Emeritus Professor of Plant Sciences
Animal and Plant Sciences
University of Sheffield
United Kingdom
BSc (1960) PhD (1963) University of Hull Junior Research Fellow, University of Sheffield (1963-1965) Lecturer, Senior Lecturer and Reader in Botany, University of Sheffield (1965-1990) Professor of Plant Sciences, University of Sheffield (1990-2004) Emeritus Professor of Plant Sciences (2004-present) Millar Visiting Research Professor, University of California, Berkeley, USA (2003) Elected to Fellowship of the Royal Society 1990 Leverhulme Senior Fellowship (1994-95)
Plant Physiological Ecology, Plant Microbial-Interactions, Plant-Nutrient and Water Relations, Mobilisation of Soil Organic matter, Microbial Ecology, Pollution Biology. The role of plant-fungus symbioses of roots - mycorrhizas - with particular reference to their importance at the plant community and ecosystem levels.