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Currently a Honorary Associate of the Ecological Sciences programme at the James Hutton Institute and an honorary lecturer at Dundee University teaching Microbial Ecology, I have held postdoctoral positions at York, Lancaster and Durham Universities after completing a PhD at Warwick University and degree at Nottingham University.
Professor Howard Davies was Director of Science at the Scottish Crop Research Institute (SCRI) from 2005 to 2011 and prior
Current technical activities
Biography:
BSc in Zoology, with Physics and Mathematics, University of Glasgow.
MSc in Operational Research, University of Sussex.
Teaching qualification in Mathematics and Computing, Moray House, Edinburgh.
PhD in Molecular Evolution, University of Edinburgh.
Joined BioSS in 1989, based at Dundee since 1998.
During my career at the Institute, much of my work involved the application of imaging and cell biology techniques to investigate the interactions between pathogens and plants.
Robbie has made major contributions to the development and exploitation of barley as both a cereal crop and model for
Steve is a hydromorphologist who is interested in physical processes and forms within river systems. His background is in physical geography and fluvial geomorphology. Based at the University of Aberdeen, he gained a BSc degree in geography in 2005 and completed a PhD in fluvial geomorphology in 2009.
Robin is a plant ecologist at the Institute focusing on the management and functioning of biodiversity in a range of
Sharon is a qualitative social scientist with a background in topics involving interactions between people and the places they work,
