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Research themes	Title	Name	Areas of research (keywords)
Advanced technology Soil and environment	Assistant Professor	Salim Alam	Atmospheric Sciences air pollution analytical chemistry atmospheric chemistry modelling air quality
Animal and livestock Fundamental biology	Professor	Ramiro Alberio	Developmental Biology stem cells embryos development epigenetics germ cells
Plant and crop Soil and environment Sustainable agriculture	Dr	Kamal Alskaf	Sustainable Agriculture climate smart agriculture sustainable soil management conservation agriculture agroecology farmer behaviour multimodal training
Animal and livestock Advanced technology Fundamental biology Nutrition and health	Associate Professor	Ravinder Anand-Ivell	Physiology and Endocrinology health across the lifespan control systems of reproduction cells and hormones lifestyle nutrition and healthy ageing environmental endocrine disruption
Advanced technology Plant and crop Soil and environment Sustainable agriculture	Dr	Jon Atkinson	Plant Sciences phenotyping technology plant physiology root-soil interactions anatomics tropisms
Nutrition and health	Associate Professor	Amanda Avery	Nutrition and Dietetics diet and health infant nutrition pregnancy weight management diabetes
Advanced technology Soil and environment	Professor	Liz Bailey	Environmental Geochemistry trace element geochemistry and pollution soil-plant-animal/human transfer of mineral micronutrients mineral bioaccessibility analytical geochemistry
Plant and crop	Associate Professor	Leah Band	Mathematical Modelling of Biological Processes multiscale modelling plant hormones growth and development systems biology
Advanced technology Fundamental biology Plant and crop Soil and environment	Professor	Malcolm Bennett	Plant Science root development phenotyping systems biology root-soil interactions abiotic stress
Fundamental biology Plant and crop Soil environment Sustainable agriculture	Associate Professor	Rahul Bhosale	Functional genomics, bioinformatics, root biology, abiotic stresses functional genomics plant bioinformatics genetics root growth and development abiotic stresses
Advanced technology Microbiology	Associate Professor	Nagamani Bora	Biotechnology bioprospecting bioprocessing expression and enhancement of therapeutic proteins sustainability
Animal and livestock Nutrition and health	Professor	John Brameld	Nutritional Biochemistry regulation of body composition growth and metabolism alternative protein sources and gut digestion molecular and cellular nutrition
Microbiology Fundemental Biology	Assistant Professor	Ivan Campeotto	Microbial Biotechnology Protein crystallography Biotechnology Biophysical techniques Immunogen design
Plant and crop Microbiology Fundemental Biology	Associate Professor	Gabriel Castrillo	Plant-Microbiome Interactions, Plant Nutrition microbiome mineral nutrients ionomics growth promotion regularity networks
Advanced technology Animal and livestock Fundamental biology Plant and crop	Assistant Professor	Osvaldo Chara	Computational Biology, Developmental Biology, Regenerative Biology tissue morphogenesis computational modelling tissue mechanics tissue architecture
Microbiology Animal and livestock Food and drink	Professor	Ian Connerton	Microbiology food Safety gut microbiota bacteriophage campylobacter pre biotics pro biotics
Food and drink	Professor	David Cook	Brewing Science and Technology beer flavour and flavour stability malting science and technology brewing raw materials quality and functionality sustainable innovations in malting and brewing improving sensory quality of low alcohol beers
Advanced technology Plant and crop Soil and environment Sustainable agriculture	Assistant Professor	Hannah Cooper	Climate smart agriculture regenerative agriculture soil carbon, soil science soil health greenhouse gas emissions
Food and drink Nutrition and health	Assistant Professor	Tristan Dew	Nutritional Biochemistry metabolomics mass spectrometry molecular phenomics polyphenols functional foods
Food and drink Advanced technology	Associate Professor	Vincenzo di Bari	Food and Drink Gels for food structure design Emulsions and emulsification technologies Edible packaging solutions Physical processing for food functionality Phase transitions (Crystallisation, Melting and Glassy states) in foods
Plant and crop	Assistant Professor	Stella Edwards	Plant Physiology, Photosynthesis, Cereal Genetics photosynthesis plant physiology cereal genetics cytogenetics wheat
