CH Foyer Curriculum Vitae
Name:CHRISTINE HELEN FOYER
Address:Centre for Plant Sciences, School of Biology
University of Leeds
Leeds
LS2 9JT
UK
Tel:+44 (0)1133431421
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Nationality:British
Date of Birth:3 October 1952
Current Position:Professor of Plant Science, University of Leeds, UK.
Winthrop Research Professor, School of Plant Biology, University of Western Australia, Australia.
PaoYu-KongChairProfessor of Zhejiang University, China.
Citation Report:H-Index = 83
499 articles published in peer-reviewed journals with a total of 30,288 citations.
Ranked number 7 in the top 10 list of world-wide most cited authors in Plant and Animal Sciences (
One of the “30 most cited authors in plant science" in Europe
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International prizes, awards and Academy memberships
Associate Member of the French Academy of Agriculture (2014).
Redox Pioneer (2011) Antioxidants and Redox Signalling, 15, 2383-2391.
Founders Award (2011) American Society of Plant Physiologists. Plant Physiol. 155, 2-18.
Honorary member of the Polish Society of Experimental Plant Biology (2011)
Sir Frederick McMasters Fellowship (2007);
Royal Society of New Zealand Fellowship (2006)
Education and Academic Qualifications:
1971-1974University of Portsmouth, U.K.; B.Sc. 1974 with Class II division I Honours in Biology.
1974-1977Department of Biochemistry, Kings College, University of London, U.K.; Ph.D.
1975-1976Chelsea College, London, U.K. Part-time post-experience course in immunology. Certificate obtained.
1998Fellow of the Royal Society of Biology.
Professional Experience:
1977-1979Postdoctoral research worker at the Department of Plant Sciences, KingsCollege, University of London, U.K.
1979-1988Senior Research Associate (AFRC) and independent research worker at the Research Institute for Photosynthesis, University of Sheffield, U.K.
1988Professeur invité at the Departmente de Structure et Métabolisme des Plantes, Université de Paris-Sud, 91405 Orsay, France.
1988-1994Directeur de Recherche, Laboratoire du Métabolisme et de la Nutrition des Plantes, INRA, Versailles, France.
1994-1998Head of the Environmental Biology Department, Institute of Grassland and Environmental Research, Aberystwyth, Ceredigion, U.K.
1998-2001 Head of the Biochemistry and Physiology Department, Institute of ArableCrops Research, Rothamsted, Harpenden, Hertfordshire, U.K.
2001-2006Band 3 Individual Merit Promotion Scientist, Crop Productivity and Improvement Division, Rothamsted Research, Harpenden, Hertfordshire, U.K.
2005Professeur invité at the Departmente de Structure et Métabolisme des Plantes, Université de Paris-Sud, 91405 Orsay, France.
2006-2009 Professor of Molecular Agriculture, School of Agriculture, Food and Rural Development, Agriculture Building, The University of Newcastle upon Tyne, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE1 7RU. UK.
2009-2014 Director of Africa College, Centre for Plant Sciences, University of Leeds, Leeds, LS2 9JT, UK
2012-2014 Director of the Food Security, Nutrition and Sustainable Agriculture Hubat the University of Leeds
2009- 2012Adjunct Professor, School of Plant Biology, The University of Western Australia, Australia.
2011Professeur invité at theUniversité Angers, France.
2012-2017Winthrop Research Professor,School of Plant Biology, The University of Western Australia, Australia.
2012-2016PaoYu-KongChairProfessor of Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China.
Other Responsibilities:2016
BBSRC Committee B
BBSRC Pool of Experts
Scientific Advisory Board of Helmholtz Center Munich, Helmholtz Association of German Research Centres e. V. (Germany)
Academy of Finland Molecular Ecology and Plant Science Panel
FWO Bio1 Expert Panel, Belgium
Secretary General of the Federation of European Societies of Plant Biologists
Associate Editor, Physiologia Plantarum
Associate Editor, Plant, Cell and Environment
Editorial Board, Journal of Experimental Botany
Annals of Botany Company Board Member
Deputy Chair, The Biochemical Journal
Membership of Societies
American Society of Plant Biologists
Biochemical Society
Interantioal Society of Photosynthesis Research
Society of Free Radical Research
Society of Experimental Biology
The Linean Society
Royal Socieciety of Biology
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Exterior Research Funding (from 2005):
2005-2010 Royal Society /NRF award.
