Eirini Kaiserli (PI) was born and educated on the island of Kos, Greece and became interested in Plant Biology and Photobiology during her Undergraduate degree at the University of Glasgow, UK. One of the most defining points in her academic path was the award of the Sainsbury Undergraduate Studentship from the Gatsby Foundation to work at one of the leading Plant Photobiology labs at Carnegie Institution of Washington at Stanford University in California. This research experience inspired her to pursue a PhD on “UV-B perception” at the lab of Professor Gareth I Jenkins at the University of Glasgow, UK followed by a Human Frontier Science Program post-doctoral fellowship on “Light signal integration” at the lab of Professor Joanne Chory, an inspiring Woman in Science role model and Howard Hughes Medical Investigator at the Salk Institute in San Diego, California. Eirini joined the School of Molecular Biosciences at the University of Glasgow to start her research group as a Lord Kelvin Adam Smith Fellow in 2013, received tenure in 2016 and was promoted to Senior Lecturer (Associate Professor) in 2019, just before the onset of her maternity leave. In addition to directing a research group, Eirini delivers lectures, tutorials, lab classes, supervises and mentors undergraduate and postgraduate students on subjects related to Molecular, Cellular and Plant Biology. Eirini is a Gatsby Plant Science Advisor and Mentor, a member of internal and external professional committees, editorial boards and mentoring schemes and promotes knowledge exchange by participating and organising international conferences and science communication events.

The Kaiserli lab has been fortunate to host and train very talented and enthusiastic early career researchers from diverse backgrounds that have contributed to the cultural and scientific diversity of the Plant Science Group and the University of Glasgow. Our lab aims to promote collegiality, research integrity, collaboration and career progression. Our research focuses on investigating “How light and temperature control plant growth and development at the chromatin level”.