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Christine Helen Foyer is a Professor of Plant Sciences at the University of Birmingham, UK. She holds a BSc (Honours) from the University of Portsmouth (1974) and a PhD from King's College, London (1977). Her career includes roles as Research Director at INRA (France), Head of Department at Rothamsted Research, and academic positions at Newcastle University, Leeds University, and Birmingham. She specializes in plant metabolism, redox regulation, and stress responses in crops like wheat, soybean, and maize.
Research focuses on redox signaling, plant responses to abiotic and biotic stresses, and improving crop resilience. She leads five PhD students exploring topics like cysteine proteases, carrot blackening, and heat tolerance in Amazonian trees. Awards include the Redox Pioneer (2011), Founders Award (2011), and honorary professorships in France, South Africa, and Australia.
Professional roles include Editorships for *Plant, Cell & Environment* and the Biochemical Journal, as well as leadership in international societies like the American Society of Plant Biologists and the Federation of European Plant Societies. Her >400 publications include landmark studies on ascorbate-glutathione cycles and stress signaling, cited over 96,000 times (H-index 96).
