Kew's Science Staff
Kew employs more than 200 scientists and benefits from the unpaid services of several dozen Kew-based Research Fellows and Associates, including many former members of staff post-retirement. Here you can read about the individual research interests and activities of Kew scientists and see some of their recent scientific outputs.
Digitization Officer, IUCN Sampled Red List Index for Plants at Kew. Special interests in plant conservation and conservation assessments.
Myrtales Team Leader
Systematic micromorphology of monocotyledons; bibliographic database management (Currently on secondment as Project Office Co-ordinator, IT)
Advancing knowledge in the systematics, conservation and evolution of tropical African Leguminosae
Managing and coordinating the work of volunteers and staff in the Sampled Red List Index for Plants project.
Laboratory Manager, Seed Conservation Department
Processing and curation of seed bank collections.
Plant Tissue Culture Specialist
Processing and curation of seed bank collections.
Araceae systematics, developing internet delivery of taxonomy; quantitative approaches to taxonomic species characterization.
Tropical plant diversity and floristics with a focus on Eugenia.
Seed cleaning, germination testing & seed collection of UK wild species.
Line management of the Conventions and Policy Section and of the UK Overseas Territories and Conservation Training teams. Advising governments and partners on the application of international regulatory schemes to biodiversity conservation.
Botanical inventories for conservation management in West and Central Africa.
UK Collections Co-ordinator
Leadership of Kew’s cross-departmental Latin America Programme; project development and management; applied biodiversity research; provision of technical and policy advice
Processing and curation of seed bank collections.
Develops and manage the GIS unit, GIS projects and related research and science. Special interests in modeling, webmapping, vegetation mapping and conservation assessments.
