Currently researching plant biodiversity and ecology, including the extremes of plant evolution. We integrate the use of novel DNA sequencing approaches.----Working on giant monocot genomes, some of the smallest orchids, and diverse tobaccos from arid regions.----Our group at UoP are investigating the genomic mechanisms underpinning angiosperm species and character diversity, both stochastic and adaptive.----Key interest in polyploidy (WGDs), subsequent diploidisation processes, and their impact on flowering plant diversification.

I am Research Lead for the Ecology & Evolution research group within the School, which includes diverse research themes including: bioremediation, environmental monitoring, antimicrobial resistance, palaeoecology and ecosystem change, evolution of group living, evolutionary ecology of plants, plant domestication, plant-soil dynamics, population genomics of animals and plants, phylogenomics and systematics. 

I am the Course Leader for BSc (Hons) Biology, within the School of Biological Sciences. I teach core botany, as well as evolutionary processes, ecology, plant development, and genetics on a number of modules throughout the curriculum. I am Module Lead for the second-year (L5) module 'Plant Diversity, Development and Evolution' (M32683), as well as the third-year (L6) module 'Surveying Terrestrial Habitats' (M33325) that enables our BSc Biology graduates to pursue careers in ecological surveying.

Additionally, I supervise BSc, MRes and PhD research projects in areas related to my research expertise. 

I am a botanist interested in the origin, variety and maintenance of plant diversity in a number of systems and at a number of different scales. This includes both species and character/trait diversity, and as such my research involves field botany, collections-based research, as well as molecular lab work, omics approaches and computational tools.