Dr Katherine Steele is a senior lecturer researching sustainable crop improvement to combat disease, drought and other stresses and deliver better nutritional value.
She studied biology and genetics and did post-doctoral work targeting international development. She has experience in farmer participatory research and technology transfer projects in India, Nepal, Uganda, Senegal and UK. Recent projects identified and tested new DNA markers for rice researchers.
Her work with Defra and the UK Food Standards agency has contributed to protocols for testing the authenticity of Basmati rice.
Katherine was Director of Impact for Bangor University's College of Environmental Sciences and Engineering, leading their submission of Impact Case Studies to REF 2021.
Experience
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–presentSenior Lecturer in Sustainable Crop Production, Bangor University
Education
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1998University of Nottingham, PhD Molecular Plant Pathology
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1994University of Birmingham, MSc Applied Genetics
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1993University of Nottingham, BSc Biology
Grants and Contracts
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2022KASP technology to improve new rice varieties and farmer livelihoods.
- Role:
- PI Bangor University
- Funding Source:
- Innovate UK
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2019Identification of biological assays to authenticate Basmati rice varieties
- Role:
- PI
- Funding Source:
- Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
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2016CAPACITATE East Africa
- Role:
- Lead Bangor University
- Funding Source:
- EU ACP Science and Technology Transfer Programme
- Website
- @kassteele
- Article Feed
- ORCID
- Joined
