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Editorial Board

Editor-In-Chief

Christine Raines
University of Essex, Colchester, United Kingdom
Photosynthesis, Carbon fixation, Transgenic plants, Molecular biology, Plant physiology

Associate Editors

Katherine Denby
University of York, York, United Kingdom
Plant disease resistance, Systems biology, Gene regulatory networks, Environmental stress responses, Host-pathogen interactions

Karl-Josef Dietz
Bielefeld University, Bielefeld, Germany
Abiotic stress, Antioxidant, Enzyme activity and regulation, Gene regulation, Metal toxicity, Organelle signalling, Photosynthesis, Protein translation and assembly, Redox signalling, Vacuole

Daphne Goring
University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada
Pollen-pistil interactions, Self-incompatibility, Signal transduction, Receptor kinases, E3 ligases, Gene regulation, Transgenic plants, Genome editing

Howard Griffiths
University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom
Acclimation, Crops and tropical epiphytes, Photoinhibition, Photosynthesis and water use in trees, Photosynthetic CO2 concentrating mechanisms in terrestrial and aquatic plants, Plant and soil water relations, Regulation of Crassulacean Acid Metabolism, Stable isotopes

Chris Hawes
Oxford Brookes University, Oxford, United Kingdom
Plant cell biology, Endomembrane systems, Golgi, Confocal and electron microscopy

John Lunn
Max Planck Institute for Molecular Plant Physiology, Potsdam, Germany
C3 photosynthesis, C4 photosynthesis, Carbohydrate metabolism, CO2 fixation, Evolution of metabolism/enzymes, Protein purification, Protein-protein interactions, Sugar signalling, Sulphur metabolism

Jim Murray
Cardiff School of Biosciences, Cardiff, UK
Synthetic biology, Biotechnology, Cell cycle, Development, Gene regulatory networks, Systems biology

Graham Noctor
Université de Paris-Sud, Orsay, France
Stress/oxidative stress, Antioxidants, Leaf metabolism/metabolomics, Redox homeostasis

Don Ort
Darwin Reviews Editor
University of Illinois, Urbana, IL, United States
Photosynthesis, Global change, FACE, Environmental/abiotic stress

Steven Penfield
John Innes Centre, Norwich, United Kingdom
Seed dormancy, Germination, Seed vigour, Temperature, Seasonal behaviour, Life history

Cristobal Uauy
John Innes Centre, Norwich, United Kingdom
Wheat, Genomics, Yellow rust, Senescence, Grain development, Genetics, QTL, Breeding

Susanne von Caemmerer
Australian National University, Canberra, Australia
Stable carbon and oxygen isotope discrimination, Photosynthesis, Stomatal function, CO2 diffusion inside leaves

Frank Wellmer
Flowering Newsletter Editor
Trinity College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland
Flower development, Regulation of gene expression, Genomics, Gene regulatory networks, Epigenetics

Jianhua Zhang
Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
Crop physiology, Water stress, Water-saving crop production, ABA, Drought tolerance

Handling Editors

Peter Bozhkov
Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences and Linnean Center for Plant Biology, Uppsala, Sweden
Cell death, Ageing, Proteases, Autophagy, Development, Catabolism

Tim Brodribb
University of Tasmania, Hobart, Australia
Hydraulics, Conductance, Embolism, Vein, Xylem

Tim Colmer
University of Western Australia, Crawley, Australia
Aerenchyma and oxygen transport, Anoxia tolerance, Flooding tolerance, Halophytes, Salinity tolerance, Submergence tolerance

Fabrizio Costa
Foundation Edmund Mach, Trento, Italy
Fruit ripening, Plant breeding, Quantitative genetics, QTL mapping, Postharvest physiology, Ethylene, Transcriptomics

Ian Dodd
Lancaster University, Lancaster, United Kingdom
Water deficit, Root-to-shoot signalling, Plant-growth promoting rhizobacteria, Phytohormones, Stomatal physiology

Christine Foyer
University of Leeds, Leeds, United Kingdom
Redox regulation and signalling (ROS, antioxidants), Abiotic stress (drought, cold, high light), Photosynthesis, Respiration, Carbon nitrogen interactions, Aphid resistance

Miriam Gifford
University of Warwick, Coventry, United Kingdom
Root growth and lateral root development, Systems approaches to analyse root environmental responses, Cell type analysis and cell sorting, Nodulation, and nitrogen fixation, Gene network inference and modelling

Rob Hancock
The James Hutton Institute, Dundee, United Kingdom
Primary metabolism, Secondary metabolism, Plant-insect interactions, Abiotic stress, Crop physiology, Metabolomics, Transcriptomics

