Membro del consiglio direttivo della Linnean Society of London, fa attualmente parte dello staff scientifico dei Royal Botanic Gardens di Kew.
Alcune opere Hollingsworth PM; RM Bateman, RJ Gornall (eds.) 1999. Molecular Systematics & Plant Evolution. Systematics Association Vol. especial 57. 502 pp. ISBN 0-7484-0908-4 Cronk QCB; RM Bateman, JA Hawkins. 2002. Developmental Genetics & Plant Evolution. Systematics Association Vol. especial. 564 pp. ISBN 0-415-25791-3 Dower BL; RM Bateman, DW Stevenson. 2006. Systematics, ontogeny, & phylogenetic implications of exceptional anatomically preserved cycadophyte leaves from the Middle Jurassic of Bearreraig Bay. The Botanical Review. 24 pp.
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Bibliografia Brummitt, RK; CE Powell. 1992. Authors of Plant Names. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. ISBN 1-84246-085-4