Howard Griffiths

Howard Griffiths is a physiological ecologist. and a Fellow of Clare College, Cambridge. He formerly worked for the University of Dundee in the Department of Biological Sciences. He applies molecular biology techniques and physiology to investigate the regulation of photosynthesis and plant water-use efficiency.

Research Griffiths' specializations include: Responses to climate change, reflected by his membership of the Cambridge Centre for Climate Science (CCfCS). Global food security, a University of Cambridge Research Theme. Conservation and bioenergy crops,

Griffiths has a particular interest in introducing the dynamics of plant processes without the need for time-lapse photography. His lectures demonstrate how the spatial segregation of photosystem 1 and photosystem 2 creates a highly dynamic system with lateral mobility and migration of damaged photosynthetic reaction centers through thylakoid membranes.

He studies the reaction mechanism of RuBisCO and how plants have evolved. In 2016, they achieved successful results and they now hope to implement this technique to increase the rate of photosynthesis in plants and hence increase crop yields. He has also conducted many field work expeditions to countries including Trinidad, Venezuela, and Panama, as part of his research.

He is the author, co-author or editor of several textbooks and monographs,

According to Google Scholar and Scopus, his most highly cited peer-reviewed publications were in The Journal of Experimental Botany, Oecologia, New Phytologist, and Functional Plant Biology.