notable publications include 'Identification of suites of traits that explains drought tolerance in tall fescue and perennial ryegrass' (2020, New Phytologist), 'Grass veins are leaky pipes: vessel widening in grass leaves facilitates embolism repair' (2024, New Phytologist), 'A 50-year look-back on the efficacy of limited transpiration traits: does the evidence support the recent surge in interest?' (2025), and 'Xylem embolism refilling revealed in stems of a weedy grass' (2025). Ocheltree received the 2019 Early Career Undergraduate Teaching Award from the Range Science Education Council and Society for Range Management for excellence in teaching, advising, and mentoring. He was awarded a Global Challenges Research Team grant from the School of Global Environmental Sustainability in 2024-2025. His scholarship has accumulated over 3,250 citations.