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Dr. Jamie Waterman

Assistant Professor (Botany)
      
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Dr. Jamie Waterman

Assistant Professor (Botany)

 watermaj@tcd.ie

 


Jamie is an ecophysiologist and chemical ecologist who uses interdisciplinary tools to understand the interactions between plants and their environment, with a particular focus on herbivory. Specifically, his work explores how chemical, morphological and developmental plant traits shape herbivore feeding patterns and vice versa. Jamie uses techniques spanning chemistry, molecular biology and behavioural ecology to understand these interactions on a mechanistic level. He holds a BS in Forestry from the University of Vermont (2018) and a PhD in Ecology from Western Sydney University (2021). During his PhD, he explored how silicon accumulation and deposition integrate with carbon-based defence pathways in silicon hyperaccumulating plant species, and how these silicon-based defences impact herbivores. In 2021, Jamie was awarded a Swiss National Science Foundation Postdoctoral Research Fellowship to conduct an independent research project at the University of Bern, where he investigated the dynamic patterns of stress-induced plant volatile production, emission and perception. Currently, Jamie is building kinetic models to understand the relationship between complex damage patterns and plant defence responses, as well as actively seeking funding to continue exploring the physiological mechanisms underlying the dynamic patterns and processes of plant-environment interactions across scales.
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Reviewer for multiple scientific journals across disciplines (Annals of Botany, Austral Entomology, Basic and Applied Ecology, Canadian Journal of Forest Research, Chemoecology, Ecology, eLife, Evolution, Functional Ecology, Insect Conservation and Diversity, Journal of Ecology, Journal of Pest Science, New Phytologist, PeerJ, Planta, Plant-arthropod interactions, Plant Physiology, PLoS One) Ongoing
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International Society of Chemical Ecology 2025
British Ecological Society 2024
Waterman Jamie M., Cofer Tristan M., Von Laue Ophélie M., Mateo Pierre, Wang Lei, Erb Matthias, Leaf Size Determines Damage- and Herbivore-Induced Volatile Emissions in Maize, Plant, Cell & Environment, 2025, Notes: [https://doi.org/10.1111/pce.15355], Journal Article, PUBLISHED  DOI  DOI  URL
Hu Lingfe, Zhang Kaid, Xu Yachu, Zheng Xiaoxua, Waterman Jamie M, Ouyang Xia, Wu Zhenwe, Shen Zhichen, He Ya, Ma Bi, Robert Christelle A. M, Raaijmakers Jos M, Ye Men, Erb Matthia, Xu Jianmin, Herbivory-induced green leaf volatiles increase plant performance through jasmonate-dependent plantâ€"soil feedbacks, Nature Plants, 2025, Journal Article, PUBLISHED  DOI  URL
Lei Wang, Sara Hoefer, Pedro Jiménez"Sandoval, Hao Yu, Roxane P. Spiegelhalder, Jamie M. Waterman, Luke Hurni, Lingfei Hu, Lei Liu, David C. Jackson, Michael T. Raissig, Matthias Erb, Volatile-suppressed peptide signaling enhances volatile responses in plant-plant interactions, 2025, Journal Article, PUBLISHED  DOI
Jamie M. Waterman, Gareth John Moore, Loren K. Amdahl-Culleton, Sara Hoefer, Matthias Erb, Quantitative modelling of biological response dynamics reveals novel patterns in plant volatile signalling, 2025, Journal Article, PUBLISHED  DOI
Waterman JM, Cofer TM, Wang L, Glauser G, Erb M., High-resolution kinetics of herbivore-induced plant volatile transfer reveal clocked response patterns in neighboring plants., eLife, 12, 2024, pRP89855 , Journal Article, PUBLISHED  DOI
Hajdu C, Molnár BP, Waterman JM, Machado RAR, Radványi D, Fónagy A, Khan SA, Vassor T, Biet B, Erb M, Kárpáti Z, Robert CAM., Volatile-mediated oviposition preference for healthy over root-infested plants by the European corn borer., Plant, cell & environment, 47, (6), 2024, p2228-2239 , Journal Article, PUBLISHED  DOI
Johnson SN, Waterman JM, Hartley SE, Cooke J, Ryalls JMW, Lagisz M, Nakagawa S., Plant Silicon Defences Suppress Herbivore Performance, but Mode of Feeding Is Key., Ecology letters, 27, (10), 2024, pe14519 , Journal Article, PUBLISHED  DOI
Biru F.N., Nayak J.J., Waterman J.M., Cazzonelli C.I., Elbaum R., Johnson S.N., Elevated atmospheric CO2 and silicon antagonistically regulate anti-herbivore phytohormone and defence gene expression levels in wheat, Environmental and Experimental Botany, 227, 2024, Journal Article, PUBLISHED  DOI
Wang L, Jäggi S, Cofer TM, Waterman JM, Walthert M, Glauser G, Erb M., Immature leaves are the dominant volatile-sensing organs of maize., Current biology : CB, 33, (17), 2023, p3679-3689.e3 , Journal Article, PUBLISHED  DOI
Escobar-Bravo R., Lin P.-A., Waterman J.M., Erb M., Dynamic environmental interactions shaped by vegetative plant volatiles, Natural Product Reports, 40, (4), 2023, p840-865 , Journal Article, PUBLISHED  DOI
  

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Award Date
Swiss National Science Postdoctoral Research Fellowship 2022-2024
Trinity Research Doctorate Award 2025/26 (PI-Based) 01-Sept-2025