Dr Anne Visscher is a Research Fellow in Seed and Stress Biology at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, and will supervise this internship. She has more than 17 years of experience in plant and seed biology, with a particular focus on survival and growth in extreme environments on Earth and in space. Her research aims to identify plant species with exceptional stress tolerance and to uncover the seed and plant traits that underpin this resilience. She is also interested in global patterns of plant and seed traits, including those associated with stress tolerance.
Anne’s research approach is highly integrative: depending on the question, she applies physiological, molecular, biophysical, biochemical, and genomic techniques, working both independently and in collaboration with colleagues across disciplines. She has published 18 scientific manuscripts to date and has supervised multiple MSc and PhD students, as well as interns, volunteers, and visiting researchers.
