What our past PhD students went on to?
Name |
Year |
PhD topic |
Current role |
| Declan Perry | 2017 |
A biological control system for the diamondback moth, Plutella xylostella |
Research Entomologist |
| Spencer Collins | 2016 |
The biology of the cabbage whitefly, Aleyrodes proletella (HDC). |
Crop Protection Scientific Officer (Pesticide Regulation), Agriculture and Horticulture Development Board (AHDB) |
| Liam Harvey | 2016 |
The role of entomopathogenic fungi in regulating |
Product Performance Biologist, |
| Andy Tock | 2016 |
Applying next-generation sequencing to enable marker-assisted breeding for adaptive traits in common bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L.) |
PDRA Computational Biologist, |
| Sebastian Fairhead | 2016 | Translating genetics of oomycete resistance into oilseed and vegetable brassicas |
Postdoctoral Researcher, |
| Max Newbert | 2016 | The genetic diversity of Turnip yellows virus in oilseed rape (Brassica napus) in Europe, pathogenic determinants, new sources of resistance and host range. | Field Technical Specialist, Syngenta |
| Laura Davies | 2015 | Investigating the potential for glyphosate resistance evolution in UK weedy species. | Weed Researcher, ADAS |
| Rachel Warmington | 2014 | Pathogen diversity, epidemiology and control of sclerotinia disease in vegetable crops. | Plant Pathologist, Eden Project |
| Andrew Armitage | 2013 | Alternaria alternata leaf spot pathogens : genetics, evolutionary history and diagnostics. | Bioinformatician - Plant Pathologist, East Malling Research |
| Charlotte Nellist | 2013 | The deployment and mechanism of broad-spectrum resistance to Turnip mosaic virus in Brassica rapa. | PDRA Molecular Plant Pathologist, East Malling Research |
| Helen Cockerton | 2013 | Investigating the cost of adaptation in Amaranthus tuberculatus populations with evolved resistance to glyphosate. | PDRA Molecular Breeding, East Malling Research |
| Gemma Hough | 2009 | Biology and control of currant-lettuce aphid (Nasonovia ribisnigri) | Insecticide Technical Project Leader, Syngenta |
| Mary Lewis | 2007 | Development of methodologies for assessing spore viability of the club root pathogen of vegetable brassicas Plasmodiophora brassicae | Post-graduate researcher, University of Worcester |
| Laura Atkinson | 2006 |
Genetic characterisation of post harvest spoilage in lettuce |
Research Fellow,University of Reading |
| Josh Burnstone | 2005 | The Biology and Behaviour of Thrips tabaci | Technical Officer, Fargro |
| Andrew Taylor | 2005 | Functional Genomics of Photoperiodic Bulb Initiation in Onion (Allium cepa) | Research Fellow, School of Life Sciences, University of Warwick (Warwick Crop Centre) |