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Dr Eulyn Pagaling is a Senior Environmental Microbiologist. Her research focuses on environmental contaminants such as antimicrobial resistance, microplastics, pathogens
I am agricultural and rural economist working in the Social, Economic and Geographical Sciences (SEGS) department of the James Hutton
My area of expertise is in measuring and modelling the deposition, concentrations and trends of ground-level ozone and other gases although I have worked in other areas including acid deposition and NH3 exchange. I have also worked with a Chemical Ionisation Mass Spectrometer (CIMS) to measure various different species and assist with instrumentation for field sites and campaigns.
I am a qualitative social scientist in the Social, Economic and Geographical Sciences Group, joining in 2018. I have a background in human geography, and enjoy research in rural areas working with different land users in the countryside. My current role explores rural migration across Scotland, digitalisation amongst small-scale farmers and crofting communities in Scotland, agricultural innovation, and the continued impacts of Covid-19 on rural and island communities in Scotland.
Leanne is a Senior Social Scientist within James Hutton Institute SEGS group. Her expertise lies in the social and economic
Diana Valero is a social scientist working as MDT Fellow in Rural Water Security working in the Social, Economic and Geographical Sciences (SEGS) research group at the James Hutton Institute.
Her educational background is in political science, local development and rural policy.
Prior to joining The James Hutton Institute in 2021 she carried out postdoc research at the University of Stirling and in the Centre for Mountian Studies at the University of the Highlands and Islands. Diana earned her PhD from the University of Valencia in Spain.
I am a PhD Researcher researcher at James Hutton Institute and Cranfield University. I completed my MSc in Water Science, Policy and Management in 2015 at the University of Oxford. During my MSc, I conducted a dissertation project on women’s experience of water scarcity in the Thar Desert. Before starting my PhD, I worked as a Research Assistant on a water security project for the REACH project at the University of Oxford, working on small town water supply in Ethiopia. I have also worked within Research Funding and Facilitation.
I am a Senior Researcher working in the application areas of :
Policy modelling (and the identification of unintended policy outcomes)
Habitat restoration – Carbon sequestration – Biodiversity offsetting
Natural capital accounting and investment vehicles,
Community-and ecosystem-based climate change adaptation, and
Food systems.
I do this work, at my desk and – most happily – in the field, by developing and applying novel techniques for:
Dr Andy Kindness is the leader of The James Hutton Institute's Environmental and Biochemical Sciences group.
Dr Kindness’ joined the Institute from Aberdeen University’s School of Natural and Computing Sciences, where he coordinated a postgraduate MSc in Oil & Gas Chemistry, was responsible for recruitment of students for this course and helped develop curricula, increased industry interaction, student numbers and student satisfaction.
