Research Divisions

Research at IBERS is carried out within five main Research Divisions.

Landscape Systems and Policy

Leader: Prof Chris Thomas
Deputy Leader: To be announced

• Landscape Ecology and Climate Impact Modelling
• Conservation Genetics
• Sustainable Agriculture and Landscape

Crop Genetics, Genomics and Breeding

Leader: Dr Michael Abberton
Deputy Leader: To be announced

• Crop Genomics
• Breeding

Biorenewables and Environmental Change

Leader: Dr Iain Donnison
Deputy Leader: Dr Luis Mur

• Energy Crop Biology
• Energy Crop Breeding
• Fermentation, Conversion and Bio-Refining
• Plant stress, responses to Environmental Change

Evolution, Co-Evolution and Adaptation

Leader: Prof Karl Hoffmann
Deputy Leader: Dr Helen Ougham

• Parasitology
• Aquatic Biology
• Evolution and Adaptation

Animal and Microbial Sciences

Leader: Prof Jamie Newbold
Deputy Leader: Prof Nigel Scollan

• Health and Well-Being
• Environmental Impact
• Breeding, Reproduction and Cell Biology
• Microbial Physiology, Ecology and Metabolism