£250,000.
2005-2008BBSRC grant BB/C51508X/1: £157,211
2005Royal Society of New Zealand Fellowship.£2,000
EMBO Small Grants Scheme for Initiatives in Science & Society £1,500
2006-2007 Royal Society 1 year Postdoctoral Fellowship (Christina Mathabe) £19,500
2007 Sir Frederick McMasters Fellowship (CSIRO, Australia) £18,000
2007-2010 British Council’s Development Partnerships in Higher Education (DelPHE)
Programme.£50,000
2008 University Research Office Professorship Fund on behalf of Professor Graham Noctor from the Institut de Biotechnologie des Plantes, Université de Paris XI, 91405 Orsay cedex, France (£4,500)
2008 Royal Society Ghana/Tanzania - UK science networking scheme (£9,727)
2008 Company Contract:R & D,Plant Physiology Division,BIOIBERICA, S.A. (Spain) (£40,000)
2008-2009 Fundación Séneca Postdoctoral fellowship (Pedro Diaz Vivancos).
2009-2012 EU ITN: PITN-GA-2008-215174: Chloroplast Signals254,000 Euros
2009-2012 FP7- PIRSES-GA-2008-230830LEGIM, 130,000 Euros
2009-2011SCRI Joint PhD studentship:£36,197
2010International Travel Grant 2009/R4: £1435
2011-2014 EU: ITN:PITN-GA-2010-264394CropLife: 266,660Euros
2011-2013 Marie Curie Individual Fellowship: PIEF-GA-2009-252927: ROXNP: £172,240
2011-2013 Marie Curie Individual Fellowship: PIEF-GA-2010-276206: SySa: £271,136.
2010-2012 Fundación Séneca Postdoctoral Fellowship (Belen Marquez Garcia)
2011-2013 Schlumberger Foundation Faculty for the Future Award (for Marian D Quain).
2011-2015 HEIF5 Funding for Sector Facing Impact & Innovation Hubs £410,000
2012-2014 Royal Society International Exchanges 2011/R2 (IE111477) £11,200
2012-2014Marie Curie Individual Fellowship: PIIF-GA-2011-299347 : Soylife: 404,053Euros (£323,121).
2012-2016 BBSRC CASE studentship (BB/J011363/1) £92, 173
2012-2016 BBSRC CASE studentship (BB/K501839/1)£92, 173
2012-2015 BBSRC Grant (BB/K010476/1) £60,000
2013-2016 FP7: KBBE-2012-6-311840 (ECOSEED) €363,868
2015-2017 Royal Society International Exchange/China award: 2013 NSFC: £24,000
2015-2018 BBSRC Grant (BB/M009130/1) £497,164
2015-2017BBSRC Grant (BB/N004914/1) £166,651.82
2015- 2017Royal Society International Exchange2015 R2: £12,000
Teaching Experience:
I was appointed as Professor of Plant Sciences at Leeds University in 2009. I lead module BLGY3173: Planr Growth and Resource Acqusistion. I also teach on moduleBLGY2163 How Plants Work.I currently have 2 Masters Bioscience (Biol 5292M) project students in my lab and each year I have up to 6 third year undergraduate project students. I have 13 personal tutees in BLGY1303 and 13 personal tutees in BLGY2100.
Currently, I have four PhD students in the lab: Ambra Di Simone, Daniel Shaw, James Cooper,and Nurhayati Razak.
I have acted as the external examiner for the University of Nottingham, U.K., MSc. Courses in Plant Genetic Manipulation and Plant Biotechnology, from 2003-2006. I was the external assessor for the revalidation of the Subject Unit 3A: Biosciences (undergraduate) for the University of Ulster in 2009. I was the external examiner for the BSc (Hons) in Agricultural Biotechnology in the Faculty of Agriculture at the University of Mauritius (2010-2012).I was a Disciplinary Vice-Chairin the Research Quality Review of University College Cork, Ireland (2014-2015).
