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Katherine Steele

Katherine Steele

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 https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4896-8857

Accepting PhD Students

PhD projects

Genetic analysis of rice, barley, tomato or potato. Enquiries welcome.

20002025

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Contact Info

Room: G5 Thoday Building, School of Environmental &. Natural Sciences

Tel: 01248 388655 (from U.K.)  +44 1248 388655 (International)

Overview

Katherine Steele is a Reader in Sustainable Crop Production and Director of Impact & Engagement for the School of Environmental and Natural Sciences (SENS) at Bangor University. Dr Steele’s research investigates genetic diversity, quantitative trait inheritance, and molecular markers for crop improvement. She also leads projects with industry partners seeking to develop disease‑resistant, stress‑tolerant or resource‑efficient varieties of rice, barley, tomato or potato. This work has led to new rice varieties in India and Nepal and new tomato hybrids in Europe.

Responsibilities within Bangor University

As Director of Impact & Engagement for SENS, Dr Steele leads the School's strategy to deliver societal impact through research. She serves on the School's Management and Research Committees, the College Impact Committee, and the Henfaes Research Centre Committee. She contributes to three College Research Groups:

Agriculture, Food and the Environment

Evolution, Development and Molecular Biology

Microbiology and Biotechnology

Research

Dr Steele led the Breeding Workpackage on an Innovate UK-funded project Transformative Reduced Input Potatoes (TRIP) with Dyson Farming Ltd., The James Hutton Institute, Emerald Research, Light Science Technologies and The Sarvari Research Trust (Sarpo Potatoes). 

Teaching and Supervision

Teaching: Dr Steele is the module organiser for DXX‑3701 (Dissertation), ENS 2203 (Plant Diversity and Conservation) and ENS‑3208 (Applied Botany), and contributes to other modules to teach plant science, conservation, genetics and research design.

Research Supervision: Dr Steele supervises PhD and Masters research in plant genetics, genomics and sustainable production and welcomes enquiries.

Current/Recent PostGraduate Research supervised:

  • Rabia Nawab - Commonwealth Scholar (split site) - Can mychosynthesised nanoparticles control alternaria infection in tomato?
  • Elsie Olatunji - Analysis of tomato early blight caused by  Alternaria species.
  • Mahnoor Akbar - Commonwealth Scholar (split-site) Potential use of mycosynthesised iron oxide nanoparticles for use in the control of post-harvest infections
  • Tim Beard - KESS 2 (With Sarvari Research Trust) Tomato early blight - identification of genetic sources of resistance to Alternaria solani
  • Kamran Yaqoob - Commonwealth Scholar (split-site) Identification of Genetic Variations of Wx Alleles for Diversified Starch Composition and Glycemic Index of Pakistani Rice Cultivars
  • Beverly Agesa - AHDB Screening and performance of phosphorus efficient cereal cultivars for future food security 
  • Anastasia Atucha Zamkova –KESS (With Maelor Forest Nursery) Identifying molecular markers for frost tolerance in Sitka Spruce (Picea sitchensis)

 

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Education/Academic qualification

Postgraduate, Professional, Postgraduate Certificate in Teaching in Higher Education, Bangor University

Award Date: 31 Jul 2006

Postgraduate, PhD, Molecular Plant Pathology, University of Nottingham

Award Date: 8 Jul 1998

Postgraduate, MSc, Applied Genetics, University of Birmingham

Award Date: 16 Dec 1994

Undergraduate, BSc, Biology, University of Nottingham

Award Date: 15 Jul 1993

Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals

In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):

  1. SDG 2 - Zero Hunger
    SDG 2 Zero Hunger
  2. SDG 12 - Responsible Consumption and Production
    SDG 12 Responsible Consumption and Production

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