Prof Richard Beckett
Professor
- 031 260 5141
- Beckett@ukzn.ac.za
- PhD, BSc (Hons)
- Botany
- Pietermaritzburg campus
Richard Beckett is Professor of Botany at the School of Life Sciences. Prof Beckett’s research interest lies in the stress physiology of lichens, bryophytes, poikilohydric higher plants and seeds. He has published over 100 journal research articles, including major review articles and chapters in books. His articles have been cited well over two thousand times. He is currently associate editor of the Journal of Bryology and the Lichenologist, the leading journals in his discipline.
Research interests
The stress physiology of lichens, bryophytes, poikilohydric higher plants