Sebastian Eves-van den Akker

Biography

Sebastian Eves-van den Akker is a geneticist with an interest in inter-kingdom communication. He investigates the genes that control a dialogue between kingdoms of life: the two-way molecular communication between plants and their parasites. The outcome of this communication dictates plant organ development, animal sex determination, and ultimately human food security. Sebastian received his B. Sc. in Biology (2007-2010) from the University of Leeds, and his Ph. D. in Plant-Pathology (2010-2014) from the University of Leeds and the James Hutton Institute. In late 2014, Sebastian was awarded an Anniversary Future Leaders Fellowship from the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC) to pursue independent research at the University of Dundee and the John Innes Centre (2015-2018). In 2018, he was awarded a BBSRC David Phillips Fellowship, a Research Fellowship at King’s College, and appointed Head of Group in the Department of Plant Sciences at the University of Cambridge. In 2021 he was awarded a Crop Science Centre Fellowship at the University of Cambridge, and an Official Fellowship at King’s College Cambridge.