Prof. Dr. Nigel G. Halford is a principal research scientist at Rothamsted Research. He studied the genes encoding a family of wheat seed proteins for his PhD while at Rothamsted Research in the 1980s, then spent 11 years at Long Ashton Research Station near Bristol before returning to the institute in 2002. His research concerns the genetics of metabolic regulation in crop plants, how plant metabolism is affected by environmental stress and crop management, and how it can be manipulated to improve crop yield, quality, and food safety. Prof. Nigel is a visiting professor at the Shanghai Academy of Agricultural Sciences, and he was awarded the Magnolia Silver Award by the Shanghai Municipal People’s Government in 2012. He is also a Special Professor at the University of Nottingham, a former member of the UK’s Advisory Committee for Animal Feedingstuffs (ACAF), and a Fellow of the Royal Society of Biology.
