He obtained both his undergraduate degree and Ph.D in biochemistry at University College London investigating aspects of phosphate metabolism of plants, with special reference to the action of growth hormones on Avena.
He also, after invitation, spent periods of time as visiting professor at other universities in the Americas and Europe usually providing up to 20 lectures.
[10] It dictated that biology was constructed from systems or network which were all interconnected and these connections gave rise to novel properties of organisms and populations.
[citation needed] Trewavas submitted written evidence to the Science and Technology Select Committee of the UK Parliament in April 2013.
[17] He is named by the Institute for Scientific Information as in the most highly cited author group in the field of animal and plant Sciences.