The New Phytologist Foundation

An interview with the winner of the 2014 Tansley Medal for excellence in plant science, Dr William R. L. Anderegg of Princeton University, Princeton, NJ, USA. William discusses his research and how it contributes to our understanding of the effects of climate change. He goes on to tell us how the spark for his research was seeing that the forests he had gone camping and hiking in as child were now dead or dying. His advice for early career researchers is to “start writing early and often – you’re never going to have the perfect paper or the perfect dataset!” When he’s not out in the field , William enjoys hiking, writing short stories and composing music. Listen to the full interview to also find out William’s favourite thing about his job and how the legacy of Arthur Tansley inspired him to apply the Tansley Medal. Find out more at http://newphytologist.org/tansleymedal Recording edited by Leeds Media Services http://www.leedsmediaservices.co.uk