curriculum vitae - The Society for Experimental Biology

CURRICULUM VITAE Name Nationality Date of Birth Address Academic Career 1971 ‐ 1974 1974 ‐ 1977 1977 ‐ 1983 Richard Charles LEEGOOD British 31 May 1952 Department of Animal and Plant Sciences, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, S10 2TN, United Kingdom Telephone: (0114) 222 0040 E mail: [email protected] Corpus Christi College, University of Cambridge. Natural Sciences Tripos: Class I in Parts IA, IB and II (Botany) BA 1974, MA 1978 Corpus Christi College, University of Cambridge. Postgraduate research with Dr T ap Rees PhD 1978 Department of Botany, University of Sheffield. Post‐doctoral research with Prof DA Walker Lecturer, Department of Animal and Plant Sciences, University of Sheffield. (SERC Special Replacement Scheme 1983‐1988) Senior Lecturer Reader Personal Chair, Professor of Plant Biochemistry 1983 ‐ 1992 1993 1993 ‐ 1995 1995 ‐ present Professional Activities Research Council Committees etc SERC: Plant Sciences and Microbiology Committee (1987‐1990). SERC: Biological Membranes Initiative (1987‐1990). BBSRC: BOMRIP (Biochemistry of Metabolic Regulation in Plants), Steering Committee and Panel (1992‐
1996). NERC: Member of Peer Review College (2008‐2012). NERC: Small Grants Panel Meeting (2011). Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft: Member of Network Review Panel (2009). Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft: Member of Excellence Initiative Review Panel (2010). EU FP6 and FP7: Evaluator for Marie Curie Initial Training Networks (2004‐2011). EU FP7: Vice‐Chair for Evaluation Panel for Marie Curie Initial Training Networks (from 2012). EU FP7: Mid‐Term Reviewer for Marie‐Curie Actions (from 2011). EU FP7: Evaluator for Marie‐Curie Post‐Doctoral Fellowships (2012). Vice‐Chair (2016). Regular referee for grant applications to BBSRC, British Council Joint Research Programmes in Europe (Germany, Spain (Acciones Integradas) and France (ALLIANCE)), Australian Research Council, US Department of Agriculture, US National Science Foundation. Editorial Work Biochemical Journal, Editorial Board (1992‐1999); Editorial Advisor (1990‐1992). BioFormosa, Editorial Board (from 2003) Faculty of 1000, Member (on‐line reviews of key papers) (from 2001) Journal of Experimental Botany, Associate Editor (1988‐1993); Editorial Advisory Board from 1994. Photosynthesis Research, Editorial Board (1986‐1989), Associate Editor (1989‐2003). Planta, Editorial Board (1990‐2014). Plant Biology, Editor (from 2004) Plant, Cell and Environment, Editorial Board (from 1991). Learned Societies Member of the Plant Biology Committee of the Society for Experimental Biology (1989‐1992). Member of the Society for Experimental Biology and the American Society of Plant Biologists. Publications ‐ Books DO Hall, JMO Scurlock, HR Bolhar‐Nordenkampf, RC Leegood and SP Long, eds. (1993) Photosynthesis and Production in a Changing Environment. A Field and Laboratory Manual Chapman and Hall, London PJ Lea and RC Leegood, eds. Plant Biochemistry and Molecular Biology 1st edition (1993) 2nd edition (1999), John Wiley, Chichester RC Leegood, TD Sharkey and S von Caemmerer, eds. (2000) Photosynthesis: Physiology and Metabolism. Advances in Photosynthesis, Kluwer, Dordrecht Publications ‐ Selected Papers RC Leegood and RP Walker (2003) Regulation and roles of phosphoenolpyruvate carboxykinase in plants. Archives of Biochemistry and Biophysics 414, 204‐210 A Delgado‐Alvarado, RP Walker and RC Leegood (2007) Phosphoenolpyruvate carboxykinase in developing pea seeds is associated with tissues involved in solute transport and is nitrogen‐responsive. Plant, Cell and Environment 30, 225‐235 S Malone, AR Bahrami, RP Walker, JE Gray and RC Leegood (2007) Phosphoenolpyruvate carboxykinase in Arabidopsis thaliana: Changes in isoforms and location during vegetative and floral development. Plant and Cell Physiology 48, 441‐450 K Roberts, E Granum, RC Leegood and JA Raven (2007) C3 and C4 pathways of photosynthetic carbon assimilation in marine diatoms are under genetic, not environmental, control. Plant Physiology 145, 230‐
235 AB Cousins, I Baroli, MR Badger, A Ivakov, PJ Lea, RC Leegood and S von Caemmerer (2007) The role of phosphoenolpyruvate carboxylase (PEPC) during C4 photosynthetic isotope exchange and stomatal conductance. Plant Physiology 145, 1006‐1017 S Penfield, S Clements, KJ Bailey, RC Leegood, JE Gray and IA Graham (2012) Analysis of expression and function of PHOSPHOENOLPYRUVATE CARBOXYKINASE 1 identifies a role for malate metabolism in stomatal closure. Plant Journal 69, 679‐688 S Covshoff, RT Furbank, RC Leegood and JM Hibberd (2013) Leaf rolling allows quantification of mRNA abundance in mesophyll cells of sorghum. Journal of Experimental Botany 64, 807‐813 S Covshoff, TE Hughes, R Smith‐Unna, S Kelly, M Szecowka, KJ Bailey, TL Sage, JA Pachebat, RC Leegood and JM Hibberd (2016) A blueprint from the C4 weed Echinochloa glabrescens for C4 photosynthesis in the rice paddy. Plant Physiology 170, 57‐73 KJ Bailey and RC Leegood (2016) Nitrogen recycling from the xylem in rice leaves: Dependence upon metabolism and associated changes in xylem hydraulics. Journal of Experimental Botany 67, 2901‐2911 MR Lundgren, P‐A Christin, EG Escobar, BS Ripley, G Besnard, C Long, PW Hattersley, RP Ellis, RC Leegood and CP Osborne (2016) Evolutionary implications of C3‐C4 intermediates in the grass Alloteropsis semialata. Plant, Cell and Environment 10.1111/pce.12665