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Julian is Professor of Photosynthesis and Head of the Department of Plant Sciences at the University of Cambridge. He became interested in plant biology during his undergraduate studies at Bangor University and continued his academic journey there for his PhD before moving to Sheffield, and later to Cambridge for his post-doctoral work. He was awarded the BBSRC David Phillips Fellowship and has been involved in international consortia aimed at improving photosynthesis in crops to enhance their yield potential. His work has been funded by the BBSRC, BMGF, and the EU ERC. Julian's research focuses on the molecular basis and evolution of C4 photosynthesis, which is a remarkably complex trait that has evolved in sixty lineages of land plants. By utilizing C4 species, he aims to understand the molecular basis of the C4 pathway and uses C3 models such as Arabidopsis and rice to gain insights into the evolution of C4 photosynthesis and the extent to which rewiring of existing regulatory networks has occurred.
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