Over the last 10 years, I have been the external examiner for 60 PhD theses and habilitations in the U.K. and abroad.
I published a book called “Photosynthesis”, for students (Foyer, CH 1984, “Photosynthesis”, Bittar EE series ed., Cell Biology: A series of monographs, John Wiley and Sons, New York, 219 pp).
To date, I have also coedited severalpublished books:
(1) “Causes of photooxidative stress in plants and amelioration of defense systems”, published in 1994, CRC Press, 416 pp.
(2) “A Molecular Approach to Primary Metabolism in Plants” published by Taylor and Francis in 1998, 347 pp.
(3). “Photosynthetic nitrogen assimilation and associated carbon and respiratory metabolism” for the Advances in Photosynthesis and Respiration series, published by Kluwer Academic Press in 2002, 284 pp.
(4).“Redox Metabolism and Longevity Relationships in Animals and Plants”, for the SEB Experimental Biology series, Volume 62, published by Taylor and Francis in 2009, 281 pp.
(5).“Africa’s Engine for Growth-Plant Science and Biotechnology hold the key” Aspects of Applied Biology, Vol 96, published by the Association of Applied Biologists in 2010, 428pp. ISSN 0265-1491
(6) “Nitrogen Metabolism plants in the Post-Genomic Era”, (with Hanma Zhang)Annual Plant Reviews Vol. 42, published by Wiley-Blackwell in 2010, 336pp.ISSN 01460-1494.
(7) “Breeding plants to cope with future climate change” Aspects of Applied Biology, Vol 124, published by the Association of Applied Biologists in 2015, 130pp. ISSN 0265-1491
Plenary lectures, Research Talks/Seminars, Institute Evaluations, PhD examinations Conferences, etc:2011
FebruarySeminar, IBP, University of Paris Sud 11, France.
March Expert Proposal Evaluator, European Commission, KBBE-2011, Belgium.
April Erasmus exchange lectures, Faculty of Biology, University of Warsaw, Poland.
Seminar, Faculty of Biology, University of Warsaw, Poland.
Seminar, University of Angers, France.
MayInvited speaker,BASF Plant Science Company GmbH workshop on “Redox Processes and Regulation in Plants”, Germany.
JuneExternal Examiner, BSc Agricultural Biotechnology, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Mauritius, Mauritius.
JulySession Chair SEB annual meeting, UK.
Invited speaker,10th International Conference on Reactive Oxygen and Nitrogen Species in Plants, Hungary.
AugustInvited speaker, PhD Summer School: Increasing Photosynthesis in Plants, University of Wageningen, The Netherlands.
SeptemberInvited speaker, FEBS workshop 2011 on Plant Organellar Signaling, Croatia.
Honorary membership of the Polish Society of Experimental Plant Biology, Wroclaw, Poland.
November Seminar, School of Biosciences, Cardiff University, Cardiff, UK.
Invited speaker, COST Action FA0605 4th International workshop on Plant abiotic stress, from systems biology to sustainable agriculture, Limassol, Cyprus.
Invited speaker, ISRSES project International Workshopon Stress Biology and Plant Development, University of Pretoria, South Africa
Seminar, The Institute of Agriculture, The University of Western Australia, Australia
Plenary lectures, Research Talks/Seminars, Institute Evaluations, PhD examinations Conferences, etc:2012
FebruarySeminar, Departamento de Bioquímica, Biología Celular y Molecular de Plantas, Estación Experimental del Zaidín, CSIC, Spain.
March Panel member at a public dialogue event about 'Famine and Food Security – is there a role for GM?', organised by the British Council/British Science Associationonas part of the British Council's 'Belief in Dialogue' programme.
AprilSeminar, HorticulturalDept.,ZijingganCampus,ZhejiangUniversity,China.
MayInvited speaker,Theo Murphy international scientific meeting on structure and dynamics of the thylakoid membrane
Invited speaker, University of Missouri, Iinterdisplinary Plant Group symposium, Plant Physiology in the “Omics”, Era.
JunePlenary speaker,International Symposium on Redox Signaling and Oxidative Stress in Health and Disease, Valencia, Spain.
