Plant & Agricultural Bioscience Researchers
Professor George Bassel
Professor
Professor John Clarkson
Professor
A plant pathologist for more than 30 years with research focus on fungal diseases of horticultural crops, particular soilborne pathogens such as Fusarium, Sclerotinia and Pythium spp.
Professor Rosemary Collier
Professor
Professor Miriam Gifford
Professor
Root-endosphere-symbiosis interactions and circadian-shaping of nodulation
Dr Erin Gorsich
Reader
A disease ecologist interested in host-parasite interactions and their consequences for human, animal, and environmental health.
Dr Alex Johnson
Assistant Professor
Dr Beatriz Lagunas
Associate Professor
Molecular plant biologist, focussed on lipid biosynthesis and legume symbiosis
Professor Richard Napier
Deputy Head (Operations)
Plant biology, auxin signalling and transport, nanoparticles, agriculture policy
Dr Stephen Parnell
Associate Professor
An epidemiologist and modeller focusing on how detection and control strategies for plant and crop diseases can be improved.
Dr Mojgan Rabiey
Associate Professor
Molecular plant pathologist, focusing on host-microbe interaction and biological control of crop and tree diseases using bacteriophages
Professor Hendrik Schaefer
Professor
Microbial metabolism of trace gases, C1-compounds, and pollutants with relevance for climate regulation and air quality. Marine microbiology and plant-microbial interactions.
Research staff
Dr Javier Antunez Sanchez
Dr Sinchan Banerjee
Hannah Barney
Vongai Chekenai
Dr Joanna de Klerk
Dr Jack Drant
Jessica Fannon
Nick Fenby
Dr Shannon Greer
Rory Hayden
Katarzyna Jagiello-Kubiec
Tetiana Lukianenko
Diana Meza
Sherry Minu
Nicole Pereira
Tayebeh Soltanighias
Gopikaa Vijayakumar
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