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Silvia Pressel

Silvia Pressel

British botanist

Silvia Pressel is a botanist and head of the LS Algae, Fungi and Plants Division of the Natural History Museum, London.

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She is a joint recipient (with James Clarkson) of the Linnean Society's 2008 Irene Manton Prize for the "best thesis in botany examined for a doctorate of philosophy during a single academic year" in the United Kingdom.[1] She completed her PhD, Experimental studies of bryophyte cell biology, conservation, physiology and systematics, at Queen Mary University of London (QMUL) in 2007.[2] She was a Leverhulme Trust Early Career Research Fellow.[3] She is also the recipient of the Linnean Society's Trail-Crisp Award for 2015, for her work in microscopy.[3]

From 2007–2010 she lectured at QMUL.[3]

She describes her research as integrating "expertise in bryophyte systematics, evolution, anatomy and in-vitro culturing to tackle major questions on the origin and evolution of key innovations of land plants including stomata, cuticles, desiccation-tolerance and fungal symbioses".[4]

She is an editor of the journal Annals of Botany.[5] and is a member of the governing council of the Linnean Society.[3]

She is co-author of the field guide Mosses, Liverworts and Hornworts of Ascension Island.

Works

  • Pressel, Silvia; Matcham, Howard W.; Supple, Catherine; Duckett, Jeffrey G. (2018). Mosses, Liverworts and Hornworts of Ascension Island. Pisces Publications. ISBN 978-1-874357-80-3.

References

  1. [1]
    "The Irene Manton Prize". The Linnean Society. Retrieved 26 July 2020.
  2. [2]
    "Experimental studies of bryophyte cell biology, conservation, physiology and systematics". EThOS. British Library. Retrieved 26 July 2020.
  3. [3]
    "Governance of the Society". The Linnean Society. Retrieved 26 July 2020.
  4. [4]
    Pressel, Silvia. "Dr Silvia Pressel". Natural History Museum. Retrieved 26 July 2020.
  5. [5]
    "Editorial Board". Oxford Academic. Retrieved 26 July 2020.
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