JulySession Chair. Joint FESPB/EPSO Plant Biology Congress 2012, Freiburg. Germany
Plenary speaker,Joint FESPB/EPSO Plant Biology Congress 2012, Freiburg. Germany
SeptemberInvited speaker, 16th Biennial Meeting of the Society for Free Radical Research International, London UK.
Plenary speaker,the 11th Nordic Photosynthesis Congress, Naantali, Finland.
DecemberInvited “Meet a Cell Biologist”, lecture, Amgylcheddol a Gwledig Institute of Biological, Environmental & Rural Sciences, Aberystwyth University UK.
PhD thesis: Yi Han, University of Paris Sud 11, France.
Plenary lectures, Research Talks/Seminars, Institute Evaluations, PhD examinations Conferences, etc:2013
JanuaryUWA, Perth, Australia
March Helmholtz Foundation review panel of the Terrestrial Environment Program. Leipzig, Germany.
AprilPlenary Speaker,IV Brazilian symposium on plant molecular genetics. Bento Gonçalves, Brazil.
MayAdvisory board member of Finnish Centre of Excellence in Integrative Photosynthesis and Bioactive Compound Research at Systems Biology Level, Turku, Finland.
Seminar, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China
Seminar, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, China.
June PhD viva,Shengchun Li, IBP, University of Paris-Sud, France.
Organisation of the FESPB Congress (2014) UCD School of Biology & Environmental Science, Belfield, Dublin, Ireland.
Seminar, High Resolution Plant Phenomics Centre, CSIRO Plant Industry Canberra Workshop organiser ICAR meeting, Sydney, Australia.
July Plenary lecture and session Chair atthe 11th International Conference on Reactive Oxygen and Nitrogen Species in Plants, Warsaw, Poland.
August Plenary lecture 16th International Congress on Photosynthesis Research, St. Louis, USA.
SeptemberInvited speaker,Symposium on Cellular Microcompartments, Osnabruk, Germany.
PhD thesis: Eline Saenen, University of Hasselt, Belgium.
Invited speaker,COMBIO, Perth, Australia
Plenary lectures, Research Talks/Seminars, Institute Evaluations, PhD examinations Conferences, etc:2014
JanuarySeminar, Department of Plant Sciences, UWA, Perth, Australia
Invited speaker, PhD Summer School, Perth, Australia.
Habilitationsschrift, Ludwig-Maximilians Universitat Munchen Faculat fur Biologie,Dr. I. Finkemeier
FebruaryThe Drummond Lecture,School of Biological and Chemical Sciences Queen Mary, University of London, UK
March Chair of Panel evaluating the Plant Sciences cluster at the University of Pretoria, South Africa.
Seminar, Departnent of Plant Production and Soil Sciences, University of Pretoria, South Africa.
Annual conference of the UK Plant Sciences Federation
AprilKeynote Speaker, 13th International workshop on Sulphur metabolism, Freiburg, Germany.
JuneSeminar, GMI - Gregor Mendel Institute of Molecular Plant Biology, Vienna, Austria
Organizer, Africa College and Association of Applied Biologists Conference: Breeding Plants to Cope with Future Climate Change, Leeds, UK.
Plenary Lecturer, Plant Biology Europe FESPB/EPSO 2014 Congress, Dublin, Ireland.
JulyInvited Speaker and Session Organizer, SEB main meeting, Manchester, UK.
PhD viva, Miriam Arbach, University of East Anglia, UK
AugustInvited Speaker, Gordon Conference on: Salt & Water Stress in Plants, Sunday River, Maine, USA.
SeptemberInvited Speaker and Session ornanizer, Sociey of Free Radical Research Europe, Paris France
PhD viva, Liliana Avila-Ospina, University of Paris Sud, France.
October Organizer and invited speaker at the workshop titled "Reactive oxygen and nitrogen species and environment: anew vision for 2020", Baeza, Spain.
Seminar Speaker ZMBP, Allgemeine Genetik, Universität Tübingen, Germany.
NovemberPhD viva, Tinne Boeckx, University of Aberystwyth, UK.
Seminar Speaker, Robert Hill Institute for Plant Science, University of Sheffield, UK.
