Dr Alex Murphy

Alex Murphy is a Senior Research Associate at the Department of Plant Sciences, University of Cambridge.

Previous Positions

2016 to 2020 - Senior Research Associate with Professor John Carr working on the effect of virus infection in plants on insect behaviour - Department of Plant Sciences, University of Cambridge, England

2012 to 2016 - Senior Research Associate with Dr John Carr on the effect of virus infection in plants on pollinator behaviour - Department of Plant Sciences, University of Cambridge, England

2008 to 2012 - Senior Research Associate with Dr John Carr working on subversion of insect resistance by a viral silencing suppressor - Department of Plant Sciences, University of Cambridge, England

2004 to 2008 - Leverhulme Fellowship with Dr David Hanke working on the role of phytic acid in virus resistance - Department of Plant Sciences, University of Cambridge, England

2000 to 2003 - Postdoctoral Fellow with Dr David Hanke working on the role of phytic acid in potato - Department of Plant Sciences/Lucy Cavendish College University of Cambridge, England

1997 to 2000 - Cambridge University Broodbank Independent Research Fellowship investigating the effect of salicylic acid on plant virus movement - Department of Plant Sciences, University of Cambridge, England

1996 to 1997 - Postdoctoral Fellow with Dr John Carr working on salicylic acid induced resistance to viruses - Department of Plant Sciences, University of Cambridge, England

1993 to 1995 - Postdoctoral Fellow with Dr A.M. Ashby and Dr Keith Johnstone working on the role of cytokinins in fungal biotrophy - Department of Plant Sciences, University of Cambridge, England

Qualifications

1992 - PhD in Molecular Plant Biology - University College London, England

1988 - BSc in Botany and Genetics - University College London, England