Research Group
Biography
I am a PhD student working in Plant Pathology group at NIAB. My PhD is focused on characterising the roles of stem rust effector proteins in wheat infection. Wheat stem rust fungi (Puccinia graminis sp. tritici – Pgt) is a serious threat to global wheat production. Effectors produced by this pathogen are critical for establishing infection in wheat. My research seeks to understand the functional roles of some recently identified Pgt effectors, and to identify the key host genes they target. Additionally, I will study the roles of the targeted host genes in promoting or suppressing infection.
Qualifications
2024 – MPhil in Crop Science – University of Cambridge
2018 – BSc in Plant Science and Biotechnology – University of Nigeria, Nsukka
Key Publications
'The SUbventral-Gland Regulator (SUGR-1) of nematode virulence', (2025), Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA. doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2415861122
Awards
2023, Cambridge–Mastercard Foundation Scholarship for MPhil in Biological Sciences (Crop Science).
2024, Allan & Gill Gray PhD studentship – Department of Plant Sciences, University of Cambridge.
