Paul J. Schulte

Associate Professor

Ph.D. University of Washington, Seattle

Plant Physiology; Computer Modeling

paul.schulte@unlv.edu

Research Interests

I am a plant physiologist and interested in the transport of water through plants. Plants are dependent on water for survival and their ability to acquire water from the soil and transport it throughout the plant is determined in part by the hydraulic properties of the plant’s tissues. So for example I am interested in how the anatomical and physical characteristics of the conducting cells like tracheids and vessels determine the resistance to water flow through the xylem tissue. I am particularly interested in computer modeling or mathematical approaches to studying transport processes.

Selected Publications

• Schulte PJ. 2006. Water flow through junctions in Douglas-fir roots. Plant. Cell and Environment 29:70-76.
• Schulte PJ and JR Brooks. 2003. Branch junctions and the flow of water through xylem in Douglas-fir and ponderosa pine stems. Journal of Experimental Botany 54:1597-1605.
• Becker P, RJ Gribben and PJ Schulte. 2003. Incorporation of transfer resistance between tracheary elements into hydraulic resistance models with tapered conduits. Tree Physiology 23:1009-1019.
• Schulte PJ and DG Costa. 1996. A mathematical description of water flow through plant tissues. Journal of Theoretical Biology 180:61-70.
• Schulte PJ and AL Castle, Jr. 1993. Water flow through vessel perforation plates – a fluid mechanical approach. Journal of Experimental Botany 44:1135-1142.