Molecular Plant Sciences

Staff list

List of all academic, research, technical and administrative staff.

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Molecular Plant Sciences staff list

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Head of Institute

NameEmail AddressTelephone
KIDNER, Catherine Prof IMPSHOI@ed.ac.uk +44 (0) 131 651 3316

Institute Administrator

NameEmail AddressTelephone
DAVIDSON, Julie Julie.Davidson@ed.ac.uk +44 (0) 131 650 5366

Building Manager

NameEmail AddressTelephone
MOYES, Ellis e.moyes@ed.ac.uk +44 (0) 131 650 5438

Academic Staff and Principal Investigators

NameResearch InterestEmail
AHN, Hee-Kyung Dr Role of protein oligomerization as a post-translational regulatory layer hahn2@ed.ac.uk
DOERNER, Peter Prof Plant Development & Evolution Peter.Doerner@ed.ac.uk R
GOODRICH, Justin Prof Plant Development & Evolution Justin.Goodrich@ed.ac.uk R
HALLIDAY, Karen Prof Biochemistry & Metabolomics. Plant Development & Evolution karen.halliday@ed.ac.uk R V
HETHERINGTON, Alexander Dr Plant Development & Evolution, Palaeobotany sandy.hetherington@ed.ac.uk
HUDSON, Andrew Prof Plant Development & Evolution Andrew.Hudson@ed.ac.uk R V
KIDNER, Catherine Prof Plant Development & Evolution Catherine.Kidner@ed.ac.uk R
MCCORMICK, Alistair Dr Plant molecular physiology and synthetic biology Alistair.McCormick@ed.ac.uk R
MILNE, Richard Dr Plant Development & Evolution R.Milne@ed.ac.uk R V
MOLNAR, Attila Dr RNA silencing and epigenetic gene regulation in plants Attila.Molnar@ed.ac.uk R
OROSA PUENTE, Beatriz Dr Plant-pathogen interactions and post-translational modifications Beatriz.Orosa@ed.ac.uk R
RICHARDSON, Annis Dr Molecular Crop Science Annis.Richardson@ed.ac.uk
SCORZA FRUNGILLO LIMA, Lucas Dr Lucas.Frungillo@ed.ac.uk R
SPOEL, Steven Prof Signalling and transcription Steven.Spoel@ed.ac.uk R
VAN OOIJEN, Gerben Prof Circadian clocks Gerben.vanOoijen@ed.ac.uk R

Honorary and Visiting Staff

NamePositionEmail Address
CHAMBERLAIN, David Dr Honorary Fellow d.chamberlain@rbge.org.uk
FRY, Stephen Professor Professor Emeritus of Plant Biochemistry s.fry@ed.ac.uk
GOODWIN, Zoe Dr Honorary Fellow zgoodwin@rbge.org.uk
HOLLINGSWORTH, Peter Professor Honorary Fellow p.hollingsworth@rbge.org.uk
HUGHES, Mark Dr Honorary Fellow M.Hughes@rbge.org.uk
MILNE, Simon MBE Honorary Professor *
PENNINGTON, Toby Professor Honorary Fellow t.pennington@rbge.ac.uk
SARKINEN, Tiina Dr Lecturer t.sarkinen@rbge.org.uk
TREWAVAS, A J Professor Professor Emeritus trewavas@ed.ac.uk
YAHR, Rebecca Honorary Fellow r.yahr@rbge.ac.uk

Research Staff

NameGroup / PositionEmail
ATKINSON, Nicky Dr McCormick Group / Research Assistant nicky.atkinson@ed.ac.uk R
BRIDGE, Ed Dr Richardson Group / Postdoctoral Research Associate ebridge3@ed.ac.uk
BURDETT, Hayden Dr Ahn group / Postdoctoral Research Associate hayden.burdett@ed.ac.uk
CACCAMO, Anna Dr McCormick Group / Postdoctoral Research Associate acaccamo@ed.ac.uk
CHEW, Apple van Ooijen Lab / Research Assistant y.chew@ed.ac.uk
DA SILVA CRUZ, Rafael Dr Hetherington Group / Postdoctoral Research Associate Rafael.Cruz@ed.ac.uk
DANNAY, Marie Dr Molnar Group / Postdoctoral Research Associate mdannay@ed.ac.uk
DE LEAU, Erica Hetherington Group / Research Lab Manager E.S.deLeau@ed.ac.uk R
DINGE, Selen van Ooijen Lab / Research Assistant sdinge@ed.ac.uk
ESCH, Lara McCormick Group / Postdoctoral Research Associate lesch@ed.ac.uk
FATTORINI, Roisin Dr Hetherington Group / Postdoctoral Research Associate rfattori@ed.ac.uk
FRANKOVA, Lenka Hudson Group / Postdoctoral Research Associate lenka.frankova@ed.ac.uk
GREY, Heather Spoel Group / Research Assistant Heather.Grey@ed.ac.uk R
HOEY, David Dr Hetherington Group / Postdoctoral Researcher david.hoey@ed.ac.uk
JENSEN, Erik Dr McCormick Group / Postdoctoral Research Associate ejensen@ed.ac.uk
MACHIN, Frank Dr Walsh Group / Postdoctoral Research Associate fmachin2@exseed.ed.ac.uk
MCALLISTER, Trisha Dr Richardson Group / Postdoctoral Research Associate trisha.mcallister@ed.ac.uk
PAN, Qiaona Dr Orosa lab / Postdoctoral Research Associate Qiaona.Pan@ed.ac.uk
PRITCHARD, Jessica McCormick Group / Postdoctoral Research Associate jpritch3@ed.ac.uk
SAEED, Bushra Dr Spoel Group / Postdoctoral Research Associate bsaeed@exseed.ed.ac.uk
SAGASTI, Ana Dr Hetherington Group / Postdoctoral Research Associate asagasti@ed.ac.uk
STRACHAN, Joanna Dr Spoel Group / Postdoctoral Research Associate Jo.Strachan@ed.ac.uk R
VALDIVIA-CABRERA, Marissa Dr Halliday Group / Postdoctoral Research Associate marissa.valdivia@ed.ac.uk
WANG, Zhishuo Spoel Group / Postdoctoral Research Associate Zhishuo.Wang@ed.ac.uk
WILLIAMS, Lindsay Spoel Group / Research Assistant lwillia9@exseed.ed.ac.uk
YOUNG, Sophie Dr McCormick Group / Postdoctoral Research Associate syoung8@ed.ac.uk

