Dr. Romy Rehschuh

Research interests

My research focuses on plant physiology and ecology. I am particularly interested in

• Tree ecophysiology

• Dendroecology
• Hydraulics and water balance of trees

• Carbon metabolism and allocation, growth

• Heat and drought stress & recovery

• Forest biodiversity

Professional background

Since 2022: Scientific Assistant, TU Dresden, Forest Sciences, Professorship for Biodiversity and Nature Conservation (Post-Doc)

2017-2021: Scientific Assistant, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Institute of Meteorology and Climate Research, Plant Ecophysiology, Garmisch-Partenkirchen

2015-2016: Scientific Assistant, TU München, Department of Soil Science, Freising

2015-2016: Student Assistant, TUM ForTe, Patent and License Office, München

2012- 2013: Student Assistant, TU Dresden, Chair of Spatial Planning, Spatial Development and Planning

Degrees

2017-2021: Dr. rer. nat., Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Topic: “Stress and recovery dynamics in Scots pine: The impacts of heat and drought on carbon and water cycling”

2013-2016: Master Sustainable Resource Management, TU München, Freising; Master thesis: “Dendroecological investigations on Picea abies: The influence of soil on the drought susceptibility of Norway spruce in the Southwest Munich area”

2010-2013: Bachelor Tourism Management, University of Applied Sciences Zittau/Görlitz; Bachelor thesis: "Travel and sustainability: The potential contribution of tourism to protect the rainforests"

Publications

Hikino, K., Danzberger, J., Riedel, V.P., Rehschuh, R., Ruehr, N.K., Hesse, B.D., Lehmann, M.M., Buegger, F., Weikl, F., Pritsch, K. & Grams, T.E. (2022). High resilience of carbon transport in long‐term drought stressed mature Norway spruce trees within two weeks after drought release. Global Change Biology 28(6), 2095-2110. DOI: 10.1111/gcb.16051

Rehschuh, R., Rehschuh, S., Gast, A., Jakab, A., Lehmann, M.M., Saurer, M., Gessler, A. & Ruehr, N.K. (2022). Tree allocation dynamics beyond heat and hot drought stress reveal changes in carbon storage, belowground translocation and growth. New Phytologist, 233(2), 687-704. DOI: 10.1111/nph.17815

Rehschuh, R. & Ruehr, N. K. (2021). Diverging responses of water and carbon relations during and after heat and hot drought stress in Pinus sylvestris. Tree Physiology. DOI: 10.1093/treephys/tpab141

Nadal-Sala, D., Grote, R., Birami, B., Knüver, T., Rehschuh, R., Schwarz, S., & Ruehr, N.K. (2021). Leaf shedding and non-stomatal limitations of photosynthesis mitigate hydraulic conductance losses in Scots pine saplings during severe drought stress. Frontiers in Plant Science, 12, 1600. DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2021.715127

Rehschuh, R., Cecilia, A., Zuber, M., Faragó, T., Baumbach, T., Hartmann, H., Steven, J., Stefan, M. & Ruehr, N.K. (2020). Drought-induced xylem embolism limits the recovery of leaf gas exchange in Scots pine. Plant Physiology, 184(2), 852-864. DOI: 10.1104/pp.20.00407

Töchterle, P., Yang, F., Rehschuh, S., Rehschuh, R., Ruehr, N. K., Rennenberg, H., & Dannenmann, M. (2020). Hydraulic water redistribution by Silver fir (Abies alba Mill.) occurring under severe soil drought. Forests, 11(2), 162. DOI: 10.3390/f11020162

Gut, U., Árvai, M., Bijak, S., Camarero, J. J., Cedro, A., Cruz-García, R., Garamszegi, B., Hacket-Pain, A., Hevia, A., Huang, W., Isaac-Renton, M., Kaczka, R., Kazimirović, M., Kędziora, W., Kern, Z., Klisz, M., Kolář, T., Körner, M., Kuznetsova, V., Montwé, D., Petritan, A., Petritan, I., Plavcová, L., Rehschuh, R., Rocha, E., Rybníček, M., Sánchez-Salguero, R., Schröder, J., Schwab, N., Stajić, B., Tomusiak, R., Wilmking, M., Sass-Klaassen, U., Buras. A. (2019). No systematic effects of sampling direction on climate-growth relationships in a large-scale, multi-species tree-ring data set. Dendrochronologia, 57, 125624. DOI: 10.1016/j.dendro.2019.125624

Rehschuh, R., Mette, T., Menzel, A., & Buras, A. (2017). Soil properties affect the drought susceptibility of Norway spruce. Dendrochronologia, 45, 81-89. DOI: 10.1016/j.dendro.2017.07.003