Profile – Vincent Riedel

Vincent is a postdoctoral fellow at the University of Toronto Mississauga. He now joins Ensminger’s lab and is a member of the FastPheno project. His goal is to assess tree species by combining tree hydraulic traits, – functional traits, and – photosynthesis related traits with hyperspectral drone data. The combination of these fields could potentially find tree species which are best adapted to a future climate and describe different strategies of tree species to cope with several environmental conditions.

Vincent completed his doctorate in Plant Ecophysiology at the Julius-von-Sachs-Institute for Biosciences at Würzburg University and at the Technical University of Dresden in Germany. His doctoral research focused on assessing different Douglas fir (Pseudotsuga menziesii) provenances in Central Europe on drought resistance and comparing the drought performance of this species with 15 other temperate tree species. The methods used were dendroecology, measuring plant hydraulic traits (xylem vulnerability and hydraulic capacitance), and stable isotope ratios. He obtained his master’s degree in Forestry and Wood Science from the Technical University of Munich. His Master’s thesis was part of the rewetting project within the K.Roof project, where he analysed the carbon isotope ratio of soluble leaf sugars to relate to photosynthesis and stomata recovery of mature Spruce (Picea abies) and Beech (Fagus sylvatica) after 5 years of summer rain exclusion.

Outside of his research, Vincent likes to be in the nature and discover cities. His curiosity leads him mostly to different museums and he likes to reveal cultural differences. Besides that, he plays Basketball, goes fishing, reads books, and enjoys eating and cooking great food.