Technical Research Staff

NameGroup / PositionEmail

PhD Students

NameGroup / PositionEmail Address
AL MUTAIRI, Ahmed Loake Group / PhD Student A.A.S.Al-Mutairi@sms.ed.ac.uk
ASTBURY, Mikey McCormick Group / PhD Student M.J.Astbury@sms.ed.ac.uk
BHATLA, Anshika Hudson Group / PhD Student A.Bhatla@sms.ed.ac.uk
BRZEZINSKA, Karolina Orosa lab / PhD Student k.brzezinska@ed.ac.uk
CAO, Yuan Spoel Group / PhD Student S1355186@sms.ed.ac.uk
CATHERALL, Ella McCormick Group / PhD Student e.r.catherall@sms.ed.ac.uk
CHENG, Haomiao Hardwick Group / PhD Student Haomiao.Cheng@ed.ac.uk
CHRISTINA ZUANNY MARTINS , Débora PhD Student debora.zuanny@ed.ac.uk
COOMBE-TENNANT, Toby Loake Group / PhD Student T.C.Coombe-tennant@sms.ed.ac.uk
COOPER, Laura Hetherington Group / PhD Student L.M.Cooper-1@sms.ed.ac.uk
DALIMUNTHE, Syadwina Hamama Kidner Group / PhD Student S.H.Dalimunthe@ed.ac.uk
DUDLEY, Christopher Milne Lab / PhD Student christopher.dudley@ed.ac.uk
FRASER, Olivia van Ooijen Lab / PhD Student O.FRASER-2@sms.ed.ac.uk
FU, Zishan Hetherington Group / PhD Student z.fu-6@sms.ed.ac.uk
GADIENT, Philippe Goodrich Group / PhD Student P.L.Gadient@sms.ed.ac.uk
GRAY, Olivia Kidner Group / PhD Student s2465582@ed.ac.uk
HEWAGE, Yumali Hudson Group / PhD Student N.Y.Wiyana-Hewage@sms.ed.ac.uk
HILGENHOF, Rebecca Hudson Group / PhD Student s1878003@sms.ed.ac.uk
HILGENHOF, Rebecca Hudson Group / PhD Student s1878003@ed.ac.uk
HOSEN, Sarowar Loake Group / PhD Student S.Hosen@sms.ed.ac.uk
JAHAN, Ishrath Milne Lab / PhD Student s2260782@sms.ed.ac.uk
KREMPF, Emilien Spoel Group / PhD Student E.P.E.Krempf@sms.ed.ac.uk
MANCERA, Jeffery / PhD Student s2755319@sms.ed.ac.uk
MAO, Yuwei McCormick Group / PhD Student y.mao-23@sms.ed.ac.uk
MARGARITONDO, Vito Loake Group / PhD Student V.Margaritondo@sms.ed.ac.uk
MASON, Robert Spoel Group / PhD Student R.MASON-5@sms.ed.ac.uk
MATHUR, Tanya Spoel Group / PhD Student t.mathur@sms.ed.ac.uk
MATTHEWS, Jessica Fry Group / PhD Student S2446894@ed.ac.uk
MILLER, Charles Kidner Group / PhD Student C.D.Miller@sms.ed.ac.uk
NEWELL, Amy Halliday Group / PhD Student a.s.newell@sms.ed.ac.uk
PARKIN, Rosa PhD Student s2763165@ed.ac.uk
PONCE LILLY, Cristina Molnar Group / PhD Student c.ponce-lilly@sms.ed.ac.uk
REINERT, Teagan Hetherington Group / PhD Student T.A.Reinert@sms.ed.ac.uk
ROSSI, Nicola PhD Student N.Rossi@sms.ed.ac.uk
SANCHEZ GANFORNINA, Diego Swaffer lab / PhD Student s1784669@ed.ac.uk
STEPHENS, Dylan Kidner Group / PhD Student S2664840@ed.ac.uk
TURNBULL, Lucy Kidner Group / PhD Student l.o.turnbull@sms.ed.ac.uk
VON KOPPENFELS, Charlotte Molnar Group / PhD Student C.E.VON-KOPPENFELS@sms.ed.ac.uk
WANG, Junru Richardson Group / PhD Student J.Wang-196@sms.ed.ac.uk
YUAN, Hongyu Milne Lab / PhD Student s2714285@sms.ed.ac.uk
ZHENG, Jiayue Goodrich Group / PhD Student J.Zheng-28@sms.ed.ac.uk
ZHOU, Mengke Halliday Group / PhD Student S2342824@ed.ac.uk