Ülo Niinemets, Ph.D. focuses on the Importance of structural features of leaves and canopy in determining species shade-tolerance in temperate deciduous woody taxa (Importance of structural features of leaves and canopy in determining species shade-tolerance in temperate deciduous woody taxa). He serves as the Chair and Professor of Crop Sciences and Plant Biology at Estonian University of Life Sciences.Selected Honours & awards2018, Ülo Niinemets, National Science Prize, Bio- and geosciences 2012, Ülo Niinemets, White Star Order, IV class by the President of Estonia 2011, Ülo Niinemets, Best paper award (Ecological Research) of the Japanese Ecological Society 2006, Ülo Niinemets, National Science Prize in Chemistry and molecular biology 2000, Ülo Niinemets, National Science Prize, Bio- and geosciences Selected Scientific Activities2012-... Science Europe Life, Environment and Geoscience (LEGS) scientific committee member 2012-... Editor of Oecologia 2010-... Editor of Frontiers in Plant Science (Frontiers in Functional Plant Ecology) Stephen Pallardy’s research interests include the physiological responses of plants to water stress and comparative water relations, and the mechanisms by which seedlings of selected woody species and ecotypes are able to resist drought stress more effectively than others. The underlying motivation for that research included understanding how selective pressures that are associated with xeric habitats influence the evolution of drought adaptations among and within species and potential genetic improvements as a result.