Education
Plant Physiology, PhD,
Applied Biology , Bsc (Hons),
Additional Campus Affiliations
Professor, Plant Biology
Adjunct Professor, Crop Sciences
Affiliate, Carl R. Woese Institute for Genomic Biology
Recent Publications
Breil-Aubert, M., Shaw, K., Royles, J., Sales, C. R. G., Walter, J., Taylor, G., Vath, R. L., Bdolach, E., Tiwari, L. D., Mathan, J., Lawson, T., Fridman, E., Kromdijk, J., & Ferguson, J. N. (2026). Extensive photophysiological variation in wild barley is linked to environmental origin. New Phytologist, 249(1), 569-587. https://doi.org/10.1111/nph.70659
Aciksoz, S. B., Wall, S., Lucas, S. J., Yazıcı, M. A., & Lawson, T. (2025). Speed Breeding of Soybean by Using 22 h Photoperiod Increases Photochemical Efficiency of Pods and Produces Six Generations Per Year. Physiologia Plantarum, 177(5), Article e70511. https://doi.org/10.1111/ppl.70511
Chen, T., Hojka, M., Davey, P., Sun, Y., Zhou, F., Lawson, T., Nixon, P. J., Lin, Y., & Liu, L. N. (2025). Engineering Rubisco condensation in chloroplasts to manipulate plant photosynthesis. Plant Biotechnology Journal, 23(6), 2140-2149. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1111/pbi.70047
Eichelsbacher, S., Luksch, C. R., Bienert, G. P., Alcock, T. D., Steppe, K., Marcelis, L. F. M., Orsini, F., Rosenqvist, E., Lambers, H., Runkle, E., Lawson, T., & Asseng, S. (2025). What Is the Limit of Vertical Farming Productivity? Food and Energy Security, 14(2), Article e70061. https://doi.org/10.1002/fes3.70061
Emmerson, R. A., Davey, P., Kandjoze, M., Bechtold, U., Zabet, N. R., & Lawson, T. (2025). DNA methylation contributes to plant acclimation to naturally fluctuating light. New Phytologist, 248(5), 2361-2375. https://doi.org/10.1111/nph.70567