Department of Plant Sciences, University of Cambridge
52°12′10″N 0°07′17″E / 52.202896°N 0.12150384°E
Formation | 1904 |
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Purpose | Research and teaching in plant sciences |
Head of Department | Julian Hibberd |
Parent organization | University of Cambridge |
Website | www |
The Department of Plant Sciences is a department of the University of Cambridge that conducts research and teaching in plant sciences. It was established in 1904, although the university has had a professor of botany since 1724.[1]
Research
As of 2017[update], the department pursues three strategic targets of research[2]
- Global food security
- Synthetic biology and biotechnology
- Climate science and ecosystem conservation
See also the Sainsbury Laboratory Cambridge University
Notable academic staff
- Sir David Baulcombe, FRS,[3][4] Regius Professor of Botany[5]
- Beverley Glover, Professor of Plant systematics and evolution, director of the Cambridge University Botanic Garden[6]
- Howard Griffiths, Professor of Plant Ecology
- Julian Hibberd, Professor of Photosynthesis
- Alison Smith, Professor of Plant Biochemistry and Head of Department
As of 2017[update], the department also has 66 members of
History
The University of Cambridge has a long and distinguished history in Botany including work by John Ray[8] and Stephen Hales[9] in the 17th century and 18th century, Charles Darwin’s mentor John Stevens Henslow[10] in the 19th century, and Frederick Blackman,[11] Arthur Tansley[12] and Harry Godwin in the 20th century.[13][2]
Emeritus and alumni
More recently, the department has been home to:
- John C. Gray, Molecular Biology since 2011[14]
- Thomas ap Rees,[15] Professor of Botany
- F. Ian Woodward,[16] Lecturer and Fellow of Trinity Hall, Cambridge before being appointed Professor of Plant Ecology at the University of Sheffield
References
- ^ [email protected] (8 May 2013). "History of the Department — Department of Plant Sciences". www.plantsci.cam.ac.uk. Retrieved 10 February 2021.
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: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ^ a b Anon (2016). "About the Department of Plant Sciences". cam.ac.uk. Archived from the original on 9 April 2016.
- ^ "BAULCOMBE, Prof. Sir David (Charles)". Who's Who. Vol. 2014 (online Oxford University Press ed.). Oxford: A & C Black. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
- S2CID 4421274.
- PMID 17328111.
- ^ "GLOVER, Prof. Beverley Jane". Who's Who. Vol. 2016 (online Oxford University Press ed.). Oxford: A & C Black. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
- ^ Anon (2017). "People in the Department of Plant Sciences". plantsci.cam.ac.uk. Cambridge: University of Cambridge. Archived from the original on 27 March 2016.
- ^ "Ray, John (RY644J)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
- ISBN 0-85967-482-7.
- ^ "Henslow, John Stevens (HNSW813JS)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
- S2CID 85200562.
- JSTOR 769363.
- S2CID 128402718.
- ^ "GRAY, Prof. John Clinton". Who's Who. Vol. 2016 (online Oxford University Press ed.). Oxford: A & C Black. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
- ^ "ap REES, Prof. Thomas". Who's Who. Vol. 2016 (online Oxford University Press ed.). Oxford: A & C Black. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
- ^ "WOODWARD, Prof. (Frank) Ian". Who's Who. Vol. 2016 (online Oxford University Press ed.). Oxford: A & C Black. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)