Professor Colin Osborne

School of Biosciences

Professor of Plant Biology

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c.p.osborne@sheffield.ac.uk
C214, Alfred Denny Building

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Professor Colin Osborne
School of Biosciences
C214
Alfred Denny Building
Western Bank
Sheffield
S10 2TN
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Head of Plants, Photosynthesis and Soil (2021-2024)
Departmental Director for Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (2018-2021)
Associate Director, Grantham Centre for Sustainable Futures (2014-2018)

Research interests

Our research aims to understand the environmental and evolutionary causes of physiological diversity in wild plants and crops. We study how these physiological characteristics influence plant behaviour in wild ecosystems and cultivated fields.

Following a long tradition in plant environmental physiology, our work spans scales ranging from genes to the globe, and utilizes a broad spectrum of approaches. Right now, we have a particular emphasis on comparative experiments in controlled environments.

Current projects look at the evolution and physiological ecology of C4 plants, the domestication and diversification of crops, the impacts of rising atmospheric CO2 on savanna trees and grasses, and the optimisation of strategies for combining photovoltaics with agriculture.
 

Publications

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Journal articles

  • Zhou Y & Osborne CP (2024) . Plant, Cell & Environment, 47(12), 4586-4598.
  • Alenazi AS, Pereira L, Christin P, Osborne CP & Dunning LT (2024) . New Phytologist, 243(5), 1698-1710.
  • Shan Y & Osborne CP (2024) . Annals of Botany, 133(3), 413-426.
  • Katsi F, Kent MS, Jones M, Fraser WT, Jardine PE, Eastwood W, Mariani M, Osborne C, Edwards S & Lomax BH (2024) . Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology, 321.
  • Baird AS, Taylor SH, Reddi S, Pasquet‐Kok J, Vuong C, Zhang Y, Watcharamongkol T, John GP, Scoffoni C, Osborne CP & Sack L (2024) . Plant, Cell & Environment, 47(1), 156-173.
  • Cheesman AW, Brown F, Farha MN, Rosan TM, Folberth GA, Hayes F, Moura BB, Paoletti E, Hoshika Y, Osborne CP , Cernusak LA et al (2023) . Science of The Total Environment, 904.
  • Pereira L, Bianconi ME, Osborne CP, Christin P-A & Dunning LT (2023) . Annals of Botany, 132(3), 365-382.
  • Alenazi AS, Bianconi ME, Middlemiss E, Milenkovic V, Curran EV, Sotelo G, Lundgren MR, Nyirenda F, Pereira L, Christin P , Dunning LT et al (2023) . Plant, Cell and Environment.
  • Xiao Y, Sloan J, Hepworth C, Fradera‐Soler M, Mathers A, Thorley R, Baillie A, Jones H, Chang T, Chen X , Yaapar N et al (2023) . New Phytologist, 237(2), 441-453.
  • Bhutto LA, Osborne CP & Quick WP (2023) . Pakistan Journal of Botany, 55(3).
  • Crocker AJ, Naafs BDA, Westerhold T, James RH, Cooper MJ, Röhl U, Pancost RD, Xuan C, Osborne CP, Beerling DJ & Wilson PA (2022) . Nature Geoscience, 15(8), 671-676.
  • Moore HR, Crocker AJ, Belcher CM, Meckler AN, Osborne CP, Beerling DJ & Wilson PA (2022) . Quaternary Science Reviews, 288.
  • Simpson KJ, Archibald S & Osborne CP (2022) . Trends in Ecology and Evolution, 37(9), 749-758.
  • Bianconi ME, Sotelo G, Curran EV, Milenkovic V, Samaritani E, Dunning LT, Bertolino LT, Osborne CP & Christin P (2022) . Plant, Cell & Environment, 45(5), 1398-1411.
  • Mohammad VH, Osborne CP & Freckleton RP (2022) . Ecology and Evolution, 12(2).
  • Gómez‐Fernández A, Osborne CP, Rees M, Palomino J, Ingala C, Gómez G & Milla R (2022) . New Phytologist, 233(2), 995-1010.
