Lizo Masters
PhD Student
Department
Team
Specialism
Poaceae, taxonomy, systematics, phylogenomics, in-situ hybridisation
My PhD research focuses on the diversification of Urochloa (Brachiaria) grasses: African grasses that dominate forage crop systems across the tropics globally.
I use morphological, cytological, and genomic data to understand the forces that drove speciation within this complex genus.
Understanding how Urochloa grasses evolved and characterising their diversity will allow breeders and farmers nations to produce more sustainable forage cultivars across developing nations.
- MSc Queen Mary University of London (2021)
- MSc, University of Pretoria (2020)
- BSc Hons, University of Pretoria (2018)