Professional Experience:

2017 – Associate Professor (Dept. of Microbiology and Plant Biology, University of Oklahoma)
2011 – 2016 Assistant Professor (Dept. of Microbiology and Plant Biology, University of Oklahoma)
2007 – 2011 Postdoctoral Researcher (Dept. of Earth System Science, University of California, Irvine)
2000 – 2007 Graduate Research Assistant (Nicholas School of the Environment, Duke University)

Selected publications (out of 49):
 LitvakE, McCarthy HR, Pataki DE. (2016). A method for estimating transpiration of irrigated urban trees in
California. Landscape and Urban Planning, 158, 48 – 61.
 Zhang ZZ, Zhao P, McCarthy HR, Ouyang L, Niu JF, Zhu LW, Ni GY, Huang YQ. Hydraulic balance of a
Eucalyptus urophylla plantation in response to periodical drought in low subtropical China. Frontiers in
Plant Science, 2016, 7:1346.
 Zhang ZZ, Zhao P, McCarthy HR, Zhao XH, Niu JF, Zhu LW, Ni GW, Huang YQ, Gu DX. (2016). Influence of
the decoupling degree on the estimation of canopy stomatal conductance for two broadleaf tree species.
Agricultural and Forest Meteorology, 221, 230‐241.
 ZhangY, XiaoX, ZhouS, CiaisP, McCarthyHR, Luo Y. (2016). Canopy and physiological control of GPP during
drought and heatwave. Geophysical Research Letters, 43, 3325‐3333.
 Medlyn BE, Zaehle S, De Kauwe MG, Walker AP, Dietze MC, Hanson P, Hickler T, Jain A, Luo Y, Parton W,
Prentice IC, Thornton P, Wang S, Wang Y‐P, Weng E, Iversen CM, McCarthy HR, Warren JM, Oren R, Norby
RJ. (2015). Using ecosystem experiments to improve vegetation models. Nature Climate Change, 5, 528‐
534.
 Wang H, Zhao P, Zou LL, McCarthy HR, Zeng XP, Ni GY, Rao XQ. CO2 uptake of a mature Acacia mangium
plantation estimated from sap flow measurements and stable carbon isotope discrimination.
Biogeosciences, 2014, 11: 1393‐1411.
 Zaehle S, Medlyn BE, De Kauwe MG, Walker AP, Dietze MC, Hickler T, Luo Y, Wang Y‐P,
El‐Masri B, Thornton P, Jain A, Wang S, Warlind D, Weng E, Parton W, Iversen CM, Gallet‐Budynek A,
McCarthy HR, Finzi AC, Hanson P, Prentice IC, Oren R, Norby RJ. (2014). Evaluating the responses of 11
terrestrial carbon‐nitrogen cycle models using observations from two temperate Free‐Air CO2 Enrichment
studies. New Phytologist, 202, 803‐822.
 Pataki DE, McCarthy HR, Gillespie T, Jenerette GD, Pincetl S (2013). A trait based ecology of the Los
Angeles urban forest. Ecosphere, 4, art72, http://dx.doi.org/10.1890/ES13‐00017.1
 McCarthy HR, Luo Y, Wullschleger SD (2012). Integrating empirical‐modeling approaches to improve
understanding of terrestrial ecology processes. New Phytologist, 195, 523‐525.
 Litvak E, McCarthy HR, Pataki DE. (2012). Transpiration sensitivity of urban trees in a semi‐arid climate is
constrained by xylem vulnerability to cavitation. Tree Physiology, 32, 373‐388.
 McCarthy HR, Pataki, DE, Jenerette GD (2011). Plant water use efficiency as a metric of urban ecosystem
services. Ecological Applications, 21, 3115‐3127.
 Drake JE, Gallet‐Budynek A, Hofmockel KS, Bernhardt ES, Billings SA, Jackson RB, Johnsen KS, Lichter J,
McCarthy HR, McCormack ML, Moore DJP, Oren R, Palmroth S, Phillips RP, Pippen JS, Pritchard
SG,Treseder KK, Schlesinger WH, DeLucia EH, Finzi AC. (2011). Increases in the flux of carbon belowground
stimulates nitrogen uptake and sustains the long‐term enhancement of forest productivity under elevated
CO2. Ecology Letters, 14, 349‐357.
 McCarthy HR, Oren R, Johnsen KH, Gallet‐Budynek A, Pritchard SG, Cook CW, LaDeau SL, Jackson RB, Finzi
AC (2010). Reassessment of plant carbon dynamics at the Duke free air CO2 enrichment site: interactions
of atmospheric [CO2] with nitrogen and water availability over stand development. New Phytologist, 185,
514‐528.
 McCarthy HR, Pataki, DE (2010). Drivers of variability in water use of native and non‐native urban trees in
the greater Los Angeles area. Urban Ecosystems, 13, 393‐414.
 McCarty HR, Oren R, Finzi AC, Ellsworth DS, Kim HS, Johnsen KH, Millar B. Temporal dynamics and spatial
variability in the enhancement of canopy leaf area under elevated atmosphere CO2. Global Change Biology,
2007, 13: 2479‐2497.
 McCarthy HR, Oren R, Finzi AC, Johnsen KH (2006). Canopy leaf area constrains [CO2]‐induced
enhancement of productivity and partitioning among aboveground carbon pools. Proceedings of the
National Academy of Sciences, 103, 19356‐19361.
 Norby RJ, DeLucia EH, Gielen B, Calfapietra C, Giardina CP, King JS, Ledford J, McCarthy HR, Moore DJP,
Ceulemans R, De Angelis P, Finzi AC, Karnosky DF, Kubiske ME, Lukac M, Pregitzer KS, Scarascia‐Mugnozza
GE, Schlesinger WH, Oren R (2005) Forest response to elevated CO2 is conserved across a broad range of
productivity. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 102, 18052‐18056.
 Oren R, Ellsworth DS, Johnsen KH, Phillips N, Ewers BE, Maier C, Schäfer KVR, McCarthy H, Hendrey G,
McNulty SG, Katul GG (2001) Soil fertility limits carbon sequestration by forest ecosystems in a CO2‐
enriched atmosphere. Nature, 411, 469‐472.