Bio
Larry M. York, Ph.D. is a plant and soil ecophysiologist with a special passion for roots working in the Biosciences Division. The operational paradigm for Larry's work is , using measurements across diverse plant and soil types in an attempt to piece together how they work and what traits might be improved. Phenotyping, or measuring, is a crucial underpinning of this research, so methodological development is a major aspect of his work. Increasingly, real-time data collection and analysis is allowing the opportunity for intervention during experiments to create AI-enabled autonomous discovery.
Of note, Larry co-developed the number one free and open-source software tool for measuring roots from images, . In addition to using this software to measure root properties like length and lateral root branching, Dr. York has pushed the limits of high-throughput gas exchange measurements in order to quantify a major index of carbon use by roots by respiration, leading to the of this important trait. This body of work ties to the global carbon cycle and the possibility of selecting bioenergy crops that are themselves carbon-use efficient in order to drive productivity, yield, and belowground carbon sequestration.
Larry is based in the Molecular and Cellular Imaging Group and cross-appointed with the Plant Systems Biology Group.
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