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: 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)
Email: yfqian@ucdavis.edu
Masters student working to improve nutrition of watercress.
Base: University of California, Davis
Visitors:
Z.M Harris
Email: z.harris@imperial.ac.uk
Visiting Research Fellow from Imperial College, UK assessing the feasibility of using vertical farming for second generation dedicated bioenergy crops
Email: mostafaei@ucdavis.edu or mmostafaei@ut.ac.ir
PhD student of Biotechnology and Molecular Genetic of Horticultural Science visiting from the University of Tehran.
Email: jenna.gilmour@students.plymouth.ac.uk
Undergraduate (Third year) Conservation Biology Student at Plymouth University visiting UC Davis for summer 2019
Email: vb3g16@soton.ac.uk
Masters student at University of Southampton