Bryn Morgan is a Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering Distinguished Postdoctoral Fellow in civil and environmental engineering whose research focuses on ecohydrology, surface-atmosphere interactions, and the effects of water limitation on terrestrial ecosystems. Specifically, Bryn investigates how dryland plants respond to water stress and how these responses shape ecosystem structure, function, and resilience to climate change. In her doctoral research, she developed a novel, drone-based approach for estimating plant water use from thermal imagery and meteorological data. She used this approach to characterize how fluctuations in water demand and supply alter energy and water fluxes from desert trees. As a postdoctoral fellow, she will investigate how adaptations to water stress affect water, carbon, and energy fluxes across scales to better anticipate how changing water resources will impact ecosystem structure, function, and resilience to water stress. Bryn’s work has excellent potential to offer valuable insights into how changes in water availability will affect ecosystem water use. This knowledge could contribute to a broader understanding of the impacts of climate change on terrestrial ecosystems and Earth system functioning and support the development of effective solutions.