  • Falster D, Gallagher R, Wenk EH, Wright IJ, Indiarto D, Andrew SC, Baxter C, Lawson J, Allen S, Fuchs A , Monro A et al (2021) . Scientific Data, 8(1).
  • Mani S, Osborne CP & Cleaver F (2021) . People and Nature, 3(5), 978-989.
  • Simpson KJ, Atkinson RRL, Mockford EJ, Bennett C, Osborne CP & Rees M (2021) . Functional Ecology, 35(10), 2168-6178.
  • Xiao Y, Sloan J, Hepworth C, Osborne CP, Fleming AJ, Chen X & Zhu X (2021) . Plant, Cell & Environment, 44(5), 1436-1450.
  • Milla R & Osborne CP (2021) . Nature Plants, 7(5), 598-607.
  • Baird AS, Taylor SH, Pasquet-Kok J, Vuong C, Zhang Y, Watcharamongkol T, Scoffoni C, Edwards EJ, Christin P-A, Osborne CP & Sack L (2021) . Nature, 592(7853), 242-247.
  • Olofsson JK, Curran EV, Nyirenda F, Bianconi ME, Dunning LT, Milenkovic V, Sotelo G, Hidalgo O, Powell RF, Lundgren MR , Leitch IJ et al (2021) . Molecular Ecology, 30(9), 2116-2130.
  • Simpson KJ, Jardine EC, Archibald S, Forrestel EJ, Lehmann CER, Thomas GH & Osborne CP (2021) . New Phytologist, 230(2), 832-844.
  • Preece C, Jones G, Rees M & Osborne C (2021) . Journal of Ecology, 11(7), 3300-3312.
  • Ely KS, Rogers A, Agarwal DA, Ainsworth EA, Albert L, Ali A, Anderson J, Aspinwall MJ, Bellasio C, Bernacchi C , Bonnage S et al (2021) . Ecological Informatics, 61.
  • Jardine EC, Thomas GH & Osborne CP (2021) . Ecology and Evolution, 11(6), 2669-2680.
  • Lundgren MR, Dunning LT, Olofsson JK, Moreno-Villena JJ, Bouvier JW, Sage TL, Khoshravesh R, Sultmanis S, Stata M, Ripley BS , Vorontsova MS et al (2019) . Ecology Letters, 22(2), 302-312.
  • Osborne CP, Charles-Dominique T, Stevens N, Bond WJ, Midgley G & Lehmann CER (2018) . New Phytologist, 220(1), 10-24.
  • Watcharamongkol T, Christin P-A & Osborne CP (2018) . Ecology Letters, 21(3), 376-383.
  • Preece C, Clamp NF, Warham G, Charles M, Rees M, Jones G & Osborne CP (2018) . Journal of Ecology, 106(3), 1286-1297.
  • Kluyver TA, Jones G, Pujol B, Bennett C, Mockford EJ, Charles M, Rees M & Osborne CP (2017) . Evolution Letters, 1(2), 64-72.
  • Preece C, Livarda A, Christin P-A, Wallace M, Martin G, Charles M, Jones G, Rees M & Osborne CP (2017) . Functional Ecology, 31(2), 387-397.
  • Cunniff J, Jones G, Charles M & Osborne CP (2016) . Global Change Biology, 23(1), 380-393.
  • Lundgren MR, Christin P-A, Escobar EG, Ripley BS, Besnard G, Long CM, Hattersley PW, Ellis RP, Leegood RC & Osborne CP (2016) . Plant, Cell & Environment, 39(9), 1874-1885.
  • Atkinson RR, Mockford EJ, Bennett C, Christin PA, Spriggs EL, Freckleton RP, Thompson K, Rees M & Osborne CP (2016) . Nature Plants, 2.
  • Simpson KJ, Ripley BS, Christin P-A, Belcher CM, Lehmann CER, Thomas GH & Osborne CP (2016) . Journal of Ecology, 104(1), 138-148.
  • White AC, Rogers A, Rees M & Osborne CP (2016) . Journal of Experimental Botany, 67(1), 31-45.
  • Lundgren MR, Besnard G, Ripley BS, Lehmann CER, Chatelet DS, Kynast RG, Namaganda M, Vorontsova MS, Hall RC, Elia J , Osborne CP et al (2015) . Ecology Letters, 18(10), 1021-1029.
  • Preece C, Livarda A, Wallace M, Martin G, Charles M, Christin P-A, Jones G, Rees M & Osborne CP (2015) . New Phytologist, 207(3), 905-913.
  • Milla R, Osborne CP, Turcotte MM & Violle C (2015) . Trends in Ecology & Evolution, 30(8), 463-469.
  • Jones G, Kluyver T, Preece C, Swarbrick J, Forster E, Wallace M, Charles M, Rees M & Osborne C () . Journal of Archaeological Science.
  • Milla R, Bastida JM, Turcotte MM, Jones G, Violle C, Osborne CP, Chacón-Labella J, Sosinski ÊE, Kattge J, Laughlin DC , Forey E et al () . Nature Ecology and Evolution, 2(11), 1808-1817.

