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Dr Phillip Davey

Senior Specialist Technician
School of Life Sciences
Dr Phillip Davey
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    +44 (0) 1206 873769

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    3SW.6.23, Colchester Campus

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Biography

2002- Departmental Technician 1999 2002 Postdoctoral Researcher (University of Illinois) 1992 1999 Ph.D. (Part time) (University of Essex) 1992 1999 Research Assistant (University of Essex) 1991 1992 M.Sc. (University of Essex) 1988 1991 B.Sc. hons (University of Plymouth) Wall, S., Lemonnier, P., Milliken, A. L., Davey, P., & Lawson, T. (2024). Simultaneous and Independent Abaxial and Adaxial Gas Exchange Measurements. In Methods in Molecular Biology (pp. 63-76). Springer US. doi:10.1007/978-1-0716-3790-6_4 Milliken, A. L., Fan, M., Mathan, J., Davey, P., & Lawson, T. (2024). Measuring Nonfoliar Photosynthesis. In Methods in Molecular Biology (pp. 77-94). Springer US. doi:10.1007/978-1-0716-3790-6_5 Davey, P., & Lawson, T. (2024). Measurements of Carbon Assimilation in Aquatic Systems. In Methods in Molecular Biology (pp. 95-120). Springer US. doi:10.1007/978-1-0716-3790-6_6 Chen, T., Hojka, M., Davey, P., Sun, Y., Dykes, G. F., Zhou, F., . . . Liu, L. -N. (n.d.). Engineering a-carboxysomes into plant chloroplasts to support autotrophic photosynthesis. Nature Communications, 14(1). doi:10.1038/s41467-023-37490-0 Chen, T., Riaz, S., Davey, P., Zhao, Z., Sun, Y., Dykes, G. F., . . . Liu, L. -N. (2023). Producing fast and active Rubisco in tobacco to enhance photosynthesis. The Plant Cell, 35(2), 795-807. doi:10.1093/plcell/koac348 Wall, S., Vialet-Chabrand, S., Davey, P., Van Rie, J., Galle, A., Cockram, J., & Lawson, T. (2022). Stomata on the abaxial and adaxial leaf surface contribute differently to leaf gas exchange and photosynthesis in wheat.. New Phytologist, 235(5), 1743-1756. doi:10.1111/nph.18257 Santos, M. G., Davey, P. A., Hofmann, T. A., Borland, A., Hartwell, J., & Lawson, T. (2021). Stomatal Responses to Light, CO2, and Mesophyll Tissue in Vicia faba and Kalanchoë fedtschenkoi. Frontiers in Plant Science, 12. doi:10.3389/fpls.2021.740534 Alvarez-Fernandez, R., Penfold, C. A., Galvez-Valdivieso, G., Exposito-Rodriguez, M., Stallard, E. J., Bowden, L., . . . Mullineaux, P. M. (n.d.). Time series transcriptomics reveals a BBX32-directed control of acclimation to high light in mature Arabidopsis leaves. The Plant Journal. doi:10.1111/tpj.15384 Boatman, T. G., Davey, P. A., Lawson, T., & Geider, R. J. (2019). CO2 modulation of the rates of photosynthesis and light-dependent O2 consumption in Trichodesmium. Journal of Experimental Botany, 70(2), 589-597. doi:10.1093/jxb/ery368 Boatman, T. G., Davey, P. A., Lawson, T., & Geider, R. J. (2018). The physiological cost of diazotrophy for Trichodesmium erythraeum IMS101. PLoS ONE, 13(4). doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0195638 Simkin, A. J., Lopez-Calcagno, P. E., Davey, P. A., Headland, L. R., Lawson, T., Timm, S., . . . Raines, C. A. (2017). Simultaneous stimulation of sedoheptulose 1,7-bisphosphatase, fructose 1,6-bisphophate aldolase and the photorespiratory glycine decarboxylase-H protein increases CO2 assimilation, vegetative biomass and seed yield in Arabidopsis. Plant Biotechnology Journal, 15(7), 805-816. doi:10.1111/pbi.12676 McAusland, L., Vialet-Chabrand, S., Davey, P., Baker, N. R., Brendel, O., & Lawson, T. (2016). Effects of kinetics of light-induced stomatal responses on photosynthesis and water-use efficiency. New Phytologist, 211(4), 1209-1220. doi:10.1111/nph.14000 Gorecka, M., Alvarez-Fernandez, R., Slattery, K., McAusland, L., Davey, P. A., Karpinski, S., . . . Mullineaux, P. M. (2014). Abscisic acid signalling determines susceptibility of bundle sheath cells to photoinhibition in high light-exposed Arabidopsis leaves. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 369(1640), 20130234. doi:10.1098/rstb.2013.0234 Lawson, T., Davey, P. A., Yates, S. A., Bechtold, U., Baeshen, M., Baeshen, N., . . . Mullineaux, P. M. (2014). C3 photosynthesis in the desert plant Rhazya stricta is fully functional at high temperatures and light intensities. New Phytologist, 201(3), 862-873. doi:10.1111/nph.12559 McAusland, L., Davey, P. A., Kanwal, N., Baker, N. R., & Lawson, T. (2013). A novel system for spatial and temporal imaging of intrinsic plant water use efficiency. Journal of Experimental Botany, 64(16), 4993-5007. doi:10.1093/jxb/ert288 McKew, B. A., Davey, P., Finch, S. J., Hopkins, J., Lefebvre, S. C., Metodiev, M. V., . . . Geider, R. J. (2013). The trade-off between the light-harvesting and photoprotective functions of