Group leader:
Email: GTaylor@ucdavis.edu or G.Taylor@soton.ac.uk
Department chair in plant sciences at UC Davis and Professor of plant sciences at University of Southampton.
Current lab members:
Email: R.A.Holland@soton.ac.uk
Post Doctoral Research Fellow developing a global framework for quantifying the ecosystem service impacts of oil and biofuel production.
Base: University Of Southampton
Email: smilne@ucdavis.edu
Plant biology research technician working on various field, lab and modelling based projects (MAGLUE, WATBIO, Carbo-BioCrop, ELUM and general Taylorlab activity).
Base: University of California, Davis
Email: Adamerum@ucdavis.edu
Post Doctoral reasearcher working towards understanding the biochemical and biophysical basis of shelf life in lettuce, providing underpinning tools for molecular breeding funded by Vitacress salads, Sainsbury’s and Shamrock Seeds.
Base: University of California, Davis
Email: L.S.Rowland@soton.ac.uk
PhD student working to improve the water sustainability and quality of potted herbs through better crop irrigation scheduling.
Base: University Of Southampton
Email: E.C.Arnold@soton.ac.uk
PhD student – BBSRC. Working on improving the shelf-life of baby salad leaves.
Base: University Of Southampton – University of California, Davis
Email: J.Saban@soton.ac.uk
PhD student – SPITFIRE DTP, Researching plant adaptation to elevated CO2 using a population genomics approach.
Base: University Of Southampton
Email: A.M.L.Page@soton.ac.uk
PhD student – Using aubergine domestication as a model for evolution, with a focus on NGS and population genetics.
Base: University Of Southampton
Email: K.Staniland@soton.ac.uk
PhD student working on adaptations to elevated CO2 and the effects on photosynthesis.
Base: University Of Southampton
Email: raad1g15@soton.ac.uk
PhD student developing phenotyping and genotyping a germplasm collection of novel watercress from the Middle East.
Base: University Of Southampton
Email: C.Donnison@soton.ac.uk
PhD student working on the NERC-funded ‘ADVENT’ project, to investigate the natural capital implications of bioenergy policy in the UK, specifically a BECCS (Bioenergy with Carbon Capture and Storage) scenario.
Base: University Of Southampton – University of California, Davis
Email: S.Dunnett@soton.ac.uk
PhD student and conservation scientist studying the impacts of energy scenarios on global biodiversity. Background in sustainability consultancy, with two years’ experience working at UNEP-WCMC in Cambridge.
Base: University Of Southampton
Email: F.Becerra-Sanchez@soton.ac.uk
Barfoots-funded PhD student working to understand the biological, chemical and physical nature of sweet corn post-harvest conditions.
Base: University of California, Davis – University of Southampton (field season)