DecemberPhD viva, Wen-FengNie, Zhejiang University. Hanzhou, China.
PhD viva, Gaurav Zinta, University of Anwerp, Belgium.
Seminar Speaker, Agicultural University, Nanjing, China.
Plenary lectures, Research Talks/Seminars, Institute Evaluations, PhD examinations Conferences, etc: 2015
JanuaryUWA Perth and Margaret River, Perth, Australia
FebruaryThe Higher Council for theEvaluation of Research and Higher education - HCEREScomité CMS2160003556 - V4*-SVE-CANDRESSE.
March Seminar, Max Planck Institute for Plant Breeding Research Cologne
Seminar and Teaching Course, Molecular Biosciences Program, ITQB/UNL, Oeiras, Portugal
Seminar, Bayer Biosciences, Ghent Belgium
Seminar, ITQB/UNL, Oeiras, Portugal, Participation inPhD program Plants for Life
Seminar, Centro de Biotecnologia y Genomica de Plantas UPM-INIA, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, Spain
April Seminar, Functional Genomics of Fruit Development, UMR 1332 – INRA, Bordeaux, France
May Invited speaker,3rd Plant Genomics Congress, London, UK
External evaluator for the position of Associate Professor in Molecular Plant Physiology, Department of Ecology, Environment and Plant Sciences, at Stockholm University, Sweden.
Session Chair, 9th International conference for Plant Mitochondrial Biology, Wroclaw, Poland.
Seminar, Center for Plant Science Innovation, The Beadle Center, University of Nebraska, USA
Keynote Speaker, 5th symposium of the IPG: Plants between a rock and a hard place, University of Missouri, USA.
JuneDisciplinary Vice-Chair, Research Quality Review, University College Cork, Ireland
Session Chair,12th International Conference on Reactive Oxygen and Nitrogen Species in Plants: from model systems to field Verona, Italy.
July Scientific Advisory Board,Helmholtz Zentrum München, Germany
SeptemberInvited speaker, FEBS workshop on Plant Organellar Signaling, Croatia.
Invited Speaker and Session Organizer, Society of Free Radical Research,Europe. “Redox biology meets nutrition”, Stuttgart, Germany.
Habilitation, Helene Vanacker, University of Paris Sud, France.
OctoberPhD viva, Asaad Mahmood, University of Reading, UK
PhD viva, Emily Johnston, University of York, UK
Invited Speaker and Session Ornanizer, 11th International Plant Biology Congress, Brazil.
NovemberPhD viva, Amrit Kumar, Stazione Zoologica A. Dohrn, Naples, Italy. The open University.
PhD viva, Aaron James Barrett, University of Leeds, UK.
Invited Speaker and ornanizer, WUN Conference on Legumes as a hub of diversification and adaptation to climate change in agriculture. -Zhejiang University, China.
DecemberPhD viva, Christopher Hepworth, University of Shefiield, UK.
Seminar, University of Exeter, UK.
PhD viva, Julia Shearman, University of Sussex, UK.
Plenary lectures, Research Talks/Seminars, Institute Evaluations, PhD examinations Conferences, etc: 2016
JanuaryVine Biotechnologies workshop,Margaret River, Perth, Australia
FebruaryWriting workshop, Margaret River, Perth, Australia
Rottnest Summer School UWA Staff, Perth, Australia
MarchPanel Member, the Research Council for Biosciences and Environment of the Academy of Finland.
Seminar, ITQB/UNL, Oeiras, Portugal, Participation inPhD program Plants for Life
AprilSeminar, INRA / SupAgro –IBIP, Montpellier, France
PhD thesis, William Salter, The University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia.
MayPanel Member, Evaluation of VIB, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium
Panel Member, Mid Term Evaluation of the Copenhagen Plant Science Centre (CPSC), Demark
JuneKeynote speaker, the 9thMeeting of the Canadian Oxidative Stress Consortium University of Guelph, Canada
START awards and Wittgenstein Prize Committee, FWF, Vienna, Austria.
