Paul Dupree is Professor of Plant Biochemistry in the Department of Biochemistry, University of Cambridge, UK. He studies how plants synthesise polysaccharides, and has developed genetic modification of plants to understand polysaccharide functions and interactions. The research has impact in the fields of bioenergy, paper manufacture and the use of timber in building construction. He has productive collaborations in the University of São Paulo/Sao Carlos and Campinas. He was named in 2015 as one of the world’s most highly cited researchers in Plant and Animal science by Thomson Reuters.
