Chris J. Leaver Fellowship

JIF is delighted the fellowship, named in recognition of Professor Chris Leaver’s service as a trustee of JIF for 30 years from 1987 to 2017, has been awarded to David Seung.

David will be exploring starch granule initiation in Arabidopsis leaves and cereal endosperm.  The fellowship runs for 5 years and formally commenced on 1st January 2019.