Principal investigator

Dr Saima Shahid

Dr Saima Shahid

Lecturer | Plants, Photosynthesis and Soil Cluster
School of Biosciences, University of Sheffield
Office: C62, Alfred Denny Building
Lab: C45, Alfred Denny Building

Saima’s CV

Current members

Amelia Lyons

PhD researcher (2026 - )

— University of Sheffield

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Amelia is a new PhD student at Sheffield, co-supervised by Jurriaan Ton and Luke Dunning. Her project focuses on investigating mechanisms underlying dynamic epigenomic reprogramming and host adaptation in plant parasitism.

Alumni

Jen Crooks

Integrated MS student (2025-26)

— University of Sheffield

Deiniol Owen

Integrated MS student (2025-26)

— University of Sheffield

Jackson Grimes

Undergraduate researcher (2023)

— Oklahoma State University

Amna Dar

Undergraduate researcher (2023)

— Oklahoma State University

Megan Adler

MS student (2023-26)

— NSF GRFP fellow, OSU

Reese Jackson

Undergraduate researcher (2023)

— Oklahoma State University

Zoe Hester

Undergraduate researcher (2023)

— Oklahoma State University

Beth Brandt

Undergraduate researcher (2023)

— Oklahoma State University