Staff Lead researcher Professor Lindy Holden-Dye BSc, MSc, PhD, FRSB, FBPhS Head of School Research interests Neuropharmacology Invertebrate neuroscience Connect with Lindy Email: l.m.holden-dye@soton.ac.uk Other researchers Professor Matthew Terry Professor of Molecular Plant Biology Research interests Chloroplast development and retrograde signalling to the nucleus Light regulation of wheat growth and development Connect with Matthew Email: mjt@soton.ac.uk VO Professor Vincent O'connor Professor of Neurochemistry Research interests Molecular mechanism of synaptic function and dysfunction Synaptic degeneration Connect with Vincent Email: v.m.oconnor@soton.ac.uk Professor Guy Baverstock-Poppy Professor In Biological Sciences Connect with Guy Email: g.m.poppy@soton.ac.uk Doctor Herman Wijnen Drs, PhD, FHEA Associate Professor Research interests Control of Daily Rhythms by Circadian Clocks and the Environment Genetics, Behaviour and Neuroscience of the fruit fly Drosophila Connect with Herman Email: h.wijnen@soton.ac.uk DD Doctor Declan Doyle Senior Teaching Fellow Connect with Declan Email: d.a.doyle@soton.ac.uk Doctor Mark Chapman Associate Professor Connect with Mark Email: m.chapman@soton.ac.uk Collaborating research institutes, centres and groups Ecology and Evolution The Ecology and Evolution research group covers the interactions of species with their environment. Plants and Food Security We study the response of plants to the environment at the molecular, whole plant and ecological levels. This includes interactions with nematodes, insects and microbes.