fucoxanthin-chlorophyll proteins dominates light acclimation in Emiliania huxleyi (clone CCMP 1516). New Phytologist, 200(1), 74-85. doi:10.1111/nph.12373 Brading, P., Warner, M. E., Davey, P., Smith, D. J., Achterberg, E. P., & Suggett, D. J. (2011). Differential effects of ocean acidification on growth and photosynthesis among phylotypes of Symbiodinium (Dinophyceae). Limnology and Oceanography, 56(3), 927-938. doi:10.4319/lo.2011.56.3.0927 Suggett, D. J., Warner, M. E., Smith, D. J., Davey, P., Hennige, S., & Baker, N. R. (2008). PHOTOSYNTHESIS AND PRODUCTION OF HYDROGEN PEROXIDE BY SYMBIODINIUM (PYRRHOPHYTA) PHYLOTYPES WITH DIFFERENT THERMAL TOLERANCES1. Journal of Phycology, 44(4), 948-956. doi:10.1111/j.1529-8817.2008.00537.x DAVEY, P. A., OLCER, H., ZAKHLENIUK, O., BERNACCHI, C. J., CALFAPIETRA, C., LONG, S. P., & RAINES, C. A. (2006). Can fast-growing plantation trees escape biochemical down-regulation of photosynthesis when grown throughout their complete production cycle in the open air under elevated carbon dioxide?. Plant, Cell & Environment, 29(7), 1235-1244. doi:10.1111/j.1365-3040.2006.01503.x Gielen, B., Calfapietra, C., Lukac, M., Wittig, V. E., De Angelis, P., Janssens, I. A., . . . Scarascia-Mugnozza, G. E. (2005). Net carbon storage in a poplar plantation (POPFACE) after three years of free-air CO2 enrichment. Tree Physiology, 25(11), 1399-1408. doi:10.1093/treephys/25.11.1399 Pimentel, C., Davey, P. A., Juvik, J. A., & Long, S. P. (2005). Gene Loci in Maize Influencing Susceptibility to Chilling Dependent Photoinhibition of Photosynthesis. Photosynthesis Research, 85(3), 319-326. doi:10.1007/s11120-005-5738-z ROGERS, A., ALLEN, D. J., DAVEY, P. A., MORGAN, P. B., AINSWORTH, E. A., BERNACCHI, C. J., . . . LONG, S. P. (2004). Leaf photosynthesis and carbohydrate dynamics of soybeans grown throughout their life-cycle under Free-Air Carbon dioxide Enrichment. Plant, Cell & Environment, 27(4), 449-458. doi:10.1111/j.1365-3040.2004.01163.x Davey, P. A., Hunt, S., Hymus, G. J., DeLucia, E. H., Drake, B. G., Karnosky, D. F., & Long, S. P. (2004). Respiratory Oxygen Uptake Is Not Decreased by an Instantaneous Elevation of [CO2], But Is Increased with Long-Term Growth in the Field at Elevated [CO2]. Plant Physiology, 134(1), 520-527. doi:10.1104/pp.103.030569 Bernacchi, C. J., Calfapietra, C., Davey, P. A., Wittig, V. E., Scarascia-Mugnozza, G. E., Raines, C. A., & Long, S. P. (2003). Photosynthesis and stomatal conductance responses of poplars to free-air CO2 enrichment (PopFACE) during the first growth cycle and immediately following coppice. New Phytologist, 159(3), 609-621. doi:10.1046/j.1469-8137.2003.00850.x AINSWORTH, E. A., DAVEY, P. A., HYMUS, G. J., OSBORNE, C. P., ROGERS, A., BLUM, H., . . . LONG, S. P. (2003). Is stimulation of leaf photosynthesis by elevated carbon dioxide concentration maintained in the long term? A test with Lolium perenne grown for 10 years at two nitrogen fertilization levels under Free Air CO2Enrichment (FACE). Plant, Cell & Environment, 26(5), 705-714. doi:10.1046/j.1365-3040.2003.01007.x Mason, C. F., Underwood, G. J. C., Baker, N. R., Davey, P. A., Davidson, I., Hanlon, A., . . . Watson, A. (2003). The role of herbicides in the erosion of salt marshes in eastern England. Environmental Pollution, 122(1), 41-49. doi:10.1016/s0269-7491(02)00284-1 Ainsworth, E. A., Davey, P. A., Hymus, G. J., Drake, B. G., & Long, S. P. (2002). Long-Term Response of Photosynthesis to Elevated Carbon Dioxide in a Florida Scrub-Oak Ecosystem. Ecological Applications, 12(5), 1267. doi:10.2307/3099970 Ainsworth, E. A., Davey, P. A., Bernacchi, C. J., Dermody, O. C., Heaton, E. A., Moore, D. J., . . . Long, S. P. (2002). A meta-analysis of elevated [CO2] effects on soybean (Glycine max) physiology, growth and yield. Global Change Biology, 8(8), 695-709. doi:10.1046/j.1365-2486.2002.00498.x Davey, P. A., Parsons, A. J., Atkinson, L., Wadge, K., & Long, S. P. (1999). Does photosynthetic acclimation to elevated CO2 increase photosynthetic nitrogen-use efficiency? A study of three native UK grassland species in open-top chambers. Functional Ecology, 13(s1), 21-28. doi:10.1046/j.1365-2435.1999.00004.x STIRLING, C. M., DAVEY, P. A., WILLIAMS, T. G., & LONG, S. P. (1997). Acclimation of photosynthesis to elevated CO2 and temperature in five British native species of contrasting functional type. Global Change Biology, 3(3), 237-246. doi:10.1046/j.1365-2486.1997.00071.x

Research and professional activities

Research interests

Plant and Algal Physiology

Specifically;

Membrane inlet mass spectrometry

Photosynthetic gas exchange

LC MS/MS

Spectroradiometry

Vertical Farming

Contact

davp2@essex.ac.uk
+44 (0) 1206 873769

Location:

3SW.6.23, Colchester Campus