Dr Holly Siddique

The effect of secondary metabolites from nectar and pollen in pollinator health is still under researched. My research area is to extract, isolate and identify secondary metabolites from various plant parts (which should be present in nectar and pollen) using different chromatographic and spectroscopic techniques effective against pathogens and parasites of bees. 

Moreover, besides my current work at Kew, my research area is also focused on conducting antibacterial screening against MRSA clinical strains using broth microdilution assay to explore antibacterial properties of medicinal plants for tackling global threat of antibacterial resistance. 

I am skilled at hot and cold extraction, column chromatography, thin layer chromatography, preparative thin layer chromatography, HPLC, LCMS, 1D and 2D nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR), infrared spectrometry, antibacterial screening.  
 

• Analytical chemist, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, 2020
• Visiting Researcher, University of East London 
• PhD in Natural Product Chemistry, University of East London, 2019   
• Visiting Researcher, Jodrell laboratory, Kew Gardens, 2018    
• BSc. (Hons) Pharmaceutical Science, University of East London, 2015