Christopher Bell

PhD student at University of Oxford

Oxford, England, United Kingdom

About

I am a DPhil student at the University of Oxford investigating the ability of plants to adapt their growth according to the varying environmental conditions. In particular, I work on exploring the mechanisms that integrate the information about energy availability in the plants into a growth decision in the shoot apical meristem. In the long term, a better understanding of these complex signalling mechanisms will contribute to the improvement of crop plants and thereby help to tackle the world’s upcoming climate challenges.

Experience

  • University of Oxford (Oxford, England, Vereinigtes Königreich)
    • PhD Student in Biology
      Oct 2023 - Present · 2 yrs 9 mos

      PhD student in Molecular Plant Biology, investigating how plants adjust their growth to changing environmental conditions.

    • OUBT Consultant
      Oct 2025 - Mar 2026 · 6 mos

      Team Lead for the Student Consulting Group at the Oxford University Biotech Society. Leading a multidisciplinary team delivering strategic insights for a major biotech client.

  • Resarch Project at ITQB NOVA
    May 2025 - Jun 2025 · 2 mos

    International Research stay at the ITQB NOVA research facility. Investigating the molecular links between changing environmental conditions and adjusted plant development and growth

  • Research Project at Università degli Studi di Milano
    Apr 2023 - Jun 2023 · 3 mos

    Investigating long-distance Ca2+ signalling in plants in response to low oxygen stress

  • Werkstudent at COMPO EXPERT GmbH
    May 2022 - Feb 2023 · 10 mos

    Werkstudent international product management

  • Research Project at Department of Biological and Environmental Sciences, University of Gothenburg
    Oct 2019 - Dec 2019 · 3 mos

    Characterising salt-tolerant wheat lines in collaboration with farmers in Bangladesh to tackle local flooding challenges