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Personal profile
Research Interests
Physiological ecology of vascular plants, photosynthesis, plant architecture, stress, climate change
Education
PhD, 1986, Duke University
M.S., 1982, Yale University
B.A., 1979, Bennington College
Professional Information
My laboratory is studying the physiological ecology of vascular plants with an emphasis on the environmental limitations to photosynthesis and resource allocation. I am particularly interested in developing integrated models of light utilization by plants in different habitats, with an emphasis on woody plants.
Other research projects include investigations of the effects of UV-B irradiation on growth and photosynthesis, and the impact of elevated CO2 on nutrient acquisition of trees. Currently we are using growth analysis, leaf and plant gas exchange, water relations, tissue chemistry, carbon isotope discrimination, and foliar optical properties, among other methods, in these studies. Research sites include grasslands, old fields, and deciduous forests in Illinois; subalpine and alpine habitats in Wyoming; and shrub steppe in Nevada.
Office Address
286 Morrill Hall
505 S. Goodwin Ave
Urbana, IL 61801
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Collaborations and top research areas from the last five years
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A 13‐Year Record Indicates Differences in the Duration and Depth of Soil Carbon Accrual Among Potential Bioenergy Crops
Kantola, I. B., Blanc‐Betes, E., von Haden, A., Masters, M. D., Blakely, B., Bernacchi, C. J. & DeLucia, E. H., Oct 2025, In: GCB Bioenergy. 17, 10, e70080.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Aboveground Rather Than Belowground Productivity Drives Variability in Miscanthus × giganteus Net Primary Productivity
Hartman, T., Studt, J. E., VanLoocke, A., McDaniel, M. D., Howe, A., Masters, M. D., Mitchell, C. A., DeLucia, E. H. & Heaton, E. A., Sep 2025, In: GCB Bioenergy. 17, 9, e70072.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Comparing continuous-corn and soybean-corn rotation cropping systems in the U.S. central Midwest: Trade-offs among crop yield, nutrient losses, and change in soil organic carbon
Li, Z., Guan, K., Zhou, W., Peng, B., Nafziger, E. D., Grant, R. F., Jin, Z., Tang, J., Margenot, A. J., Lee, D., Bernacchi, C. J., DeLucia, E. H., Ciampitti, I., Hu, T., Ye, L., Till, J. & Jia, M., Nov 1 2025, In: Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment. 393, 109739.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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From Depletion to Restoration: Lessons From Long-Term Monitoring of Carbon Gains and Losses in Cropping Systems
Moore, C. E., Blakely, B., Pederson, T. L., Gomez-Casanovas, N., Gibson, C. D., Knecht, A. M., Aslan-Sungur, G., DeLucia, E. H., Heaton, E. A., VanLoocke, A., Meyers, T. & Bernacchi, C. J., Jun 2025, In: Global change biology. 31, 6, e70291.Research output: Contribution to journal › Comment/debate › peer-review
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Hot or Not? An Evaluation of Methods for Identifying Hot Moments of Nitrous Oxide Emissions From Soils
Stuchiner, E. R., Xu, J., Eddy, W. C., DeLucia, E. H. & Yang, W. H., Jan 2025, In: Journal of Geophysical Research: Biogeosciences. 130, 1, e2024JG008138.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Open Access
Datasets
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Data for Intra- and inter-annual variability of nitrification in the rhizosphere of field-grown bioenergy sorghum
Burnham, M. (Creator), Simon, S. (Creator), Lee, D. (Creator), Kent, A. D. (Creator), Delucia, E. H. (Creator) & Yang, W. (Creator), University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, Dec 9 2021
DOI: 10.13012/B2IDB-3696813_V1
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Data for A conceptual model explaining spatial variation in soil nitrous oxide emissions in agricultural fields
Zhang, Z. (Creator), Eddy, W. C. (Creator), Stuchiner, E. R. (Creator), Delucia, E. H. (Creator) & Yang, W. (Creator), University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, Nov 1 2024
DOI: 10.13012/B2IDB-3526278_V1
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Biogeochemical Fluxes for Three Bioenergy Crops
Moore, C. E. (Creator), von Haden, A. C. (Creator), Burnham, M. B. (Creator), Kantola, I. B. (Creator), Gibson, C. (Creator), Blakely, B. (Creator), Dracup, E. (Creator), Masters, M. D. (Creator), Yang, W. (Creator), Delucia, E. H. (Creator) & Bernacchi, C. (Creator), University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, Sep 25 2025
DOI: 10.13012/B2IDB-8157843_V1
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Data for Microbial-Explicit Processes and Refined Perennial Plant Traits Improve Modeled Ecosystem Carbon Dynamics
Berardi, D. (Creator), Hartman, M. (Creator), Brzostek, E. (Creator), Bernacchi, C. (Creator), Delucia, E. H. (Creator), von Haden, A. C. (Creator), Kantola, I. B. (Creator), Moore, C. (Creator), Yang, W. (Creator), Hudiburg, T. (Creator) & Parton, W. J. (Creator), University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, Nov 4 2025
DOI: 10.13012/B2IDB-8444610_V1
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Data for - The carbon budget of land conversion: sugarcane expansion and implications for a sustainable bioenergy landscape in SE US
Blanc-Betes, E. (Creator), Gomez-Casanovas, N. (Creator), Bernacchi, C. (Creator), Boughton, E. (Creator), Yang, W. (Creator) & Delucia, E. H. (Creator), University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, Jun 16 2025
DOI: 10.13012/B2IDB-2245335_V1
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Press/Media
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A warming Midwest increases likelihood that farmers will need to irrigate
Delucia, E. H., Guan, K., Bernacchi, C., Long, S. P. & Ort, D. R.
6/18/19
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Research