Associate Professor, Chair of Architecture and Environmental Design
Horticulture
Sasha W. Eisenman, PhD
- Email: eisenman@temple.edu
- Phone: 267-468-8168
- Office: Ambler Campus, Dixon Hall 101/Tyler, ARCH 204
Sasha Eisenman is a botanist and horticulturist with a diverse portfolio of research projects. Currently, his primary area of research is on the survival, health and ecophysiological responses of plants in green infrastructure systems (tree trenches, bioswales and rain gardens).
In addition to green infrastructure, his other areas of research are Central Asian medicinal plants, rare and endangered plant species, the history of botany and horticulture, botanical nomenclature and pollination biology in the genus Salvia L.
He is co-author and lead editor of the book Medicinal Plants of Central Asia: Uzbekistan and Kyrgyzstan and currently serves as editor for Bartonia, the journal of the Philadelphia Botanical Club.
PhD, Plant Biology, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, 2010
BS, Horticulture, Delaware Valley University, 2001
Selected Work
Hayes, K. L., Mui, J., Song, B., Sani, E. S., Eisenman, S. W., Sheffield, J. B., & Kim, B. (2020). Effects, uptake, and translocation of
aluminum oxide nanoparticles in lettuce: A comparison study to phytotoxic aluminum ions. Science of the total environment, 719, 137393.
Tu, M. C., Caplan, J. S., Eisenman, S. W., & Wadzuk, B. M. (2020). When green infrastructure turns grey: plant water stress as a
consequence of overdesign in a tree trench system. Water, 12(2), 573.
Rahmonov, O., Zaurov, D. E., Islamov, B. S., & Eisenman, S. W. (2020). Resources along the Silk Road in Central Asia: Lagochilus inebrians
Bunge (Turkestan Mint) and Medicago sativa L.(Alfalfa): Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan. In Natural
Products of Silk Road Plants (pp. 153-167). CRC Press.
Mavlyanova, R. F., Eisenman, S. W., & Zaurov, D. E. (2020). Melons of Central Asia: Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and
Uzbekistan. In Natural Products of Silk Road Plants (pp. 133-151). CRC Press.
Caplan, J., Galanti, R., Olshevski S., & Eisenman, S.W. (2019). Water Relations of Urban Street
Trees in Green Infrastructure Tree Trench Systems. Urban Forestry & Urban Greening, 41, 170-178.
Olszewski, M.W., & Eisenman, S.W. (2017). Influence of Biochar Amendment on Herb Growth in
Green Roof Substrate. Horticulture, Environment, and Biotechnology, 58, 406-413.
Charpentier, V., Hannequart, P., Adriaenssens, S., Baverel O., Viglino, E. & Eisenman, S.W. (2017).
Kinematic Amplification Strategies in Plants and Engineering. Smart Materials and Structures,
26(6), 063002. doi:10.1088/1361-665X/aa640f
Eisenman, S.W. (2016). Some Nomenclatural Adjustments and Typifications for Almond Species in
the Genus Prunus sensu lato (Rosaceae). Phytotaxa, 222(3), 185-198. doi:10.11646/phytotaxa.222.3.2
Eisenman, S.W., Zaurov, D., & Struwe, L. (Eds.). (2013). Medicinal Plants of Central Asia: Uzbekistan
and Kyrgyzstan. New York, NY: Springer-Verlag.