Food and drink Nutrition and health	Associate Professor	Sally Eldeghaidy	Neuroimaging brain-gut axis sensory perception and individual variation obesity diabetes altered eating behaviour appetite and satiety
Fundamental biology Plant and crop	Dr	Sina Fischer	Ion Homeostasis whole genome duplication arabidopsis thalinana neo-tetraploids ionome expression
Food and drink	Professor	Ian Fisk	Flavour flavour food chemistry salt reduction aroma release hyperspectral imaging
Fundamental biology Advanced technology Plant and crop	Professor	Rupert Fray	RNA Biology and Nucleotide Modifications epitranscriptomics mRNA pot-transcriptional
Plant and crop Sustainable agriculture	Dr	Alex Gibbs	Fellow in Plant Physiology canopy architecture photosynthesis 3D reconstruction alternative cropping systems plant physiology
Plant and crop Soil and environment Sustainable agriculture	Assistant Professor	Nick Girkin	Biogeochemistry greenhouse gases sustainability nature-based solutions regenerative agriculture ecology
Food and drink	Assistant Professor	Joanne Gould	Food Science food processing food structure extrusion protein insects
Plant and crop	Dr	Neil Graham	Plant Mineral Nutrition plant nutrition biofortification root architecture gene mapping
Plant and crop	Assistant Professor	Surbhi Grewal	Wheat Genetics wheat wild relatives introgressiomics wheat cytogenetics KASP markers wheat genomics
Microbiology	Assistant Professor	Laura Hobley	Microbiology biofilms predatory bacteria bdellovibrio bacteriovorus klebsiella pneumoniae bacterial interactions
Microbiology	Associate Professor	Jon Hobman	Microbiology antibiotic resistance antimicrobial metal resistance toxic metals mobile genetic elements Escherichia coli
Plant and crop Fundamental biology Sustainable agriculture	Professor	Michael Holdsworth	Crop Science oxygen-sensing abiotic stress ubiquitin-mediated proteolysis plant genetics
Nutrition and health	Assistant Professor	Preeti Jethwa	Human Nutrition appetite energy balance metabolic diseases micronutrient deficiencies neuro gut-peptides
Plant and crop	Professor	Julie King	Wheat Wild Relative Introgression wheat introgression genotyping cytogenetics
Nutrition and health Soil and environment Sustainable agriculture Plant and crop	Dr	Diriba Kumssa	Bioscience agroforestry forestry geographic information science biofortification dietary mineral nutrition
Soil and environment Sustainable agriculture	Professor	Murray Lark	Environmental Statistics agricultural development soil information sampling and experimental design history of colonial soil survey
Food and drink Microbiology Nutrition and health	Assistant Professor	Stephen Lawrence	Brewing and Functional Beverages brewing functional beverages microbiology food safety aptamer
Soil and environment	Associate Professor	Barry Lomax	Plant and Climate Interactions Through Time palynomorph chemistry chemotaxonomy environmental change
Soil and environment Sustainable agriculture	Assistant Professor	Sarah Luke	Ecology and Conservation biodiversity ecosystem functioning land-use change tropical agriculture habitat restoration and management
Animal and livestock Sustainable agriculture	Associate Professor	Jean Margerison	Animal Science nutrition physiology behaviour emissions sustainability
Food and drink Nutrition and health Plant and crop Sustainable agriculture	Associate Professor	Sean Mayes	Crop Genetics underutilised crops quantitative genetics trait inheritance global food and nutritional security genetic diversity
Soil and environment	Assistant Professor	Roseanna Mayfield	Long-term climate and environmental change lake science biodiversity ecosystem functioning greenhouse gases,
Food and drink Plant and crop Advanced technology Sustainable agriculture	Assistant Professor	Guillermina Mendiondo	Translational Crop Science abiotic stress crops molecular biology germination crop physiology
Soil and environment	Professor	Sacha Mooney	Soil Science soil science root-soil interactions (rhizosphere) sustainable soil management soil health X-ray imaging
Food and drink Nutrition and health	Assistant Professor	Molly Muleya	Food science and nutrition gut digestion bioaccessibility and bioavailability protein quality mineral micronutrients sustainable food systems
Animal and livestock Microbiology Fundamental biology Soil and environment	Associate Professor	Ellen Nisbet	Microbiology dinoflagellate algae and coral reefs chloroplast and mitochondrial genetics malaria algal vaccines RNA processing
