Hazel Davey is a Professor of Biology in the Department of Life Sciences at Aberystwyth University. She is the coordinator for the postgraduate MRes Biosciences scheme (C190). She is also an elected member of the AU Senate. She graduated from Aberystwyth University with a BSc in Zoology and Microbiology, and a PhD in Flow Cytometry of Microorganisms. She is a Fellow of the Learned Society of Wales. Her research interests include microbial physiology using the model organism Saccharomyces cerevisiae in a biotechnologically relevant setting to understand viability and vitality, stress responses and heterogeneity.