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Dr Amma Simon is a Research Associate at the School of Life Sciences, Keele University, actively contributing to the project Hijacking immunity: winners and losers in dual pest and pathogen attacks on a shared host in collaboration with the University of Nottingham School of Biosciences and School of Pharmacy. Her expertise bridges entomology, chemical ecology, and plant defense mechanisms.
- BSc (Hons) Biology - Royal Holloway, University of London
- MSc Mycorrhizae-Wheat-Aphid Interactions - Royal Holloway, University of London
- PhD (2019) - University of Nottingham and Rothamsted Research
Research focuses on aphid ecology and tritrophic interactions, examining plant defense mechanisms against pests and pathogens through chemical ecology, metabolomics, and molecular biology. Her work investigates how ancestral wheat varieties demonstrate natural resistance to aphids and how mycorrhizal associations influence susceptibility.
Key article themes include aphid resistance screening, plant immunity dynamics, and insect-plant-microbe interactions, with recent publications addressing virus transmission reduction through resistant wheat varieties and temporal resistance mechanisms.
Current affiliations:
- Research Associate - Toby Bruce Lab Group, Keele University
- BBSRC-funded Collaborative Project - University of Nottingham
