Awards
- Coincy Medal, Botanical Society of France, 2015
- Reuter’s World’s Most Influential Scientific Minds, Reuter, 2015
- Royal Society Wolfson Research Merit Award, The Royal Society, 2009
- ERC Advanced Grant, European Research Council, 2008
- Bicentenary Medal of the Linnean Society, Linnean Society, 2006
External Positions
- Royal Society Challenge Grants Panel Member, Royal Society, 2016
- Royal Society Commonwealth Science Conference Grants Committee, Royal Society, 2016
- Royal Society Newton Fellowships Panel, Royal Society, 2014
- Royal Society International Networks Committee, Royal Society, 2013
- Panel Member, NERC Peer Review College (2008-)
Links with Other Academic Bodies
- Mentor, African Academy of Sciences, 2019
- Distinguished Visiting Professor, University of Johannesburg, 2017
- Associate, Royal Botanical Gardens, Kew
Fellowships
- Research Fellowship, The Leverhulme Trust, 2016 - 2018
- Fellow of the Zoological Society of London, Zoological Society of London, 2015
- EMBO Fellow, European Molecular Biology Organisation, 2014
- Fellow of the Royal Society of Biology (FRSB), Royal Society of Biology, 2009
- Honorary Research Fellow, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, 2007
- Fellow of the Linnean Society of London (FLS), Linnean Society of London, 2006
Editorial Boards
- Botany Letters, Associate Editor, 2012
- Systematic Biology, Associate Editor, 2004