Jaycie C. Fickle
| Function |
| Postdoctoral researcher |
| Contact |
| Email: jaycie.fickle(at)tum.de / Room: 1.3.2.05 |
| Links |
| ORCID / ResearchGate / Google Scholar |
Biography |
| Jaycie C. Fickle is a plant ecophysiologist with a background in drought stress impacts on woody xylem structure and function. Jaycie received her PhD from the University of Utah, studying how repeated drought stress damages xylem. She now works as a Postdoctoral researcher and von Humboldt Fellow in the TUM GroPhys group aiming to quantify the climate sensitivity of key xylem anatomical traits relevant to tree physiological function. |
Research interests |
| Wood Anatomy / Xylem Structure and Function / Wood formation / Repeat drought / Plant ecophysiology / Plant hydraulics / Dendroecology / Field experiments |
Key publications |
Fickle JC, Vargas G, Anderegg WRL. 2025. Ring-specific vulnerability to embolism reveals accumulation of damage in the xylem. New Phytologist 246, 2046-2058. Fickle JC, Pratt RB, Jacobsen AL. 2023. Xylem structure and hydraulic function in roots and stems of chaparral shrub species from high and low elevation in the Sierra Nevada, California. Physiologia Plantarum 175. Venturas MD, Pratt RB, Jacobsen AL, Castro V, Fickle JC, Hacke UG. 2019. Direct comparison of four methods to construct xylem vulnerability curves: differences among techniques are linked to vessel network characteristics. Plant, Cell & Environment 42, 2422-2436. Pratt RB, Castro V, Fickle JC, Jacobsen AL. 2020. Embolism resistance of different aged stems of a California oak species (Quercus douglasii): optical and microCT methods differ from the benchtop-dehydration standard. Tree Physiology 40, 5-18. Kerr KL, Fickle JC, Anderegg WRL. 2023. Decoupling of functional traits from intraspecific patters of growth and drought stress resistance. New Phytologist 239, 174-188. |
Education and professional experience |
| Since 2026 Postdoctoral Researcher, Tree Growth and Wood Physiology Group, Technical University of Munich, DE |
| 2020-2025 PhD in Ecology and Evolution, University of Utah, Department of Biological Sciences, USA |
| 2018-2020 MSc in Biology, California State University Bakersfield, Department of Biology, USA |
| 2014-2018 BSc in Biology, California State University Bakersfield, Department of Biology, USA |