Dr Alex Johnson
Alex is a lecturer at the University of Melbourne, School of Botany, where he runs a laboratory exploring several areas of plant nutrition and leads a project aimed at the development of rice varieties with increased concentrations of iron in the white rice grain. He has a Master of Science and PhD from Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University in the US. He has held postdoctoral positions at the University of Cambridge, Department of Plant Sciences, and ACPFG Adelaide, where he researched genetic mechanisms underlying salinity tolerance and nutrient transport in plants.
