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Research phytopathologist and Director of Scotland’s Plant Health Centre and the National Potato innovation Centre (NPIC)
Gordon Simpson’s lab is jointly supported by the James Hutton Institute and the University of Dundee. The lab is part
Sanjeev Kumar Sharma is a member of the Potato Genetics and Breeding group at the James Hutton Institute in Dundee.
Qualifications
BSc (Agricultural Botany), Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, China, 1985
PhD (Genetics), University of Cologne, Koeln, Germany, 2000
First Class Honours Graduate in Agricultural Botany, University of Wales Aberystwyth.
PhD Plant Pathology, University of Wales Aberystwyth.
Employed at the Institute since 1994 as a project leader in plant pathology.
Robbie has made major contributions to the development and exploitation of barley as both a cereal crop and model for
Robert Hancock is a senior biochemist and plant physiologist with 25 years post-qualification experience. His primary interests are concerned with
