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--></style></head><body lang="EN-US" link="blue" vlink="purple"><div class="WordSection1"><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1f497d"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1f497d"> </span></p><div><div style="border:none;border-top:solid #e1e1e1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in"><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"> Membership [mailto:<a href="mailto:membership@calbotsoc.org">membership@calbotsoc.org</a>] <br><b>Sent:</b> Thursday, August 14, 2025 8:30 AM<br><b>To:</b> <a href="mailto:amy.litt@ucr.edu">amy.litt@ucr.edu</a><br><b>Subject:</b> TONIGHT! - CalBotSoc Botany Speaker: Dr. German Vargas-Gutiérrez</span></p></div></div><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><div align="center"><table class="MsoNormalTable" border="0" cellspacing="0" 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Sans Unicode",sans-serif;color:black">THURSDAY, August 14, 2025 7-8 pm PT</span></strong><span style="font-family:"Lucida Sans Unicode",sans-serif;color:black"><br><br></span><span style="font-size:13.5pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Lucida Sans Unicode",sans-serif;color:black">Botany Speaker </span><span style="font-family:"Lucida Sans Unicode",sans-serif;color:black"><br></span><strong><span style="font-size:18.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Lucida Sans Unicode",sans-serif;color:black">Dr. German Vargas-Gutiérrez</span></strong></h3><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:125%"><span style="font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#757575"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center;line-height:125%"><strong><span style="font-size:14.5pt;line-height:125%;font-family:"Lucida Sans Unicode",sans-serif;color:black">"Drought and heat: species’ environmental limits through the lens of plant physiology"</span></strong><span 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have been intrigued by the diversity of plant adaptations to grow and survive along environmental gradients. Specifically, I want to understand why some species are widely distributed and how studying their climatic limits can inform us about climate change adaptation. One approach to understand environmental constraints on plant function is by studying how drought and heat stress limit plants’ ability to uptake carbon. In this talk, I will explore how plant physiology can help us to understand the distribution limits in ponderosa pine and trembling aspen along a water availability gradient, and the impacts of a never-seen-before heatwave in Fremont cottonwood. I will also highlight ongoing work to understand the interactive effects of heat and drought on the growth of Douglas fir.</span><span style="font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#757575"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:7.5pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:125%"><span style="font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#757575"> </span></p></td></tr></table></td></tr></table></td></tr></table><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><table class="MsoNormalTable" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" style="width:100.0%;border-collapse:collapse;min-width:100%"><tr><td valign="top" style="padding:0in 13.5pt 13.5pt 13.5pt"><div align="center"><table class="MsoNormalTable" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" style="background:#285513;border-collapse:collapse"><tr><td style="padding:13.5pt 13.5pt 13.5pt 13.5pt;border-radius:3px"><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif"><a href="https://calbotsoc.us7.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c632809fa2b75323f2418bb1e&id=972e4a2ed0&e=b69ac08598" target="_blank" title="Information and Zoom Link"><b><span style="color:white;letter-spacing:-.4pt;text-decoration:none">Information and Zoom Link</span></b></a> </span></p></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><table class="MsoNormalTable" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" style="width:100.0%;border-collapse:collapse;min-width:100%"><tr><td valign="top" style="padding:6.75pt 6.75pt 6.75pt 6.75pt"><table class="MsoNormalTable" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="left" width="100%" style="width:100.0%;border-collapse:collapse"><tr><td valign="top" style="padding:0in 6.75pt 0in 6.75pt;min-width:100%;float:left"><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><img border="0" width="372" id="_x0000_i1027" src="https://mcusercontent.com/c632809fa2b75323f2418bb1e/images/0d66d772-0641-cb69-9e3a-70eca3e87fb0.png"></p></td></tr></table></td></tr></table><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><table class="MsoNormalTable" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" style="width:100.0%;border-collapse:collapse;min-width:100%"><tr><td valign="top" style="padding:6.75pt 0in 0in 0in"><table class="MsoNormalTable" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="left" width="100%" style="width:100.0%;border-collapse:collapse"><tr><td width="600" valign="top" style="width:6.25in;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;max-width:100%;min-width:100%;float:left"><table class="MsoNormalTable" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="left" width="100%" style="width:100.0%;border-collapse:collapse;word-break:break-word"><tr><td valign="top" style="padding:0in 13.5pt 6.75pt 13.5pt"><h3 align="center" style="text-align:center"><strong><span style="font-size:11.5pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Lucida Sans Unicode",sans-serif;color:black">BIO</span></strong></h3><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:7.5pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:125%"><span style="font-family:"Lucida Sans Unicode",sans-serif;color:black">German Vargas-Gutiérrez is an Assistant Professor in the departments of Botany & Plant Pathology and Forest Ecosystems & Society at Oregon State University (OSU). He received his doctorate in Plant Biological Sciences from the University of Minnesota in 2021 and was a NOAA Climate and Global Change postdoctoral fellow at the University of Utah before joining OSU in 2024. German’s research investigates how trees respond to abiotic stressors, applying this knowledge to study physiological adaptations and the effects of climate change on forest productivity in both tropical and temperate ecosystems.</span><span style="font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#757575"></span></p></td></tr></table></td></tr></table></td></tr></table><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><table class="MsoNormalTable" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" style="width:100.0%;border-collapse:collapse;min-width:100%"><tr><td valign="top" style="padding:0in 13.5pt 13.5pt 13.5pt"><div align="center"><table class="MsoNormalTable" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" style="background:#285513;border-collapse:collapse"><tr><td style="padding:13.5pt 13.5pt 13.5pt 13.5pt;border-radius:3px"><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif"><a href="https://calbotsoc.us7.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c632809fa2b75323f2418bb1e&id=91462cf4c9&e=b69ac08598" target="_blank" title="JOIN US Aug. 14th @ 7PM! 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