Preprints

  • Bianconi ME, Sotelo G, Curran EV, Milenkovic V, Samaritani E, Dunning LT, Bertolino LT, Osborne CP & Christin P-A (2021) , Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory.

All publications

Journal articles

  • Çelikbilek Ersundu M, Ersundu AE, Osborne C & Ruiz M (2025) . Open Research Europe, 4.
  • Bianconi ME, Osborne CP & Dunning LT (2025) . New Phytologist.
  • Katsi F, Kent MS, Jones M, Fraser WT, Jardine PE, Eastwood W, Mariani M, Osborne C, Edwards S & Lomax BH (2025) . Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology, 338, 105333-105333.
  • Holland BL, Monk NAM, Clayton RH & Osborne CP (2025) . in silico Plants, 7(1).
  • Pilon N, Peixoto F, Oliveira RS, Oliveira ACC, Alquéres J, Alvarado S, Angelo JGM, Archibald S, Armani M, Baldaszti L , Barot S et al (2025) . Plants People Planet.
  • Romero AJ, Kolesnikova A, Ezard THG, Charles M, Gutaker RM, Osborne CP & Chapman MA (2025) . Trends in Ecology & Evolution, 40(4), 356-363.
  • Baird AS, Taylor SH, Pasquet‐Kok J, Vuong C, Zhang Y, Watcharamongkol T, Cochard H, Scoffoni C, Edwards EJ, Osborne CP & Sack L (2025) . New Phytologist, 245(5), 1924-1939.
  • Zhou Y & Osborne CP (2024) . Plant, Cell & Environment, 47(12), 4586-4598.
  • Alenazi AS, Pereira L, Christin P, Osborne CP & Dunning LT (2024) . New Phytologist, 243(5), 1698-1710.
  • Shan Y & Osborne CP (2024) . Annals of Botany, 133(3), 413-426.
  • Katsi F, Kent MS, Jones M, Fraser WT, Jardine PE, Eastwood W, Mariani M, Osborne C, Edwards S & Lomax BH (2024) . Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology, 321.
  • Baird AS, Taylor SH, Reddi S, Pasquet‐Kok J, Vuong C, Zhang Y, Watcharamongkol T, John GP, Scoffoni C, Osborne CP & Sack L (2024) . Plant, Cell & Environment, 47(1), 156-173.
  • Cheesman AW, Brown F, Farha MN, Rosan TM, Folberth GA, Hayes F, Moura BB, Paoletti E, Hoshika Y, Osborne CP , Cernusak LA et al (2023) . Science of The Total Environment, 904.
  • Pereira L, Bianconi ME, Osborne CP, Christin P-A & Dunning LT (2023) . Annals of Botany, 132(3), 365-382.
  • Alenazi AS, Bianconi ME, Middlemiss E, Milenkovic V, Curran EV, Sotelo G, Lundgren MR, Nyirenda F, Pereira L, Christin P , Dunning LT et al (2023) . Plant, Cell and Environment.
  • Xiao Y, Sloan J, Hepworth C, Fradera‐Soler M, Mathers A, Thorley R, Baillie A, Jones H, Chang T, Chen X , Yaapar N et al (2023) . New Phytologist, 237(2), 441-453.
  • Bhutto LA, Osborne CP & Quick WP (2023) . Pakistan Journal of Botany, 55(3).
  • Crocker AJ, Naafs BDA, Westerhold T, James RH, Cooper MJ, Röhl U, Pancost RD, Xuan C, Osborne CP, Beerling DJ & Wilson PA (2022) . Nature Geoscience, 15(8), 671-676.
  • Moore HR, Crocker AJ, Belcher CM, Meckler AN, Osborne CP, Beerling DJ & Wilson PA (2022) . Quaternary Science Reviews, 288.
  • Simpson KJ, Archibald S & Osborne CP (2022) . Trends in Ecology and Evolution, 37(9), 749-758.
  • Bianconi ME, Sotelo G, Curran EV, Milenkovic V, Samaritani E, Dunning LT, Bertolino LT, Osborne CP & Christin P (2022) . Plant, Cell & Environment, 45(5), 1398-1411.
  • Mohammad VH, Osborne CP & Freckleton RP (2022) . Ecology and Evolution, 12(2).
  • Gómez‐Fernández A, Osborne CP, Rees M, Palomino J, Ingala C, Gómez G & Milla R (2022) . New Phytologist, 233(2), 995-1010.
  • Falster D, Gallagher R, Wenk EH, Wright IJ, Indiarto D, Andrew SC, Baxter C, Lawson J, Allen S, Fuchs A , Monro A et al (2021) . Scientific Data, 8(1).
  • Mani S, Osborne CP & Cleaver F (2021) . People and Nature, 3(5), 978-989.
  • Simpson KJ, Atkinson RRL, Mockford EJ, Bennett C, Osborne CP & Rees M (2021) . Functional Ecology, 35(10), 2168-6178.
  • Xiao Y, Sloan J, Hepworth C, Osborne CP, Fleming AJ, Chen X & Zhu X (2021) . Plant, Cell & Environment, 44(5), 1436-1450.
  • Milla R & Osborne CP (2021) . Nature Plants, 7(5), 598-607.
  • Baird AS, Taylor SH, Pasquet-Kok J, Vuong C, Zhang Y, Watcharamongkol T, Scoffoni C, Edwards EJ, Christin P-A, Osborne CP & Sack L (2021) . Nature, 592(7853), 242-247.
  • Olofsson JK, Curran EV, Nyirenda F, Bianconi ME, Dunning LT, Milenkovic V, Sotelo G, Hidalgo O, Powell RF, Lundgren MR , Leitch IJ et al (2021) . Molecular Ecology, 30(9), 2116-2130.
  • Simpson KJ, Jardine EC, Archibald S, Forrestel EJ, Lehmann CER, Thomas GH & Osborne CP (2021) . New Phytologist, 230(2), 832-844.
  • Preece C, Jones G, Rees M & Osborne C (2021) . Journal of Ecology, 11(7), 3300-3312.
  • Ely KS, Rogers A, Agarwal DA, Ainsworth EA, Albert L, Ali A, Anderson J, Aspinwall MJ, Bellasio C, Bernacchi C , Bonnage S et al (2021) . Ecological Informatics, 61.
  • Jardine EC, Thomas GH & Osborne CP (2021) . Ecology and Evolution, 11(6), 2669-2680.
