BSc (1981) University of Essex; PhD (1984) University of Sheffield Post-Doctoral Research Assistant (1984-1987), University of Keele, UK Post-Doctoral Research Fellow (1987-1991), Universitat Bayreuth, FRG Lecturer, Senior Lecturer, Reader and currently Professor of Plant Physiology in Department of Animal and Plant Sciences, University of Sheffield (1991-present)

Research interests are focused on plant carbohydrate metabolism with a specific interest in photosynthesis. We have a general interest in understanding the biochemical and molecular basis of plant responses to their environment (e.g. CO2, light, nutrients), how this is signaled and the subsequent effects on both cellular metabolism and plant development. More recently we have employed new technologies (micro array and mass spectrometry) to widen our understanding of the regulation of plant processes.

Fletcher BJ, Brentnall SJ, Quick WP and David J. Beerling (2006) BRYOCARB: A process-based model of thallose liverwort carbon isotope fractionation in response toCO(2), O-2, light and temperature. GEOCHIMICA ET COSMOCHIMICA ACTA 70 (23): 5676-5691. Maxime Caillau and W. Paul Quick (2005) New insights into plant transaldolase. Plant Journal (Available on line, June publication) Charles J. Baxter, Mohammed Sabar, W. Paul Quick and Lee J. Sweetlove (2005) Comparison of changes in fruit gene expression in an introgression line population of tomato plants provides evidence of genome-wide transcriptional changes and reveals links to mapped QTL's and described traits. J. Exp. Bot 56; 1591-1604. Charles J. Baxter, Sarah Overy, W. Paul Quick and Lee J. Sweetlove (2005) Fruit carbohydrate metabolism in an introgression line of tomato with increased fruit soluble solids. Plant Cell Environ. (In Press) R.Dunn, S. Overy, W. Quick (2005) Evaluation of Automated Electrospray-TOF Mass Spectrometry for Metabolite Fingerprinting. Metabolomics 1; 137-148 S.A. Overy1, H.J. Walker1, S. Malone1, T.P. Howard1, C.J. Baxter2, L.J. Sweetlove2, S.A. Hill2 and W.P. Quick1. (2005) Application of metabolite profiling to the identification of traits in a population of tomato introgression lines. J Exp Bot 56 (410): 287-296 C. Kate Castleden, Naohiro Aoki, Vanessa J. Gillespie, Elspeth A. MacRae, W.Paul Quick, Peter Buchner, Christine H. Foyer, Robert T. Furbank, John E. (2004) Evolution and function of sucrose phosphate synthase in wheat. Plant Physiology 135 (3): 1753-1764