Professor Samuel Brockington
- • Head of Evolution and Diversity
- • Curator of the Cambridge University Botanic Garden
- • Professor of Evolution
Contact
Location
- Department of Plant Sciences, Downing Street, Cambridge, CB2 3EA
About
Samuel Brockington is Head of Evolution and Diversity at the Department of Plant Sciences, University of Cambridge.
Previous Positions
2020 to present - Associate Professor - Department of Plant Sciences, University of Cambridge, England
2015 to present - Curator - Cambridge University Botanic Garden, England
2015 to 2020 - Assistant Professor, Department of Plant Sciences - University of Cambridge, England
2014 to 2018 - NERCouncil Independent Research Fellow - University of Cambridge, England
2012 to 2014 - Isaac Newton Trust Research Fellow - University of Cambridge, England
2009 to 2012 - Marie Curie Research Fellow - University of Cambridge, England
Qualifications
2009 - PhD in Evolutionary Biology- University of Florida, USA
2002 - BSc in Plant Sciences- University of Edinburgh, Scotland
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Awards & Fellowships
Bye-Fellowship - Girton College, University of Cambridge, England
Howard Hughes Medical Institute Award - University of Florida, USA
Karling Graduate Research Award - Botanical Society of America, USA
Aschoff Dissertation Fellowship Award - University of Florida, USA
Maynard Mosely Award - Plant Biology Congress, Chicago, USA
Graduate Alumni Fellowship - University of Florida, USA
Lang Scholarship - University of Edinburgh, Scotland
Henry Anderson Award - University of Edinburgh, Scotland
Committees
Member - Cambridge University Botanic Garden Syndicate, England
Member - Graduate Education Committee, Department fo Plant Sciences, University of Cambridge, England
Organisations
Trustee - The Wildlife Trust for Beds, Cambridgeshire and Northamptonshire
Trustee - Thrive Charity (Social and Therapeutic Horticulture)
Public Engagement
I regularly give public lecture on the history of botanic gardens, the global network of botanic gardens and the current activities in the Cambridge University Botanic Garden.
Research
Research Group
Research Overview
Our research is both comparative and integrative, combining systematics, morphology, development, molecular genetics, and physiology. The major theme that unites these different approaches is phylogeny, which we use to reconstruct the evolutionary history of organisms and molecules to provide a comparative framework for our work.
School of Biological Sciences Theme Affiliations
Publications
Selected publications
Teaching and supervision
Undergraduate Natural Sciences Tripos Part IA Evolution and Behaviour - lecture on plant domestication, run a practical on plant polyploidy and co-lead the Field Course.
Undergraduate Natural Sciences Tripos Part IB Plant and Microbial Sciences - run some practicals on plant diversity and morphology
Undergraduate Natural Sciences Tripos Part II Evolution and Ecosystem Dynamics - six lectures on on phylogenetics and homology.