  • Bianconi ME, Dunning LT, Curran EV, Hidalgo O, Powell RF, Mian S, Leitch IJ, Lundgren MR, Manzi S, Vorontsova MS , Besnard G et al (2020) . Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 287(1938).
  • Wade RN, Seed P, McLaren E, Wood E, Christin P, Thompson K, Rees M & Osborne CP (2020) . New Phytologist, 228(4), 1306-1315.
  • Brightly WH, Hartley SE, Osborne CP, Simpson KJ & Strömberg CAE (2020) . Global Change Biology, 26(12), 7128-7143.
  • O'Neill C, Lim FKS, Edwards DP & Osborne CP (2020) . Environmental Research Letters, 15(10).
  • Griffith DM, Osborne CP, Edwards EJ, Bachle S, Beerling DJ, Bond WJ, Gallaher TJ, Helliker BR, Lehmann CER, Leatherman L , Nippert JB et al (2020) . New Phytologist, 228(1), 15-23.
  • Simpson KJ, Bennett C, Atkinson RRL, Mockford EJ, McKenzie S, Freckleton RP, Thompson K, Rees M & Osborne CP (2020) . Journal of Ecology, 108(5), 1899-1909.
  • Wood D, Besnard G, Beerling DJ, Osborne CP & Christin P-A (2020) . PLOS ONE, 15(6).
  • Jardine EC, Thomas GH, Forrestel EJ, Lehmann CER & Osborne CP (2020) . Journal of Biogeography, 47(3), 553-565.
  • Olofsson JK, Dunning LT, Lundgren MR, Barton HJ, Thompson J, Cuff N, Ariyarathne M, Yakandawala D, Sotelo G, Zeng K , Osborne CP et al (2019) . Current Biology, 29.
  • Veldman JW, Aleman JC, Alvarado ST, Anderson TM, Archibald S, Bond WJ, Boutton TW, Buchmann N, Buisson E, Canadell JG , Dechoum MDS et al (2019) . Science, 366(6463).
  • Bianconi ME, Hackel J, Vorontsova MS, Alberti A, Arthan W, Burke SV, Duvall MR, Kellogg EA, Lavergne S, McKain MR , Meunier A et al (2019) . Systematic Biology.
  • Liu H, Osborne CP, Yin D, Freckleton RP, Jiang G & Liu M (2019) . Oecologia, 191(1), 25-38.
  • Simpson KJ, Olofsson JK, Ripley BS & Osborne CP (2019) . Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 286(1909).
  • Wallace M, Jones G, Charles M, Forster E, Stillman E, Bonhomme V, Livarda A, Osborne C, Rees M, Frenck G & Preece C (2019) . Journal of Archaeological Science, 28(4), 449-463.
  • Lundgren MR, Mathers A, Baillie AL, Dunn J, Wilson MJ, Hunt L, Pajor R, Fradera-Soler M, Rolfe S, Osborne CP , Sturrock CJ et al (2019) . Nature Communications, 10(1).
  • Dunning LT, Moreno-Villena JJ, Lundgren MR, Dionora J, Salazar P, Adams C, Nyirenda F, Olofsson JK, Mapaura A, Grundy IM , Kayombo CJ et al (2019) . Journal of Experimental Botany, 70(12), 3255-3268.
  • Griffith DM, Still CJ & Osborne CP (2019) . Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 7.
  • Dunning LT, Olofsson JK, Parisod C, Choudhury RR, Moreno-Villena JJ, Yang Y, Dionora J, Quick WP, Park M, Bennetzen JL , Besnard G et al (2019) . Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 116(10), 4416-4425.
  • Quirk J, Bellasio C, Johnson DA, Osborne CP & Beerling DJ (2019) . Functional Ecology, 33(3), 388-398.
  • Lundgren MR, Dunning LT, Olofsson JK, Moreno-Villena JJ, Bouvier JW, Sage TL, Khoshravesh R, Sultmanis S, Stata M, Ripley BS , Vorontsova MS et al (2019) . Ecology Letters, 22(2), 302-312.
  • Pignon CP, Lundgren MR, Osborne CP & Long SP (2019) . Journal of Experimental Botany, 70(1), 357-365.
  • Burnett AC, Rogers A, Rees M & Osborne CP (2018) . Plant Direct, 2(11).
  • Osborne CP, Charles-Dominique T, Stevens N, Bond WJ, Midgley G & Lehmann CER (2018) . New Phytologist, 220(1), 10-24.
  • Fox DL, Pau S, Taylor L, Strömberg CAE, Osborne CP, Bradshaw C, Conn S, Beerling DJ & Still CJ (2018) . Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 6.
  • Bianconi ME, Dunning LT, Moreno-Villena JJ, Osborne CP & Christin P-A (2018) . Journal of Experimental Botany, 69(8), 1967-1980.
  • Archibald S, Lehmann CER, Belcher CM, Bond WJ, Bradstock RA, Daniau A-L, Dexter KG, Forrestel EJ, Greve M, He T , Higgins SI et al (2018) . Environmental Research Letters, 13(3).
  • Watcharamongkol T, Christin P-A & Osborne CP (2018) . Ecology Letters, 21(3), 376-383.
  • Moreno-Villena JJ, Dunning LT, Osborne CP & Christin P-A (2018) . Molecular Biology and Evolution, 35(1), 94-106.
  • Preece C, Clamp NF, Warham G, Charles M, Rees M, Jones G & Osborne CP (2018) . Journal of Ecology, 106(3), 1286-1297.
  • Linder HP, Lehmann CER, Archibald S, Osborne CP & Richardson DM (2017) . Biological Reviews, 93(2), 1125-1144.
  • Lehmeier C, Pajor R, Lundgren MR, Mathers A, Sloan J, Bauch M, Mitchell A, Bellasio C, Green A, Bouyer D , Schnittger A et al (2017) . Plant Journal, 92(6), 981-994.
  • Griffith DM, Lehmann CER, Strömberg CAE, Parr CL, Pennington RT, Sankaran M, Ratnam J, Still CJ, Powell RL, Hanan NP , Nippert JB et al (2017) . Science, 358(6365).
  • Simpson KJ, Wade RN, Rees M, Osborne CP & Hartley SE (2017) . Functional Ecology, 31(11), 2108-2117.
