Current Group Members

• Jonathan Ashworth: PhD student, NRP DTP (4th year), focusing on genetic erosion in wildflowers.
• Jhih-Sheng Liu: CASE PhD student, NRP DTP (2nd year), working on clover breeding.
• Dr. James Brett: PDRA in the Horizon Legume Generation project.
• Dr. Jaime Pike: PDRA working on the InnovateUK project with Tozer Seeds.
• Dr. Marek Glombik: PDRA focused on EI core bioinformatics.

Alumni

We take great pride in the success of our former members who have moved on to prestigious positions in academia and industry.

• Kate Denning-James: PhD student 2021-2025, now in industry (Fintech).
• Carolina Olave-Achury: CASE PhD student 2021-2025, now at industry (Biotech start-up).
• Dr. Janet Higgins: Former PDRA, now at RBG Kew.
• Dr. Camilla Ryan: Former PDRA, now in EI core bioinformatics.
• Juliana Rodriguez: Former research intern, now a PhD student at the University of Edinburgh.
• Dr Nasmille Mejia, Former PDRA, now at Univ. Copenhagen.

Short-term undergrad students & visitors

Providing students with substantial projects and opportunities to communicate their research outputs. This approach has led many of our interns to pursue successful research careers.

• Ben Wildey, BBSRC-funded intern (Studying)
• Thomas Di Marzo, Summer School intern (Studying)
• Marya Fralova, Summer School intern (Studying)
• Eloise Barret, intern (Industry)
• Rebonto Hache, intern (Oxford)
• Lina Maria Lopez, visitor (CIAT)
• Abel Gari, visitor (ILRI)
• Triwarat Rujikiadtichok, MSc
• Tamoghna Das, MSc (Univ. Cambridge)
• Paula Espitia, visitor (PhD at Univ. Edinburg)