Research group
Research overview
I investigate how virus infection influences interactions of plants with other organisms and plants’ ability to withstand environmental stresses. My research interests include viral subversion of plant resistance, viral gene expression, plant-virus-insect vector interactions, and the effects of virus infection on interactions of plants with beneficial insects such as pollinators. I collaborate extensively on these topics internationally, and particularly with colleagues in sub-Saharan Africa.
School of Biological Sciences theme affiliations
Teaching
I teach on the Natural Sciences Tripos units IA Physiology, IB Plant and Microbial Sciences and Part II Plant Sciences.
Previous positions
1993-present Research Group Leader, Department of Plant Sciences, University of Cambridge
1989-1993 Senior Research Associate, Department of Plant Pathology, Cornell University
1985-1989 Research Associate, Waksman Institute of Microbiology, Rutgers University
1984-1985 Postdoctoral Fellow, School of Medicine, University of Utah
Qualifications
2023 ScD, University of Cambridge
1980-1984 PhD in Biochemistry, University of Liverpool
1977-1980 BSc Biochemistry, University of Liverpool
1977-1980 BSc Biochemistry, University of Liverpool
Websites
Key publications
All publications
Awards and fellowships
- Fellow of the Linnean Society
- Fellow of the Royal Society of Biology
Committees
- Member, Management Board of the Global Challenges Research Fund Community Network for African Vector-Borne Plant Viruses (CONNECTED)
- Member, Steering Committee, Cambridge Global Food Security Interdisciplinary Research Centre
- Member, Steering Committee, Cambridge Infectious Diseases Interdisciplinary Research Centre
- Associate Editor, New Phytologist
- Editorial Board Member, Virology