  • Kluyver TA, Jones G, Pujol B, Bennett C, Mockford EJ, Charles M, Rees M & Osborne CP (2017) . Evolution Letters, 1(2), 64-72.
  • Dunning LT, Lundgren MR, Moreno-Villena JJ, Namaganda M, Edwards EJ, Nosil P, Osborne CP & Christin P-A (2017) . Evolution, 71(6), 1541-1555.
  • Preece C, Livarda A, Christin P-A, Wallace M, Martin G, Charles M, Jones G, Rees M & Osborne CP (2017) . Functional Ecology, 31(2), 387-397.
  • Olofsson JK, Bianconi M, Besnard G, Dunning LT, Lundgren MR, Holota H, Vorontsova MS, Hidalgo O, Leitch IJ, Nosil P , Osborne CP et al (2016) . Molecular Ecology, 25(24), 6107-6123.
  • Cunniff J, Jones G, Charles M & Osborne CP (2016) . Global Change Biology, 23(1), 380-393.
  • Osborne CP (2016) . Nature Plants, 2.
  • Lundgren MR, Christin P-A, Escobar EG, Ripley BS, Besnard G, Long CM, Hattersley PW, Ellis RP, Leegood RC & Osborne CP (2016) . Plant, Cell & Environment, 39(9), 1874-1885.
  • Cunniff J, Charles M, Jones G & Osborne CP (2016) . Annals of Botany.
  • Burnett AC, Rogers A, Rees M & Osborne CP (2016) . Plant, Cell and Environment.
  • Nokelainen O, Ripley BS, van Bergen E, Osborne CP & Brakefield PM (2016) . Ecology and Evolution, 6(15), 5246-5255.
  • van Bergen E, Barlow HS, Brattström O, Griffiths H, Kodandaramaiah U, Osborne CP & Brakefield PM (2016) . Functional Ecology, 30(12), 1936-1946.
  • Atkinson RR, Mockford EJ, Bennett C, Christin PA, Spriggs EL, Freckleton RP, Thompson K, Rees M & Osborne CP (2016) . Nature Plants, 2.
  • Simpson KJ, Ripley BS, Christin P-A, Belcher CM, Lehmann CER, Thomas GH & Osborne CP (2016) . Journal of Ecology, 104(1), 138-148.
  • White AC, Rogers A, Rees M & Osborne CP (2016) . Journal of Experimental Botany, 67(1), 31-45.
  • Ripley B, Visser V, Christin P-A, Archibald S, Martin T & Osborne C (2015) . Ecology, 96(10), 2679-2691.
  • Lundgren MR, Besnard G, Ripley BS, Lehmann CER, Chatelet DS, Kynast RG, Namaganda M, Vorontsova MS, Hall RC, Elia J , Osborne CP et al (2015) . Ecology Letters, 18(10), 1021-1029.
  • Preece C, Livarda A, Wallace M, Martin G, Charles M, Christin P-A, Jones G, Rees M & Osborne CP (2015) . New Phytologist, 207(3), 905-913.
  • Milla R, Osborne CP, Turcotte MM & Violle C (2015) . Trends in Ecology & Evolution, 30(8), 463-469.
  • Christin P-A, Arakaki M, Osborne CP & Edwards EJ (2015) . Molecular Biology and Evolution , 32(4), 846-858.
  • Liu H & Osborne CP (2015) . Journal of Experimental Botany, 66(3), 761-773.
  • Griffith DM, Anderson TM, Osborne CP, Strömberg CAE, Forrestel EJ & Still CJ (2015) . Global Ecology and Biogeography, 24(3), 304-313.
  • Pau S, Strömberg CAE, Fox DL, Still C, Osborne CP, Lehmann C, Taylor LL & Beerling DJ (2014) . The Paleontological Society Special Publications, 13, 135-136.
  • Christin P-A & Osborne CP (2014) . New Phytologist, 204(4), 765-781.
  • Osborne CP, Salomaa A, Kluyver TA, Visser V, Kellogg EA, Morrone O, Vorontsova MS, Clayton WD & Simpson DA (2014) . New Phytologist, 204(3), 441-446.
  • Bräutigam A, Schliesky S, Külahoglu C, Osborne CP & Weber APM (2014) . J Exp Bot, 65(13), 3579-3593.
  • Taylor SH, Ripley BS, Martin T, De-Wet L-A, Woodward FI & Osborne CP (2014) . Glob Chang Biol, 20(6), 1992-2003.
  • Lundgren MR, Osborne CP & Christin P-A (2014) . J Exp Bot, 65(13), 3357-3369.
  • Atkinson RRL, Burrell MM, Rose KE, Osborne CP & Rees M (2014) . Proc Biol Sci, 281(1783), 20133355.
  • Christin P-A, Arakaki M, Osborne CP, Bräutigam A, Sage RF, Hibberd JM, Kelly S, Covshoff S, Wong GK-S, Hancock L & Edwards EJ (2014) . J Exp Bot, 65(13), 3609-3621.
  • Christin P-A, Spriggs E, Osborne CP, Strömberg CAE, Salamin N & Edwards EJ (2014) . Syst Biol, 63(2), 153-165.
  • Cunniff J, Wilkinson S, Charles M, Jones G, Rees M & Osborne CP (2014) . PLoS One, 9(1), e87586.
  • Dorca-Fornell C, Lehmeier C, Pérez-Bueno M, Bauch M, Sloan J, Osborne C, Rolfe S, Fleming A, Pajor R, Sturrock C & Mooney S (2013) . Plant Journal, 76(6), 914-929.
  • Christin P-A, Boxall SF, Gregory R, Edwards EJ, Hartwell J & Osborne CP (2013) . Genome Biol Evol, 5(11), 2174-2187.
  • Visser V, Clayton WD, Freckleton RP, Osborne CP & Simpson DA (2013) . Global Ecology and Biogeography.
  • Kluyver TA, Charles M, Jones G, Rees M & Osborne CP (2013) . J Exp Bot, 64(13), 4101-4108.
  • Osborne CP (2013) . Journal of Experimental Botany, 64(13), 4021.
  • Christin P-A & Osborne CP (2013) . Photosynth Res, 117(1-3), 163-175.
  • Liu M-Z & Osborne CP (2013) . JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BOTANY, 64(8), 2183-2191.
  • Kluyver TA & Osborne CP (2013) . Ecol Evol, 3(5), 1262-1265.
  • Liu M, Wang B, Osborne CP & Jiang G (2013) . Plos One, 8(1).
  • Pajor R, Fleming A, Osborne CP, Rolfe SA, Sturrock CJ & Mooney SJ (2013) . Journal of Experimental Botany, 64(2), 385-390.
