Dr. Louise Colville, a Senior Research Leader in Seed and Stress Biology at Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew will be the supervisor of this internship. She has sixteen years' experience in seed biology research with biodiverse, wild species. Her research focuses on the biochemical and molecular characterization of plant stress, particularly seed ageing, and the role of antioxidants and reactive oxygen species in seed biology, and she has published 28 journal articles in this area. She is interested in the factors that determine seed longevity, which is important for food security, ex situ conservation, and for understanding the persistence of seeds in the soil. Louise has wide experience of student supervision, having line managed four college-based sandwich course students, co-supervised four Ph.D. students and four MSc students, and supervised over 35 visiting BSc, MSc, Ph.D and postdoctoral researchers from 14 countries for research placements of between 4 weeks and up to 1 year.
