William Adams III
Professor

Ph.D., Australian National University, 1987

Ramaley C434 (office)
Ramaley C460 (lab)
303-492-2880
william.adams@colorado.edu

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William Adams III
Research Interests We take an integrative approach to synthesize the ecology, physiology, and anatomy of plants in a comparative framework. We define our questions in the natural, changing environment and follow the answers to the molecular or ultra-structural level. A unifying theme of our studies is the question of how plants survive and thrive in their natural environment and what mechanisms are responsible for the acclimation and adaptation of plants to extreme environmental conditions. We identify the physiological and structural traits (and hopefully the associated genes) that protect plants, and particularly their ability to collect solar energy, perform photosynthesis, and distribute sugars throughout the plant. We compare these characteristics among plant species with contrasting growth patterns and acclimation strategies.
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Selected Publications

Adams WW III, Demmig-Adams B (2012) Photoprotection (Plants). In McGraw-Hill Yearbook of Science & Technology 2012. McGraw-Hill, New York, in press

Demmig-Adams B, Rixham CS, Adams WW III (2012) Carotenoids. In McGraw-Hill Yearbook of Science & Technology 2012. McGraw-Hill, New York, in press

Cessna S, Adams WW III, Demmig-Adams B (2010) Exploring photosynthesis and plant stress using inexpensive chlorophyll fluorometers. Journal of Natural Resources and Life Sciences Education 39: 22-30

Koh SK, Demmig-Adams B, Adams WW III (2009) Novel patterns of seasonal photosynthetic acclimation, including interspecific differences, in conifers over an altitudinal gradient. Arctic, Antarctic, and Alpine Research 41: 317-322

Seelig H-D, Hoehn A, Stodieck LS, Klaus DM, Adams WW III, Emery WJ (2009) Dynamics of plant water parameters and the remote sensing R1300/R1450 leaf water index during the development of water deficit stress. Irrigation Science 27: 357-365

Adams WW III, Watson AM, Mueh KE, Amiard V, Turgeon R, Ebbert V, Logan BA, Combs AF, Demmig-Adams B (2007) Photosynthetic acclimation in the context of structural constraints to carbon export from leaves. Photosynthesis Research 94: 455-466

Logan BA, Adams WW III, Demmig-Adams B (2007) Avoiding common pitfalls of chlorophyll fluorescence analysis under field conditions. Functional Plant Biology 34: 853-859

Amiard V, Demmig-Adams B, Mueh KE, Turgeon R, Combs AF, Adams WW III (2007) Role of light and jasmonic acid signaling in regulating foliar phloem cell wall ingrowth development. New Phytologist 173: 722-731

Demmig-Adams B, Adams WW III (2006) Photoprotection in an ecological context: the remarkable complexity of thermal dissipation. New Phytologist 172: 11-21

Zarter CR, Demmig-Adams B, Ebbert V, Adamska I, Adams WW III (2006) Photosynthetic capacity and light harvesting efficiency during the winter-to-spring transition in subalpine conifers. New Phytologist 172: 283-292

Adams WW III, Zarter CR, Mueh KE, Amiard V, Demmig-Adams B (2006) Energy dissipation and photoinhibition: a continuum of photoprotection. In B Demmig-Adams, WW Adams III, AK Mattoo (eds) Photoprotection, Photoinhibition, Gene Regulation, and Environment. Advances in Photosynthesis and Respiration, Volume 21. Springer, Dordrecht, pp. 49-64

Demmig-Adams B, Ebbert V, Zarter CR, Adams WW III (2006) Characteristics and species-dependent employment of flexible versus sustained thermal dissipation and photoinhibition. In B Demmig-Adams, WW Adams III, AK Mattoo (eds) Photoprotection, Photoinhibition, Gene Regulation, and Environment. Advances in Photosynthesis and Respiration, Volume 21. Springer, Dordrecht, pp. 39-48

Amiard V, Mueh KE, Demmig-Adams B, Ebbert V, Turgeon R, Adams WW III (2005) Anatomical and photosynthetic acclimation to the light environment in species with differing mechanisms of phloem loading. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA 102: 12968-12973