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Background - Steven Dodsworth (PI)

• 2018-present - Senior Lecturer in Environmental Science - University of Bedfordshire
• 2018-present - Visiting Researcher - Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
• 2017-2018 - Visiting Lecturer - University of Bedfordshire
• 2016-2018 - Senior Researcher (Phylogenomics) - Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
• 2015-2016 - Phylogenomics Research Fellow - Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew 

• 2012-2015 - PhD Biological Sciences (funded by NERC) - Queen Mary, University of London
• 2013 - MA (Plant Sciences) - Magdalene College, University of Cambridge
• 2011-2012 - MSc Performance Science: Distinction - Royal College of Music, London
• 2009-2011 - MRes Biosystematics (funded by NERC): Merit - Imperial College London
• 2006-2009 - BA (Hons) Natural Sciences (Plant Sciences): Double First - Magdalene College, University of Cambridge
• 2006 - Digitisation Officer and Herbarium Officer - Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew

Scholarships, Prizes and Roles:
Magdalene College Prizes for Biological Natural Sciences (2008 & 2009)
Magdalene College Scholar (2008) and Bundy Scholar (2009)
Emily Holmes Memorial Scholar, RBG Kew (2013 and 2014)
Postgraduate Representative for Organismal Biology, SBCS, QMUL (2013-2015)
QMUL Winning Words writing competition - 2nd Prize, Science and Engineering Faculty (2014)
QMUL Music Scholar (2014 and 2015)
ABTA Doctoral Researcher Awards 2015 - Honourable Mention (Finalist)
Council Member of the Systematics Association (2016-19)



Editing and Reviewing:
Associate Editor for Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society
Associate Editor for Systematics and Biodiversity
Reviewer for: Heredity, New Phytologist, Annals of Botany, Plant Journal, Genome Biology and Evolution, Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society, Scientific Reports.

Research Funding:
Coulthurst Scholarship for Scientific Research and Nuffield Undergraduate Research Bursary (2008-2009)
NERC Masters Studentship (2009-10) and NERC Doctoral Training Grant (2012-2015)
Botanical Research Fund (2013)
Emily Holmes Memorial Scholarship Awards (2013-14)
Linnean Society Bursary (2015)
Garfield Weston Foundation Fellowship (2015-16)