  • Ripley BS, Cunniff J & Osborne CP (2013) . Global Change Biology.
  • Christin P-A, Osborne CP, Chatelet DS, Columbus JT, Besnard G, Hodkinson TR, Garrison LM, Vorontsova MS & Edwards EJ (2013) . Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A, 110(4), 1381-1386.
  • Atkinson RRL, Burrell MM, Osborne CP, Rose KE & Rees M (2012) . New Phytol, 196(1), 200-211.
  • Scheiter S, Higgins SI, Osborne CP, Bradshaw C, Lunt D, Ripley BS, Taylor LL & Beerling DJ (2012) . New Phytologist, 195(3), 653-666.
  • Scheiter S, Higgins SI, Osborne CP, Bradshaw C, Lunt D, Ripley BS, Taylor LL & Beerling DJ (2012) . New Phytol, 195(3), 653-666.
  • Turnbull LA, Philipson CD, Purves DW, Atkinson RL, Cunniff J, Goodenough A, Hautier Y, Houghton J, Marthews TR, Osborne CP , Paul-Victor C et al (2012) . Ecology, 93(6), 1283-1289.
  • Liu H, Edwards EJ, Freckleton RP & Osborne CP (2012) . Oecologia, 170(3), 835-845.
  • Osborne CP & Sack L (2012) . Philos Trans R Soc Lond B Biol Sci, 367(1588), 583-600.
  • Christin PA, Edwards EJ, Besnard G, Boxall SF, Gregory R, Kellogg EA, Hartwell J & Osborne CP (2012) . Current Biology, 22(5), 445-449.
  • Ripley BS, Strauss R & Osborne CP (2012) Photosynthetic and anatomical acclimation by the C3 and C4 subspecies of Alloteropsis semialata in low CO2 atmospheres. SOUTH AFRICAN JOURNAL OF BOTANY, 79, 208-208.
  • Aliscioni S, Bell HL, Besnard G, Christin PA, Columbus JT, Duvall MR, Edwards EJ, Giussani L, Hasenstab-Lehman K, Hilu KW , Hodkinson TR et al (2012) . New Phytologist, 193(2), 304-312.
  • Taylor SH, Franks PJ, Hulme SP, Spriggs E, Christin PA, Edwards EJ, Woodward FI & Osborne CP (2012) . New Phytologist, 193(2), 387-396.
  • Taylor SH, Franks PJ, Hulme SP, Spriggs E, Christin PA, Edwards EJ, Woodward FI & Osborne CP (2012) . New Phytol, 193(2), 387-396.
  • Visser V, Woodward FI, Freckleton RP & Osborne CP (2012) . JOURNAL OF BIOGEOGRAPHY, 39(2), 232-246.
  • Aliscioni S, Bell HL, Besnard G, Christin PA, Columbus JT, Duvall MR, Edwards EJ, Giussani L, Hasenstab-Lehman K, Hilu KW , Hodkinson TR et al (2011) New grass phylogeny resolves deep evolutionary relationships and discovers C4 origins. New Phytologist.
  • Visser V, Clayton D, Simpson D, Freckleton RP & Osborne CP (2011) Understanding geographical patterns of grass species richness - The global and local context. S AFR J BOT, 77(2), 565-566.
  • Osborne CP, Visser V, Freckleton RP, Simpson D, Clayton D, Barker A, Chapman S, Salamin N, Uren V & GrassPortal Dev Team (2011) GrassPortal: An online ecological and evolutionary data facility for the grasses. S AFR J BOT, 77(2), 566-566.
  • Ripley B & Osborne CP (2011) The response of grasses to future climates of elevated CO2 and temperature: What research questions are important for southern Africa?. S AFR J BOT, 77(2), 555-555.
  • Christin PA, Osborne CP, Sage RF, Arakaki M & Edwards EJ (2011) . J EXP BOT, 62(9), 3171-3181.
  • Ingram AL, Christin PA & Osborne CP (2011) . Annals of Botany, 107(2), 321-325.
  • Taylor SH, Ripley BS, Woodward FI & Osborne CP (2011) . Plant Cell Environ, 34(1), 65-75.
  • Cunniff J, Charles M, Jones G & Osborne CP (2010) . Environmental Archaeology, 15(2), 113-123.
  • Rees M, Osborne CP, Woodward FI, Hulme SP, Turnbull LA & Taylor SH (2010) . Am Nat, 176(6), E152-E161.
  • Ripley B, Donald G, Osborne CP, Abraham T & Martin T (2010) . J ECOL, 98(5), 1196-1203.
  • Christin P-A, Freckleton RP & Osborne CP (2010) . Trends Ecol Evol, 25(7), 403-409.
  • Edwards EJ, Osborne CP, Stromberg CAE, Smith SA, Bond WJ, Christin PA, Cousins AB, Duvall MR, Fox DL, Freckleton RP , Ghannoum O et al (2010) . SCIENCE, 328(5978), 587-591.
  • Taylor SH, Hulme SP, Rees M, Ripley BS, Woodward FI & Osborne CP (2010) . New Phytol, 185(3), 780-791.
  • Osborne CP & Freckleton RP (2009) . Proc Biol Sci, 276(1663), 1753-1760.
  • Llorens L, Osborne CP & Beerling DJ (2009) . Ann Bot, 104(1), 179-188.
  • Ibrahim DG, Burke T, Ripley BS & Osborne CP (2009) . Ann Bot, 103(1), 127-136.
  • Liu MZ & Osborne CP (2008) . J EXP BOT, 59(15), 4161-4170.
  • Ibrahim DG, Gilbert ME, Ripley BS & Osborne CP (2008) . Plant Cell Environ, 31(7), 1038-1050.
  • Ripley BS, Gilbert ME, Ibrahim DG & Osborne CP (2008) . S AFR J BOT, 74(2), 377-377.
  • Cunniff J, Osborne CP, Ripley BS, Charles M & Jones G (2008) . GLOBAL CHANGE BIOL, 14(3), 576-587.
  • Osborne CP (2008) . J Ecol, 96(1), 35-45.
  • Osborne CP, Wythe EJ, Ibrahim DG, Gilbert ME & Ripley BS (2008) . J Exp Bot, 59(7), 1743-1754.
  • Cunniff J, Osborne C, Ripley B, Charles M & Jones G (2007) . Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology Part A: Molecular & Integrative Physiology, 146(4, Supplement), S274-S274.