Gwyneth Ingram
École Normale Supérieure de Lyon

Stanislav Kopriva
University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany
C4 photosynthesis, Oxidative stress, Plant nutrition, Sulphur assimilation

Hendrik Küpper
Czech Academy of Sciences and University of South Bohemia, Branisková, Czech Republic
Physiology, biophysics and biochemistry (incl. molecular biology) of photosynthetic organisms (green/brown/red algae, terrestrial and submerged higher plants, cyanobacteria), Metal metabolism in terms of uptake, physiological use, sequestration/complexation, detoxification, deficiency and toxicity, Regulation of photosynthesis, particularly in response to abiotic stresses

Tracy Lawson
University of Essex, Colchester, United Kingdom
Photosynthesis, Plant physiology, Stomata, Water use efficiency, Phenotyping, Chlorophyll fluorescence

Gerhard Leubner
Royal Holloway, London, United Kingdom
Seed, fruit and seedling biology, Abiotic stress responses (seeds/seedlings), Crops, weeds, climate change, food security, Molecular physiology of seed germination, Seed biomechanics and water relations, Seed and bud dormancy, Plant hormones, natural products, Embryo growth mechanisms, Cell-wall hydrolyses and apoplastic ROS, Evolution seed/fruit trait

Bruno Moulia
INRA and Univiversite Blaise Pascal, Clermont-Ferrand, France
Plant biomechanics, Plant biophysics, Sensing, Mechanobiology, Morphogenesis, Growth, Wind effects on plants, Thigmomorphogen-esis, Gravitropism

Angus Murphy
University of Maryland, College Park, MD, United States
Auxin transport, Hormone crosstalk, ABC transporters, Membrane protein trafficking

Richard Napier
University of Warwick, Coventry, United Kingdom
Auxin, Protein structure, Signalling, Receptor, Biosensor, Aptamer, Cytokinin, Chemical biology

Roland Pieruschka
Forschungszentrum Jülich GmbH, Jülich, Germany
Plant phenotyping, Photosynthesis, Chlorophyll fluorescence, Plant water relations, Imaging, Stomata

Greg Rebetzke
CSIRO, Canberra Australia
Breeding, Quantitative genetics, Physiology, Wheat, Statistics

Robert Sharwood
Australian National University, Canberra, Australia
Rubisco biochemistry, C4 photosynthesis, Chloroplast RNA biology, Photosynthetic carbon assimilation, Rubisco activase, Cotton photosynthesis

Rüdiger Simon
Heinrich-Heine University, Dusseldorf, Germany
Plant development, Meristems, Stem cells, Signalling, Peptides, Receptor kinases, Fluorescence microscopy, FRET/FLIM, Membrane proteins, Auxin signalling

Nick Smirnoff
University of Exeter, Exeter, United Kingdom
Plant and algal metabolism, Reactive oxygen species and antioxidants, Functions and metabolism of ascorbic acid 9vitamin C), Metabolic engineering

Steven Spoel
University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom
Ubiquitin-mediated proteasome, Nitric oxide, Plant immunity, Transcription reprogramming, Post-translational modifications

Raman Sunkar
Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, OK, United States
MicroRNAs, Post-transcriptional gene regulation, Drought stress, Salt stress, Epigenetics

Hideki Takahashi
Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, United States
Primary metabolism, Nutrient transport, Nutrient signalling, Root development, Nitrogen assimilation, Sulfur assimilation

Simon Turner
Manchester University, Manchester, United Kingdom
Cell walls, Vascular tissue development, Xylem, Cellulose, Microtubules

Björn Usadel
RWTH Aachen University, Aachen, Germany
Omics data, Data visualisation, Big data, Cell walls, Mucilage, Plant metabolism

Ariel Vicente
College of Agriculture National University of La Plata - CONICET Argentina, La Plata, Argentina
Fruit, Postharvest, Ripening, Senescence, Cell wall, Pectin, Hemicellulose, Food

Kris Vissenberg
University of Antwerp

Zoe Wilson
University of Nottingham, Loughborough, United Kingdom
Plant reproduction, Pollen development, Molecular gene network analysis, Arabidopsis, Cereals (wheat, rice, and barley)

Dabing Zhang
Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China
Anther, Development, Flower, Infloresence, Pollen, Rice

Qiao Zhao
Tsinghua University, Beijing, China
Secondary metabolism, Lignin biosynthesis, Cell wall, Biofuel, Transcriptional regulation, Biochemistry

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