Advanced technology Fundamental biology Plant and crop Soil and environment Sustainable agriculture	Associate Professor	Bipin Pandey	Genomics, genetics and cell biology soil compaction mechanosignalling hormones root adaptation climate change
Nutrition and health Animal and livestock	Professor	Tim Parr	Nutritional Biochemistry alternative protein sources insect production metabolism regulation of body composition skeletal muscle metabolism
Food and drink Fundamental biology Microbiology	Assistant Professor	Chris Powell	Yeast and Fermentation Science yeast brewing fermentation microbiology microbial physiology
Plant and crop Soil and environment Sustainable agriculture	Associate Professor	Amanda Rasmussen	Plant Physiology adventitious roots plant physiology maize cutting propagation
Plant and crop Sustainable agriculture	Professor	Rumiana Ray	Plant Pathology disease resistance host-pathogen-pest interactions mycotoxins physiology of disease integrated disease management
Microbiology	Professor	Cath Rees	Applied Microbiology mycobacterial infections listeria molecular biology bacteriophage applications diagnostics food safety
Food and drink Advanced technology	Assistant Professor	Joshua Reid	Functional Food Chemistry Solution chemistry of food molecules Dietary fibre: food as medicine Functional food development Complex carbohydrate analysis Waste valorisation in food production
Food and drink Nutrition and health	Associate Professor	Jake Sallaway-Costello	Public Health Nutrition health promotion salutogenesis health sociology community nutrition ethnography
Fundamental biology	Associate Professor	David Scott	Structural Biology and Biophysics structural Biology biophysics physical biochemistry protein crystallography cryo Electron Microscopy
Food and drink Animal and livestock Sustainable agriculture	Assistant Professor	Christina Siettou	Agricultural Economics economics animal health animal welfare consumer behaviour food
Advanced technology Fundamental biology Microbiology Sustainable agriculture Soil and environment Animal and livestock Plant and crop	Professor	Dov Stekel	Computational Biology mathematical models computer models antimicrobial resistance microbiology agriculture and environment
Sustainable agriculture	Assistant Professor	Stacia Stetkiewicz	Sustainable Agriculture sustainable food systems stakeholder engagement interdisciplinary food choices
Fundamental biology	Associate Professor	Carl Stevenson	Neuroscience fear learning and memory neuropharmacology sex differences animal models anxiety
Fundamental biology	Associate Professor	Reinhard Stoger	Molecular Biology and Epigenetics DNA modificatons gene-environment interactions epigenetic clocks developmental programming gene dosage
Plant and crop Sustainable agriculture	Associate Professor	Ranjan Swarup	Molecular Biology and Genetics root and lateral root development auxin molecular mechanisms biostimulants global food security
Plant and crop	Research Fellow (joint supervisor)	Alison Tidy	Abiotic Stress plant reproduction molecular mechanisms pollen plant microbial fuel cell abiotic stress
Plant and crop Fundamental biology Sustainable agriculture	Assistant Professor	Ute Voss	Plant Science plant development root architecture plant hormones auxin stress response
Nutrition and health	Associate Professor	Simon Welham	Nutritional Science mineral micronutrients maternal nutrition fetal programming food security renal development and disease
Advanced technology Plant and crop Fundamental biology	Dr	Darren Wells	Principal Research Fellow in Plant and Crop Biophysics plant physiology plant phenotyping tropisms imaging technology anatomics
Sustainable agriculture	Professor	Paul Wilson	Agricultural Economics sustainability agricultural systems technical efficiency farmer behaviour food choice
Plant and crop	Professor	Zoe Wilson	Plant Developmental Biology - Plant Reproduction pollen and anther development plant reproduction abiotic stress plant gene networks crop fertility
Food and drink	Assistant Professor	Ni Yang	Flavour Science spicy food chilli Flavour flavour release sustainable flavour novel flavour application multimodal training.
Food and drink	Assistant Professor	Qian Yang	Sensory and Consumer Science sensory consumer behaviour sustainability individual variation smart technology

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