Session Chair, International Organizing Committee. Plant Biology Europe EPSO/FESPB 2016 Congtress
Women in Science Lunch Speaker, Plant Biology Europe EPSO/FESPB 2016 Congtress
July PhD viva, Roxanne van Rooijen, Wageningen University, The Netherlands
August Invited Speaker, Phenotyping for photosynthesis and productivity meeting: Satellite meeting of the Photosynthesis Congress, University of Essex, UK.
List of Publications:
1.Halliwell, B & Foyer, CH (1976). Ascorbic acid, metal ions and the superoxide radical. Biochemical Journal. 155: 697-700.
2.Foyer, CH & Halliwell, B (1976).The presence of glutathione and glutathione reductase in chloroplasts: a proposed role in ascorbic acid metabolism. Planta.133: 21-25.
3.Foyer, CH & Halliwell, B (1977). Purification and properties of dehydroascorbate reductase from Spinach leaves. Phytochemistry.16: 1347-1350.
4.Halliwell, B & Foyer, CH (1978). Properties and physiological function of a glutathione reductase purified from Spinach leaves by affinity chromatography.Planta.139: 9-17.
5.Jackson, C, Dench, J, Moore, AL, Halliwell, B, Foyer, CH & Hall, DO (1978). Subcellular localisation and identification of superoxide dismutase in the leaves of higher plants.European Journal Biochemistry. 91: 339-344.
6.Foyer, CH & Hall, DO (1979). A rapid procedure for the preparation of light harvesting chlorophyll a/b protein complex; an assessment of its manganese content.FEBS Letters. 101: 324-328.
7.Foyer, CH & Hall, DO (1980). Oxygen metabolism in the active chloroplast.Trends in Biochemical Sciences. 4: 188-191.
8.Foyer, CH & Hall, DO (1980). Superoxide dismutase activity in the functioning chloroplast. In: Clinical and Biomedical Aspects of Superoxide and Superoxide Dismutase, Developments in Biochemistry IIa, J.V. Bannister, H.A.O. Hill, eds, Elsevier/North Holland. 380-389.
9.Halliwell, B, Foyer, CH & Charles, SA (1981).The fate of hydrogen peroxide in illuminated chloroplasts. In: Photosynthesis II- Electron Transport and Photophosphorylation, G. Akoyunoglou, ed., Balaban International Science Services, Philadelphia. 279-284.
10.McNeil, PH, Foyer, CH, Walker, DA, Bird, IF, Cornelius, MJ & Keys, AJ (1981). Similarity of RuBPcarboxylases of isogenic diploid and tetraploid ryegrass (Lolium perenne L) cultivars. Plant Physiology. 67: 530-534.
11.Foyer, CH, Harbron, S & Walker, DA (1981). Regulation of sucrose phosphate synthetase and sucrose biosynthesis in spinach leaves. In: Photosynthesis IV - Regulation of carbon metabolism, G. Akoyunoglou, ed., Balaban International Science Services, Philadelphia. 357-364.
12.Harbron, S, Foyer, CH & Walker, DA (1981). The purification and properties of sucrose-phosphate synthetase from Spinach leaves. The involvement of this enzyme and fructose bisphosphatase in the regulation of sucrose biosynthesis.Archives Biochemisty. Biophysics. 212: 237-246.
13.Birkenhead, K, Walker, D & Latzko, E (1982). The intracellular distribution of adenylate kinase in the leaves of spinach, wheat and barley.Planta. 156: 171-175.
14.Foyer, CH, Walker, DA & Latzko, E (1982). The regulation of cytoplasmic fructose 1,6-bisphosphate in relation to the control flow to sucrose in leaves.Zeitschrift für Pflanzenphysiologie 107: 457-465.
15.Foyer, CH, Walker, D, Spencer, C & Mann, B (1982). Observations on the phosphate status and intracellular pH of intact cells, protoplasts and chloroplasts from photosynthetic tissue using phosphorus-31 nuclear magnetic resonance. Biochemical Journal. 202: 429-434.
16.Foyer, CH, Rowell, J & Walker, D (1983). The effect of sucrose on the rate of de novo sucrose biosynthesis in leaf protoplasts from spinach, wheat and barley.Archieves Biochemistry Biophysics. 220: 232-238.