Dr. Alison R. Taylor

CURRICULUM VITAE

NAME: Alison R. Taylor
ADDRESS: Marine Biological Association Tel: 01752 663339
The Laboratory Fax: 01752 633102
Citadel Hill email: arta@mba.ac.uk Plymouth, PL1 2PB
QUALIFICATIONS:
1985 B.Sc.(Hons) 2(ii) Biological Science, University of Leicester, Leicester, England.
1991 Ph.D. Neurobiology, Oxford Brookes University, Oxford, England.
POSITIONS HELD:
Current: Marine Biological Association Research Fellow, Marine Biological Association, UK. Phytoplankton Physiology.
1999-2001: Leverhulme Special Research Fellow, Marine Biological Association, UK. Electrophysiological investigation of ion transport in calcifying marine phytoplankton. Mechanisms of iron acquisition in marine phytoplankton.
1998-1999: Postdoctoral researcher, Marine Biological Association, UK. Electrophysiological study of nutrient acquisition in marine phytoplankton (Dr Colin Brownlee).
1996-1998: Postdoctoral researcher, University of California, Davis, USA. Developing ion-sensitive microelectrode techniques and using transgenic plants to study ammonium and nitrate transport processes in root cells (Dr Arnold Bloom).
1993-1996: Postdoctoral researcher, Marine Biological Association, UK. Role of ion channels during development and osmotic stress in plants (Dr Colin Brownlee).
1993: Visiting scholar, Harvard University, USA. Signal transduction of the light stimulated plasma membrane proton pump in Vicia faba guard cells (Dr Sally Assmann).
1990-1993: Postdoctoral researcher, Marine Biological Association, UK. Ion channel activity during egg activation and early development in the marine alga Fucus (Dr. Colin Brownlee).
1987-1989: Research technician, Brookes University, Oxford, UK. Electrophysiological studies of the insect gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA) receptor (Professor David Beadle).
PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIP
Marine Biological Association,
British Phycological Society- member of Council and editor of The Phycologist,
British Association for the Advancement of Science,
American Association of Plant Biologists,
American Association of Limnology and Oceanography,
Phycological Society of America.
AWARDS
Leverhulme Trust Special Research Fellowship August 1999-July 2001