Master of De Tao Academy - Songjiao, Shanghai China BSc Biological Sciences - University of Leicester

PhD Agricultural Botany - University of Wales, Aberystwyth (Welsh Plant Breeding Station)

Professor of Plant Physiology - University of Plymouth Visiting Professor - University of Angers, France (1991) Visiting Professor - University of Southern Queensland, Australia (2006) Visiting Scientist - The Leslie Research Institute, Department for Primary Industries, Queensland, Australia (2006)

Professional membership

Fellow of the Royal Society of Biology

Executive Committee Member of UK Council for Graduate Education (UKCGE)

Trustee - UK Conbtrolled Environment Users Group

Trustee - Vegetable Research Fund

1979- Member, Society for Experimental Biology.

1980- Member, Association of Applied Biology

1989- Member, Horticultural Research Association.

1995- Member, International Association of Plant Tissue and Cell Culture

2000- Member of International Society for Horticultural Science

2002- Member of The Scientific Alliance

Plant Stress Physiology - frost tolerance, ice nucleation, infrared thermal imaging, salt tolerance, drought tolerance

Plant Biotechnology - plant tissue culture, molecular biology

Crop Physiology and Agronomy - physiology of vegetable crops and cereals, climate change physiology, glasshouse crop physiology

Al-Issawi M, Rihan HZ, Al-Shmgani H & Fuller MP 2016 'Molybdenum application enhances antioxidant enzyme activity and COR15a protein expression under cold stress in wheat' Journal of Plant Interactions 11, (1) 5-10 , DOI PEARL Dewir YH, El Mahrouk ME, Rihan HZ, Sáez CA & FULLER MP 2015 'Antioxidative capacity and electrolyte leakage in healthy versus phytoplasma infected tissues of Euphorbia coerulescens and Orbea gigantean' Journal of Plant Physiology and Pathology 3 (1), PEARL Al-Issawi M, Rihan HZ, Mahdi UH & Fuller MP 2015 'Frost Hardiness of Iraqi Wheat genotypes' Diyalal Agricultural Sciences Journal 7 (1), PEARL Fahdel F, Jellings AJ, Kennedy S & Fuller MP 2015 'Genotypic resistance to brown heart incidence in swede parent lines and F1 hybrids and the influence of applied boron' Journal of Agricultural Science (Cambridge) , DOI PEARL Sakr MT, El-Sarkassy NM & Fuller MP 2015 'MINIMIZATION THE EFFECTS OF SALT STRESS ON SWEET PEPPER PLANTS BY EXOGENOUS PROTECTANTS APPLICATION' ZagaZig Journal of Agricultural Botany 42 (6), 1396-1410 PEARL Metwali EMR, Soliman HIA, Fuller MP, Al-Zahrani HS & Howladar SM 2015 'Molecular cloning and expression of a vacuolar Na+/H+ antiporter gene (AgNHX1) in fig (Ficus carica L.) under salt stress' Plant Cell, Tissue and Organ Culture (PCTOC) 123, (2) 377-387 , DOI PEARL Dewir YH, El-Mahrouk ME, Al-Shmgani HS, Rihan HZ, da Silva JAT & Fuller MP 2015 'Photosynthetic and biochemical characterization of in vitro-derived African violet (Saintpaulia ionantha H. Wendl) plants to ex vitro conditions' Journal of Plant Interactions 10:1, 101-108 , DOI PEARL Rihan HZ, Al-Issawi M, Al-Shamari M, Elmahrouk M & Fuller MP 2015 'PLANT ABIOTIC STRESS TOLERANCE ANALYSIS IN CAULIFLOWER USING A CURD MICROPROPAGATION SYSTEM' Acta Horticulturae (1083) 43-52 , DOI PEARL Rihan HZ, Al-Shamari M, Al-Swedi F, Burchett S & Fuller MP 2015 'The Effect of Sugar Type, Source and Concentration on Cauliflower (Brassica oleracea var. botrytis) Microshoot Production' II INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM ON HORTICULTURE IN EUROPE 1099, 87-94 Author Site PEARL