BSc (Hons), Molecular Biology, University of Hertfordshire, 2001 PhD, Plant Molecular Biology, University of Hertfordshire, 2005 Research Fellow, University of Aberdeen, 2005-2013 Lecturer, University of Aberdeen, 2013-present

My research interests include the accumulation and distribution of elements in plants and their impact on human health and food security, with a focus on arsenic and beneficial minerals such as zinc. I have been integrating elemental concentrations with genetic mapping, genomics, and transcriptomics, with the aim of identifying genes and the mechanisms responsible for the accumulation of elements in plants. I also have an interest in understanding the processes involved in arsenic (and other metals) cycling in the environment.

Chowdhury, MTA., Deacon, CM., Jones, GD., Huq, SMI., Williams, PN., Hoque, AFMM., Winkel, LHE., Price, AH., Norton, GJ. & Meharg, AA. 'Arsenic in Bangladeshi soils related to physiographic region, paddy management, and mirco- and macro-elemental status'. Science of the Total Environment. DOI: [ONLINE] DOI: 10.1016/J.SCITOTENV.2016.11.191 Norton, GJ., Shafaei, M., Travis, AJ., Deacon, CM., Danku, J., Pond, D., Cochrane, N., Lockhart, K., Salt, D., Zhang, H., Dodd, IC., Hossain, M., Islam, MR. & Price, AH. 'Impact of alternate wetting and drying on rice physiology, grain production, and grain quality'. Field Crops Research, vol 205, pp. 1-13. Mollon, LC., Norton, GJ., Trakal, L., Moreno-Jimenez, E., Elouali, FZ., Hough, RL. & Beesley, L. (2016). 'Mobility and toxicity of heavy metal(loid)s arising from contaminated wood ash application to a pasture grassland soil'. Environmental Pollution, vol 218, pp. 419-427. DOI:[ONLINE] DOI: 10.1016/J.ENVPOL.2016.07.021 Newth, JL., Rees, EC., Cromie, RL., McDonald, RA., Bearhop, S., Pain, DJ., Norton, GJ., Deacon, C. & Hilton, GM. (2016). 'Widespread exposure to lead affects the body condition of free-living whooper swans Cygnus cygnus wintering in Britain'. Environmental Pollution, vol 209, pp. 60-67. DOI: [ONLINE] DOI: 10.1016/J.ENVPOL.2015.11.007 Travis, AJ., Norton, GJ., Datta, S., Sarma, R., Dasgupta, T., Savio, FL., Macaulay, M., Hedley, PE., McNally, KL., Sumon, MH., Islam, MR. & Price, AH. (2015). 'Assessing the genetic diversity of rice originating from Bangladesh, Assam and West Bengal'. Rice, vol 8, no. 1, 35. DOI: [ONLINE] DOI: 10.1186/S12284-015-0068-Z [ONLINE] AURA: S12284_015_0068_Z.PDF Norton, GJ., Deacon, CM., Mestrot, A., Feldmann, J., Jenkins, P., Baskaran, C. & Meharg, AA. (2015). 'Cadmium and lead in vegetable and fruit produce selected from specific regional areas of the UK'. Science of the Total Environment, vol 533, pp. 520-527. DOI: [ONLINE] DOI: 10.1016/J.SCITOTENV.2015.06.130 Dixit, G., Singh, AP., Kumar, AK., Singh, PK., Kumar, S., Dwivedi, S., Trivedi, PK., Pandey, V., Norton, GJ., Dhankher, OP. & Tripathi, RD. (2015). 'Sulfur mediated reduction of arsenic toxicity involves efficient thiol metabolism and the antioxidant defense system in rice'. Journal of Hazardous Materials, vol 298, pp. 241-251. DOI: [ONLINE] DOI: 10.1016/J.JHAZMAT.2015.06.008 Talukdar, P., Douglas, A., Price, AH. & Norton, GJ. (2015). 'Biallelic and Genome Wide Association Mapping of Germanium Tolerant Loci in Rice (Oryza sativa L.)'. PLoS ONE, vol 10, no. 9, 0137577. DOI: [ONLINE] DOI: 10.1371/JOURNAL.PONE.0137577 [ONLINE] AURA: JOURNAL.PONE.0137577.PDF Hu, Y., Norton, GJ., Duan, G., Huang, Y. & Liu, Y. (2014). 'Effect of selenium fertilization on the accumulation of cadmium and lead in rice plants'. Plant and Soil, vol 384, no. 1-2, pp. 131-140. DOI: [ONLINE] DOI: 10.1007/S11104-014-2189-3 Meharg, AA., Williams, PN., Deacon, CM., Norton, GJ., Hossain, MK., Louhing, D., Marwa, EM., Lawgalwi, Y., Taggart, MA., Cascio, C. & Haris, P. (2014). 'Urinary excretion of arsenic following rice consumption'. Environmental Pollution, vol 194, pp. 181-187. DOI: [ONLINE] DOI: 10.1016/J.ENVPOL.2014.07.031