# Fitz Dougherty Graduate Student ![Graduate student Fitz Dougherty](/sites/g/files/omnuum6406/files/styles/hwp_4_5__480x600/public/2026-01/Fitz%20Dougherty%20Kramer%20Lab%20Headshot.png?itok=obmUWdxv) location\_on 1119 Biological Labs, 16 Divinity Ave., Cambridge, MA 02138 smartphone [617-384-7820](tel:617-384-7820) email Microscopic pore complexes perform a variety of essential functions for plants, such as regulating gas exchange and secreting nectar. I am interested in exploring the development and physiology of nectarostomata, which secrete nectar, in comparison with our knowledge of the development and physiology of stomata that perform gas exchange. My hope is to better understand how nectarostomata function, how they are influenced by the environment, and how they came to be over evolutionary time. - ## People terms [Graduate Student](/people-terms/graduate-student)