Rowena Hill

I am a postdoctoral researcher based at the Earlham Institute in Norwich, UK.

My research interests are on the diversity and evolution of fungi, in particular of the largest phylum in the fungal kingdom: the Ascomycota. It is an extremely diverse group which includes animal and plant pathogens, lichens, decayers and many other cryptic lifestyles.

I completed my PhD at the Royal Botanic Gardens Kew, where I first became interested in using genetic data to try to understand how different fungi that associate with plants have evolved to become both beneficial partners and harmful pathogens, which has major implications in economic and ecological issues relating to plant health.