  • Ripley BS, Gilbert ME, Ibrahim DG & Osborne CP (2007) . J EXP BOT, 58(6), 1351-1363.
  • Ripley B, Gilbert M, Frole K & Osborne C (2007) Drought constraints on C4 photosynthesis:: stomatal and metabolic limitations in C3 and C4 grasses.. PHOTOSYNTHESIS RESEARCH, 91(2-3), 226-226.
  • Osborne C, Ibrahim D, Gilbert M & Ripley B (2007) Ecological differentiation in the C3 and C4 subspecies of Alloteropsis semialata. PHOTOSYNTHESIS RESEARCH, 91(2-3), 228-228.
  • Beerling DJ & Osborne CP (2006) . GLOBAL CHANGE BIOL, 12(11), 2023-2031.
  • Ibrahim D, Osborne C, Gilbert M & Ripley B (2006) Plant-climate interactions in C3 and C4 subspecies of Alloteropsis semialata. COMPARATIVE BIOCHEMISTRY AND PHYSIOLOGY A-MOLECULAR & INTEGRATIVE PHYSIOLOGY, 143(4), S180-S180.
  • Wall GW, Garcia RL, Kimball BA, Hunsaker DJ, Pinter PJ, Long SP, Osborne CP, Hendrix DL, Wechsung F, Wechsung G , Leavitt SW et al (2006) . AGRON J, 98(2), 354-381.
  • Osborne CP & Beerling DJ (2006) . Philos Trans R Soc Lond B Biol Sci, 361(1465), 173-194.
  • Royer DL, Osborne CP & Beerling DJ (2005) Contrasting seasonal patterns of carbon gain in evergreen and deciduous trees of ancient polar forests. PALEOBIOLOGY, 31(1), 141-150.
  • Brentnall SJ, Beerling DJ, Osborne CP, Harlandw M, Francis JE, Valdes PJ & Wittig VE (2005) . GLOBAL CHANGE BIOL, 11(12), 2177-2195.
  • Osborne CP, Beerling DJ, Lomax BH & Chaloner WG (2004) . Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A, 101(28), 10360-10362.
  • Osborne CP, Royer DL & Beerling DJ (2004) Adaptive role of leaf habit in extinct polar forests. INT FOREST REV, 6(2), 181-186.
  • Osborne CP, Chaloner WG & Beerling DJ (2004) , 197-215.
  • Osborne CP & Beerling DJ (2003) . Plant Physiol, 133(2), 803-812.
  • Royer DL, Osborne CP & Beerling DJ (2003) . Nature, 424(6944), 60-62.
  • Ainsworth EA, Davey PA, Hymus GJ, Osborne CP, Rogers A, Blum H, Nosberger J & Long SP (2003) Is stimulation of leaf photosynthesis by elevated carbon dioxide concentration maintained in the long term? A test with Lolium perenne grown for 10 years at two nitrogen fertilization levels under Free Air CO2 Enrichment (FACE). PLANT CELL ENVIRON, 26(5), 705-714.
  • Osborne CP & Beerling DJ (2002) . GLOBAL BIOGEOCHEM CY, 16(4).
  • Royer DL, Osborne CP & Beerling DJ (2002) High CO2 increases the freezing sensitivity of plants: Implications for paleoclimatic reconstructions from fossil floras. GEOLOGY, 30(11), 963-966.
  • Osborne CP (2002) . Journal of Biogeography, 29(2), 295-295.
  • Beerling DJ & Osborne CP (2002) . Ann Bot, 89(3), 329-339.
  • Osborne CP & Woodward FI (2001) Biological mechanisms underlying recent increases in the NDVI of Mediterranean shrublands. INT J REMOTE SENS, 22(10), 1895-1907.
  • Beerling DJ, Osborne CP & Chaloner WG (2001) Do drought-hardened plants suffer from fever? Response. TRENDS PLANT SCI, 6(11), 507-508.
  • Osborne CP & Woodward FI (2001) . International Journal of Remote Sensing, 22(10), 1895-1907.
  • Beerling DJ, Osborne CP & Chaloner WG (2001) . Nature, 410(6826), 352-354.
  • Woodward FI & Osborne CP (2000) The representation of root processes in models addressing the responses of vegetation to global change. NEW PHYTOL, 147(1), 223-232.
  • Osborne CP, Chuine I, Viner D & Woodward FI (2000) Olive phenology as a sensitive indicator of future climatic warming in the Mediterranean. PLANT CELL ENVIRON, 23(7), 701-710.
  • Osborne CP, Mitchell PL, Sheehy JE & Woodward FI (2000) Modelling the recent historical impacts of atmospheric CO2 and climate change on Mediterranean vegetation. GLOBAL CHANGE BIOL, 6(4), 445-458.
  • Beerling DJ, McElwain JC & Osborne CP (1998) Stomatal responses of the 'living fossil' Ginkgo biloba L. to changes in atmospheric CO2 concentrations. J EXP BOT, 49(326), 1603-1607.
  • Osborne CP, LaRoche J, Garcia RL, Kimball BA, Wall GW, Pinter PJ, Lamorte RL, Hendrey GR & Long SP (1998) . Plant Physiology, 117(3), 1037-1045.
  • Osborne CP, Drake BG, LaRoche J & Long SP (1997) . Plant Physiology, 114(1), 337-344.
  • Singini EJ, Archibald S, Osborne CP & Ripley BS () . Functional Ecology.
  • Jones G, Kluyver T, Preece C, Swarbrick J, Forster E, Wallace M, Charles M, Rees M & Osborne C () . Journal of Archaeological Science.
  • Holland BL, Monk NAM, Clayton RH & Osborne CP () . in silico Plants (isP), 1(1).
  • Milla R, Bastida JM, Turcotte MM, Jones G, Violle C, Osborne CP, Chacón-Labella J, Sosinski ÊE, Kattge J, Laughlin DC , Forey E et al () . Nature Ecology and Evolution, 2(11), 1808-1817.
  • Taylor S, Rees M, Hulme S, Freckleton R, Ripley B, Woodward F & Osborne C () . Nature Precedings.

