University lecturer

Focus on: Associate professor of botany

Alastair Culham
University of Reading
Full time, salary up to £65k
Reading

I’ve loved plants since childhood. My job gives me the chance to communicate that enthusiasm to thousands of students and researchers worldwide through teaching, training new researchers, and through publication of scientific papers, popular articles and social media posts.

Working in a university environment is highly collaborative and I am surrounded by enthusiasts in many different disciplines.

I have worked with pharmacists on medicinal plants, chemists on crop plants, psychologists on houseplants, horticulturists on garden plants and ecologists on wild plants. Last year I launched the My Green Study project to promote houseplant horticulture by students.