Dr Erica Hawkins

Erica’s research aims to develop an understanding of starch biosynthesis at the molecular level.

She is currently working in the lab of Dr David Seung, having previously been a PhD student in the lab of Profesoor Cathie Martin and Dr Jelena Gavrilovic (UEA) looking at the development of tomato as a biofactory for medicinal plant compounds and understanding their medicinal activity in humans.