Andrew Lloyd

Andrew Lloyd is a group leader and UKRI Future Leaders Fellow at the Institute of Biological, Environmental & Rural Sciences (IBERS), Aberystwyth University. His research focuses on harnessing genetic mechanisms to accelerate plant breeding technologies.

• Key Research Areas: Polyploidy, Meiosis, DNA Repair, Gene Editing, and Plant Breeding.
• Projects:
  • UKRI-funded initiative to modulate recombination (2025–2028)
  • Royal Society's PolyPaints project (2023)
  • Medical Research Council grant (2021–2025)

Lloyd's work explores how chromosomal processes generate evolutionary raw material. His team develops tools for agricultural improvement, particularly in Arabidopsis and Brassica species. Recent studies include AI-driven phenotyping and homoeologous crossover analysis.

• Scientific Recognitions:
  • UKRI Future Leaders Fellow
  • Welsh Government's 'Future Star' Award

Lloyd actively collaborates with institutions such as the National Institutes of Health, CNRS, and Queen's University Belfast, while advising PhD students in plant genetics research.