Malcolm Bennett, a Fellow of the Royal Society, is Professor of Plant Science at the University of Nottingham.
[1] He obtained his BSc in biochemistry with Molecular Biology from the University of Manchester Institute of Science and Technology in 1985 His PhD was from the University of Warwick in 1989.
[4] Bennett's research is focused on the ’hidden half of plants,’ exploring how roots grow, develop and adapt to their soil environment.
His group has characterised many of the regulatory signals, genes and molecular mechanisms that control root growth and developmental responses.
Bennett is co-director of the Hounsfield Facility which uses X-ray based microCT to non-invasively image roots in soil.