Professor Christine Helen Foyer
Professor of Plant Sciences
Professor Christine Helen Foyer is a Professor of Plant Sciences at the University of Birmingham. She is an expert in plant metabolism and its regulation und...
People in BIFoR
Professor Robert Jackson
Chair in Tree Pathology
Professor Rob Jackson is an expert in bacteria-plant interactions, focusing on how pathogens cause disease and evolve to evade host immunity.
Dr Graeme Kettles
Assistant Professor in Plant Pathology
Dr Graeme Kettles is a molecular plant pathologist with diverse interests across the range of biotic threats that plants encounter. Projects involved study o...
Dr Estrella Luna-Diez
Associate Professor in Plant Pathology
Dr Estrella Luna-Diez's work is aimed towards plant protection and biosecurity. Dr Luna-Diez studies the sophisticated immune system of plants in order to ex...
Professor Rob MacKenzie
Director, Birmingham Institute of Forest Research
Professor Rob MacKenzie, is an atmospheric scientist with a particular interest in how plants affect air composition.
Professor Robin May
Professor of Infectious Disease
Professor May's research centres on human infectious diseases, with a particular focus on how specific pathogens subvert the human immune response.
Professor James McDonald
Professor of Microbial Ecology
Professor McDonald applies cultivation-based and molecular approaches to characterise and engineer both host-associated and environmental microbiomes.
Dr Megan McDonald
Assistant Professor
Dr Megan Mcdonald uses next-generation sequencing tools identify and characterise virulence genes from fungal pathogens of wheat and barley.
Dr Emma Monaghan
Senior Research Technician
Dr Emma Monaghan has a keen interest in infectious diseases and their impact on both human and animal health and welfare.
Professor Francis Pope
Professor of Atmospheric Science
Professor Francis Pope is an environmental scientist with wide ranging interests in the atmospheric sciences, human health and sustainable cities.