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Department of Plant Sciences

 
Professsor Sir David Baulcombe
• Head of Gene Expression Group
• Royal Society Research Professor
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Dr Samuel Fraser Brockington
• Head of Evolution and Diversity Group
• Curator of the Cambridge University Botanic Garden
• Professor of Evolution
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Professor John Carr
• Head of Virology and Molecular Plant Pathology Group
• Department Safety Officer
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Dr. Jeongmin Choi
• Head of Crop Resilience Group
• Royal Society University Research Fellow
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Professor David  Coomes
• Director of Centre for Earth Observation
• Director of Centre for Landscape Regeneration
• Director of Conservation Research Institute (2019-2024)
• Head of Forest Ecology and Conservation Group
Dr Nik  Cunniffe
• Head of Theoretical and Computational Epidemiology Group
• Director of Teaching
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Prof. Julia  Davies
• Head of Transport Group
• Professor of Stress Signalling
• Director of Postgraduate Education
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Head of Crop Pathogen Immunity Group
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David Edwards
• Professor of Plant Ecology
• Head of Tropical Ecology and Conservation Group
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Dr Sebastian  Eves-van den Akker
Head of Plant-Parasite/Pathogen Interactions Group
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Professor Chris  Gilligan
• Director of Research and Head, Epidemiology and Modelling Group
• Fellow, King's College, Cambridge
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Professor Beverley Glover
• Director of Cambridge University Botanic Garden
• Head of Evolution and Development Group
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Professor Howard  Griffiths
• Head of Physiological Ecology Group
• Professor of Plant Ecology
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• Head of Chromatin & Memory Group
• Royal Society University Research Fellow
• Associate Professor
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Head of Synthetic Biology for Engineering Plant Growth Group
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Prof. Ian  Henderson
• Head of Genetic and Epigenetic Inheritance in Plants Group
• Professor of Genetics and Epigenetics
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Professor Julian  Hibberd
• Head of Department of Plant Sciences
• Head of Molecular Physiology Group
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Dr Johannes Kromdijk
Head of Environmental Plant Physiology Group
• Head of Plant Physiology and Symbiosis Group
• Assistant Professor
Professor Uta  Paszkowski
Head of Cereal Symbiosis Group
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Dr Nicola Patron
Head of Plant Molecular Engineering Group
Professor Alison Smith
Head of Plant Metabolism Group
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Dr. Ahmed Omar Warsame
• Head of the Legume Crop Resilience and Quality group
• Fellow
Professor Alex  Webb
Head of Circadian Signal Transduction Group
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Tom Worthington
• Associate Professor of Ecology
• Head of Global Coastal Wetlands research group
Natashe Yelina
• Head of Crop Breeding Technologies Group
• Cawthorn Senior Researcher of Crop Science
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