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Steve Hillier is a mineralogist by training, he studied for his PhD at Southampton University and undertook post docs at
Richard is a soil surveyor, vegetation ecologist, landscape historian and forensic botanist. He has worked across a wide variety of landscapes and habitat types including mountains, moorlands/heathlands, woodlands, wetlands/peatlands, grasslands, coastal, urban, and arable plant systems throughout Scotland and has an excellent knowledge of the National Vegetation Classification (NVC) as well as Phase 1 vegetation mapping.
My research has focused on understanding the mechanisms governing the population regulation in free ranging herbivores with an emphasis on the role that disease plays in the dynamics of these ecosystems.
Alessandro is a spatial ecologist and a geographer with experience of both terrestrial and aquatic systems. He uses mechanistic and statistical modelling, as well as GIS and remote sensing technology, to answer research questions.
For further updates please see Alessandro's page on ResearchGate.
Dr Pete Goddard is an Honorary Fellow of the James Hutton Institute. He is a veterinary surgeon with a particular
After gaining a BSc Hons 1st class degree from Aberdeen University in Equine Science Gillian joined the Institute Soil's research area in 2007.
Leah's background is in earth sciences and geochemistry and she joined the Institute's Catchment Management research area in March 2010.
I am a research assistant with 20 years experience at the Institute. Originally trained in farm animal reproduction and nutrition, I made the leap into Social Research in 2013. As a square peg in a round hole I found the first year or so very challenging, but I've always enjoyed a challenge and am now throughly immeresed in SEGS. I particularly enjoy the qualitative aspects of my job, interviewing all manner of fascinating people and organising and running focus groups and workshops and presenting my work to interested parties.
Luz Maria is a socio-economist developing interdisciplinary research based on mixed methods. She has carried out research using her knowledge on economics (BUAP-Mexico), anthropology (EHESS-France), land economy and geography (University of Aberdeen and University of Birmingham-UK) to investigate land use systems at different scales for both food production and conservation, apprehended from a decision-making perspective.
Nick is an applied ecologist with a strong background in wildlife conservation. He sits on the Advisory Group of the
