Biology including Aerobiology, Animal Biology and Plant Biology

Dr Chris Brown

Expertise: Animal biology (especially birds); animal behaviour; animal physiology

Professor Roy Kennedy

Expertise: Plant pathology; mycology

Professor John Newbury

Expertise: Molecular genetics; Biotechnology; Plant biology; Evolution

Dr Rob Herbert

Expertise: Molecular and cell biology of flowering; Plant cell and molecular biology

Current student projects:
• How will plant cells cope with stress in the face of global climate change? Unravelling the stress mediated checkpoints in plants

Dr Susanne Prankel

Expertise: Ethics in the veterinary field; Canine hydrotherapy and animal movement; Cadmium in the environment and the human food chain

Dr Matt Smith

Expertise: aerobiology; forensic palynology

Current student projects:
• Towards Numerical Forecasting of Atmospheric Concentrations of Allergenic Pollen from Trees of the Fagales Order in the United Kingdom
• Developing forecast models for allergenic fungal spores

Dr Mahmut Tor

Expertise: Plant pathology

Current student projects:
• Investigation of apoplastic effectors from Downy Mildew and their recognition by receptors in plant