Jessica Ying Ling Tay
Contact
Room: W4 0-049
Phone: +49 (0)441 798-3315
Email: jessica.tay.ying.ling@uol.de
Jessica Ying Ling Tay
Dr. Jessica Tay
Research Interests / Project
- Morphological diversity of progagules, roots and how they relate to their functions
- Attachment mechanisms of propagules and roots of epiphytes on suitable substrates
- Functional aspects of adventitious roots
- Biomechanical properties of attachments structures, e.g, Bio-adhesives on roots of epiphytes
I am particularly interested in the relationship between morphologies of plant structures and their intended functions. For the project Attachment mechanism of vascular epiphytes, I aim to investigate how the morphologies of propagules and roots of epiphytes contribute to the function of establishing and maintaining attachment throughout consecutive ontogenetic stages.
My PhD was part of the project Epiphytes and wind in a changing world where I investigated the effect of wind as a source of mechanical stress on vascular epiphyte. I also quantified the attachment strength of the rootlets of Anthurium obtusum seedlings to substrate of various micro-roughnesses and investigated the mechanism of epiphytes’ attachment to their substrate.
Publications
Tay JYL, Erfmeier, A & Kalwij, JM. 2019. Reaching new heights: can drones replace current methods to study plant population dynamics? Plant Ecology 219: 1139-1150.
Tay JYL, Zotz G, Puczylowski J & Einzmann H. 2021. Go with the flow: The extent of drag reduction as epiphytic bromeliads reorient in wind. PLoS ONE 16: e0252790.
Tay J, Zotz G, Gorb SN & Einzmann HJR. 2021. Getting a grip on the adhesion mechanism of epiphytic orchids – evidence from histology and Cryo-SEM. Frontiers in Forests and Global Change – Forest Ecophysiology 4: 764357.
Einzmann HJR, Zotz G & Tay JYL. 2022. What happens to epiphytic bromeliads in a windy spot? Journal of Tropical Ecology 38: 158 - 163.
Tay J, Kovalev A, Zotz G, Einzmann HJR & Gorb SN. 2022. Holding on or falling off: the attachment mechanism of epiphytic Anthurium obtusum (Engl.) Grayum changes with substrate roughness. American Journal of Botany 109: 874-886.
Tay J, Zotz G & Einzmann HJR. 2022. Thigmomorphogenic responses of epiphytic bromeliads to mechanically-induced stress. Plant Ecology 223: 1-11. doi.org/10.1007/s11258-021-01186-6
Tay J, Zotz G, Einzmann HJR. 2023. Smoothing out the misconceptions of the role of bark roughness in vascular epiphyte attachment. New Phytologist 238: 983-994.
Tay J, Werner JC, Zotz G. 2024. Morphological diversity of the velamen radicum in the genus Anthurium (Araceae). Plant Biology 26: 679–690.
Curriculum Vitae
| Since Sept 2023 | Postdoctoral Researcher, Carl von Ossietzky Universität Oldenburg | |
2018 – 2022 | PhD, Carl von Ossietzky Universität Oldenburg | |
| 2015 – 2017 | M.Sc., Kiel University. International Master in Applied Ecology (IMAE, ERASMUS MUNDUS programme) | |
| 2011 – 2015 | B.Sc., National University of Singapore |