Ph.D (Civil Engineering, Minor - Computer Science), 1997, University of Toronto
M.Sc. (Physical Geography), 1991, University of Toronto
B.Sc. (Specialist - Biophysical Systems, Minor - Computer Science), 1989, University of Toronto

Recent Publications

Mackay, D.S. and D. Kim. 2026. Water fluxes mediated by vegetation. In "Handbook of Terrestrial Ecohydrology" eds B.P. Wilcox, H. Asbjornsen, I.F. Creed, L. Wang, K. Smettem, Routledge, London [ https://www.taylorfrancis.com/books/oa-edit/10.4324/9781003383918/routledge-handbook-terrestrial-ecohydrology-bradford-wilcox-heidi-asbjornsen-keith-smettem-lixin-wang-irena-creed ]
Ting, T-C., D.S. Mackay, J. Jung, M. Reynolds, Y. Yang, D.R. Wang. 2026. Beyond high-throughput: Leveraging plant phenotyping to improve prediction of plant growth through process-based models. New Phytologist, 10.1111/nph.71039.
Brock, M.T., K. Nozue, D.J. Kliebenstein, B.E. Ewers, D.S. Mackay, L. Maignien, D.R. Wang, C. Weinig, and J.N. Maloof. 2025. Characterization of transcriptional and metabolic responses to a complex plant-growth-promoting soil inoculum. Plant Biology, 27, 990-1005, 10.1111/plb.70034.
Mackay, D.S. 2024. Future tree mortality is impossible to observe, but a new model reveals why tropical tree traits matter more than climate change variability for predicting hydraulic failure. New Phytologist., 244(6), 2115-2117, 10.1111/nph.20049.
Bachofen, C., S.J. Tumber-Davila, D.S. Mackay, N. McDowell, A. Carminati, T. Klein, B.D. Stocker, M. Mencuccini, and C. Grossiord. 2024. Tree water uptake patterns across the globe. New Phytologist, 252(5), 1891-1910, 10.1111/nph.19762.
Kim, D., C.R. Guadagno, B.E. Ewers, and D.S. Mackay. 2024. Combining PSII photochemistry and hydraulics improves predictions of photosynthesis and water use from mild to lethal drought. Plant, Cell & Environment, 47(4), 1255-1268, doi:10.1111/pce.14806.
McDowell, N.G., K. Anderson-Teixeira, J.A. Biederman, D.D. Breshears, Y. Fang, L. Fernandez-de-Una, E.B. Graham, D.S. Mackay, J.J. McDonnell, G.W. Moore, M.F. Nehemy, C.S. Stevens Rumann, J. Stegan, N. Tague, M.G. Turner, X. Chen. 2023. Ecohydrological decoupling under changing disturbances and climate. One Earth., 6(3), 251-266. doi:10.1016/j.oneear.2023.02.007.
Tai, X., M.D. Venturas, D.S. Mackay, P.D. Brooks, and L.B. Flanagan. 2021. Lateral subsurface flow modulates forest mortality risk to future climate and elevated CO2. Environmental Research Letters, 16 (2021) 084015, https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/ac1135.
Mackay, D.S., P.R. Savoy, C. Grossiord, X. Tai, J.R. Pleban, D.R. Wang, N.G. McDowell, H.D. Adams, and J.S. Sperry. 2020. Conifers depend on established roots during drought: results from a coupled model of carbon allocation and hydraulics. New Phytologist, 225(2), 679-692, doi:10.1111/nph.16043.
Fan, Y., M. Clark, D.M. Lawrence, S. Swenson, L.E. Band, S.L. Brantley, P.D. Brooks, W.E. Dietrich, A. Flores, G. Grant, J.W. Kirchner, D.S. Mackay, J.J. McDonnell, P.C.D. Milly, P.L. Sullivan, C. Tague, H. Ajami, N. Chaney, A. Hartmann, P. Hazenberg, J. McNamara, J. Pelletier, J. Perket, E. Rouholahnehad-Freund, T. Wagener, X. Zeng, E. Beighley, J. Buzan, M. Huang, B. Livneh, B.P. Mohanty, B. Nijssen, M. Safeeq, C. Shen, W. van Verseveld, J. Volk, and D. Yamazaki. 2019. Hillslope hydrology in global change research and Earth system modeling. Water Resources Research, 55(2), 1737-1772, doi:10.1029/2018WR023903