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Portrait of Brett Huggett

Brett A. Huggett

Promoted to professor of biology.

In addition to teaching courses on dendrology — or tree science — he also serves as faculty liaison for women’s cross country and is the chair of the department. Huggett is often found taking his students out of the classroom in order to understand what can be learned about responses among tree species to long-term or seasonal stress factors.

Huggett initially set out to be a jazz guitarist, earning a B.A. from Temple University in music. But when he hiked the Appalachian Trail after college graduation, he emerged with new ideas about his career. A circuitous route brought him to Bates. After working as a teacher and naturalist for the Massachusetts Audubon Society; a ranger and land manager for the town of Lincoln, Mass.; and a curatorial and lab assistant at the Harvard University Herbaria, Huggett eventually earned a master’s degree in forest biology from the University of Vermont, and a doctorate in organismic and evolutionary biology from Harvard.

  • Whole-tree nonstructural carbohydrate storage and seasonal dynamics in five temperate species

    Whole-tree nonstructural carbohydrate storage and seasonal dynamics in five temperate species

  • In situ cavitation bubble manometry reveals a lack of light-activated guard cell turgor modulation in bryophytes

    In situ cavitation bubble manometry reveals a lack of light-activated guard cell turgor modulation in bryophytes

  • Stem anatomy in the spiny american palm <i>Bactris</i> (Arecaceae-Bactridinae)

    Stem anatomy in the spiny american palm <i>Bactris</i> (Arecaceae-Bactridinae)

  • Distribution and mixing of old and new nonstructural carbon in two temperate trees

    Distribution and mixing of old and new nonstructural carbon in two temperate trees

  • The functional implications of tracheary connections across growth rings in four northern hardwood trees

    The functional implications of tracheary connections across growth rings in four northern hardwood trees

  • Seasonal fluctuation of nonstructural carbohydrates reveals the metabolic availability of stemwood reserves in temperate trees with contrasting wood anatomy

    Seasonal fluctuation of nonstructural carbohydrates reveals the metabolic availability of stemwood reserves in temperate trees with contrasting wood anatomy

  • Pathogen-induced defoliation impacts on transpiration, leaf gas exchange, and non-structural carbohydrate allocation in eastern white pine (Pinus strobus)

    Pathogen-induced defoliation impacts on transpiration, leaf gas exchange, and non-structural carbohydrate allocation in eastern white pine (Pinus strobus)

  • Ecologically driven selection of nonstructural carbohydrate storage in oak trees

    Ecologically driven selection of nonstructural carbohydrate storage in oak trees

  • Hydraulic failure as a primary driver of xylem network evolution in early vascular plants

    Hydraulic failure as a primary driver of xylem network evolution in early vascular plants

  • MicroCT imaging as a tool to study vessel endings in situ

    MicroCT imaging as a tool to study vessel endings in situ

  • Impact of hemlock woolly adelgid (Adelges tsugae) infestation on xylem structure and function and leaf physiology in eastern hemlock (Tsuga canadensis)

    Impact of hemlock woolly adelgid (Adelges tsugae) infestation on xylem structure and function and leaf physiology in eastern hemlock (Tsuga canadensis)

  • Cracking the omega code: hydraulic architecture of the cycad leaf axis

    Cracking the omega code: hydraulic architecture of the cycad leaf axis

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