Dr. Anne Visscher, a Research Fellow in Seed and Stress Biology at Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew will be the supervisor of this internship. She has >17 years experience in plant and seed biology research with a special focus on survival and growth in extreme environments on Earth and in space. One of her research objectives is to identify plant species with extreme tolerance to stress and to understand the plant and seed traits underlying this tolerance. In addition, Anne is interested in describing and understanding global patterns in plant and seed traits, including stress tolerance. Research techniques used are dependent on the research question and may include physiological, molecular, biophysical, biochemical and genomic techniques, either independently or in collaboration with colleagues. Anne has so far published 18 manuscripts and supervised several students (3 x MSc, 2 x PhD), interns, volunteers and academic visitors.