Book chapters

  • Osborne CP (2011) The Geologic History of C4 Plants, C4 PHOTOSYNTHESIS AND RELATED CO2 CONCENTRATING MECHANISMS (pp. 339-357).
  • Osborne CP (2010) , Advances in Photosynthesis and Respiration (pp. 339-357). Springer Netherlands
  • Osborne CP, Chaloner WG & Beerling DJ (2004) , The Evolution of Plant Physiology (pp. 197-215). Elsevier

Conference proceedings

  • Ripley BS, Abraham TI & Osborne CP (2008) . JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BOTANY, Vol. 59(7) (pp 1705-1714)
  • Beerling DJ, Terry AC, Hopwood C & Osborne CP (2002) Feeling the cold: atmospheric CO2 enrichment and the frost sensitivity of terrestrial plant foliage. PALAEOGEOGRAPHY PALAEOCLIMATOLOGY PALAEOECOLOGY, Vol. 182(1-2) (pp 3-13)
  • Osborne CP & Beerling DJ (2002) Sensitivity of tree growth to a high CO2 environment: consequences for interpreting the characteristics of fossil woods from ancient 'greenhouse' worlds. PALAEOGEOGRAPHY PALAEOCLIMATOLOGY PALAEOECOLOGY, Vol. 182(1-2) (pp 15-29)

Preprints

  • Pereira L, Alenazi AS, Mian S, Leitch IJ, Christin P-A, Osborne CP & Dunning LT (2025) , Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory.
  • Caine RS, Khan MS, Shan Y, Osborne CP & Croft HL (2025) , Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory.
  • Holland BL, Monk NAM, Clayton RH & Osborne CP (2023) , Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory.
  • Bianconi ME, Sotelo G, Curran EV, Milenkovic V, Samaritani E, Dunning LT, Bertolino LT, Osborne CP & Christin P-A (2021) , Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory.
  • Falster D, Gallagher R, Wenk E, Wright I, Indiarto D, Baxter C, Andrew SC, Lawson J, Allen S, Fuchs A , Adams MA et al (2021) , Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory.
  • Olofsson J, Curran E, Nyirenda F, Bianconi M, Dunning L, Milenkovic V, Sotelo G, Hidalgo O, Powell R, Lundgren M , Leitch IJ et al (2020) , Wiley.
  • Griffith DM, Osborne C, Edwards EJ, Bachle S, Beerling DJ, Bond WJ, Gallaher T, Helliker BR, Lehmann CER, Leatherman L , Nippert JB et al (2020) , Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory.
  • Bräutigam A, Schlüter U, Lundgren MR, Flachbart S, Ebenhöh O, Schönknecht G, Christin PA, Bleuler S, Droz JM, Osborne CP , Weber APM et al (2018) , Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory.
  • Bianconi ME, Dunning LT, Curran EV, Hidalgo O, Powell RF, Mian S, Leitch IJ, Lundgren MR, Manzi S, Vorontsova MS , Besnard G et al () .
  • Wood D, Besnard G, Beerling DJ, Osborne CP & Christin P-A () .
Research group

Research Group

Postdocs

  • Dr Will Brightly (postdoc, 2023-present) 'The coevolution of climate change responses in grasses'. NSF
  • Dr Yixiang Shan (postdoc, 2023-present) 'AgriPV system with climate, water and light spectrum control for safe, healthier and improved crop production'. Horizon Europe.
  • Dr Lizzie Telford (postdoc, 2025-present) 'How do global change and functional traits influence savanna woody plant encroachment?'. NERC. 

PhD students

  • Nitkamon Iamprasertkun (2023-present) 'Exploiting natural diversity responses to extreme weather events'. Thai government scholarship.
  • Mohammed Lashram (2021-present) 'Drought adaptation of C4 savanna grasses'. Saudi governmnet scholarship.
  • Aletia Shaw (2024-present) 'Climate-ready and community-informed diversification of local food systems'. Sustainable Food institute scholarship.
Teaching activities

I lead the Climate Change and Sustainability theme in our undergraduate teaching. My lectures in the BIS109 Climate Change and Sustainability module at level 1 provide an introduction and grounding to the key concepts in these areas. At level 2, my lectures in BIS222 focus on the interactions and feedbacks between ecosystems, atmosphere and climate.

At level 3 in BIS306, the emphasis turns to social, political and cultural dimensions of sustainability, looking at the historical development of the food system, natural resource exploitation and human impacts on climate. The module considers how to achieve social justice and a good life for all, while sustainably exploiting natural resources and achieving net zero. Masters teaching in BIS424 Global Sustainability develops these themes in greater depth.

My teaching aims to place scientific work within its social, political and cultural contexts, and draws on a diversity of scientific perspectives. I am co-author of a guide that discusses why this is important and outlines aspects to consider within ecology and evolution.

Level three and four undergraduate research projects in my lab look at functional aspects of plant biology, and typically take a comparative approach to investigate the mechanisms underpinning diversity in plant form and function.
 

Professional activities and memberships
  • External Examiner, BSc Plant Sciences, Trinity College, Dublin (2018-2022)
  • External Examiner, BSc Ecological Sciences, University of Edinburgh (2012-2016)
  • Convenor of the Plant Environmental Physiology group of the SEB and BES (2012-2016)
  • Editorial Board, Proceedings of The Royal Society, Series B (2012-2017)
  • Origins of Grasslands Working Group Coordinator, National Evolutionary Synthesis Center (NESCent), USA (2011-2012)
  • Advisory Group Member, Royal Society Global Science Report (2010-2011)
  • Grass Phylogeny Working Group Member, NESCent, USA (2010-2011)
  • Plants Committee Member, Society for Experimental Biology, UK (2010-2013)
  • Catalysis Meeting Coordinator, NESCent, USA (2009)
  • Co-Chair, British-German Frontiers of Science Symposium, Potsdam (2008)
  • Selection Panel Member, Royal Society Summer Studentships (2005)
  • Co-organizer, Departmental Seminar Programme (2004-2014)

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