Dr Stuart Casson

I am a plant molecular biologist and my research focuses on understanding the mechanisms of plant development and how environmental signals, such as light, carbon dioxide and temperature, influence these mechanisms and then impact on how efficiently plants use water. This involves understanding how plants perceive these different signals and then initiate signalling responses to modify their development and physiology.
Much of my work uses stomata, the small pores on the surface of leaves, as a model system, and I have published extensively in this area (see publications below).