Angela Main
Angela graduated in 1987 with an honours degree in Physical Sciences (Chemistry) and has over 30 years laboratory experience including the analysis of drinking waters, effluents ,waste waters and core analysis.
Since joining the institute in 2001 she has worked in microbiology and molecular biology gaining experience of phospholipid fatty acid analysis (PLFA), microresp, DNA extractions and mTRFLP of soils.
After 2012 she has been working in the FTIR spectroscopy section on a mixture of commercial and RESAS funded research projects. She has vast experience of spectral interpretation.
Current research interests
She is working on NSIS soils to obtain spectral information and making correlations with Carbon data and developing an analytical method for a portable FTIR instrument using NSIS soils to replicate field studies.
Bibliography
- Robertson, J.; Main, A.M.; K Haghi, R. (2023) Developing an FTIR (Fourier Transform Infrared) spectroscopic tool for monitoring soil organic carbon, End of project report for MDT
- Robertson, J.; Donaldson-Selby, G.; Parker, T.; Main, A.; Watson, H.; Cooper, P.; Smart, C. (2022) Analysing Carbon Losses from Peatland, Zenodo, 10.5281/zenodo.7386670.
- Mitchell, R.J.; Hewison, R.L.; Haghi, R.K.; Robertson, A.H.J.; Main, A.M.; Owen, I.J. (2021) Functional and ecosystem service differences between tree species: implications for tree species replacement, Trees, 35, 307-317
- Leybourne, D.L.; Valentine, T.A.; Robertson, J.A.H.; Perez-Fernandez, E.; Main, A.M.; Karley, A.J.; Bos, J.I.B. (2019) Defence gene expression and phloem quality contribute to mesophyll and phloem resistance to aphids in wild barley., Journal of Experimental Botany, 70, 4011-4026.
- Robertson, A.H.J.; Wetterlind, J.; Main, A.M.; Alshihabi, O. (2019) How to minimise loss in spectral quality when going from laboratory to field measurements using a portable FTIR instrument., Global Workshop on Proximal Soil Sensing (GWPSS), Linking Soil Sensing to Management Decisions, Columbia, Missouri, 28-31 May 2019, 6pp.
- Chapman, S.J.; Farmer, J.; Main, A.; Smith, J. (2017) Refining pedotransfer functions for estimating peat bulk density., Mires and Peat, 19, Article No. 23, 1-11.
- Robertson, A.H.J.; Main, A.M.; Robinson, L.J.; Dawson, L.A. (2015) In situ FTIR analysis of soils for forensic applications., FT-IR Technology for Today's Spectroscopists, August 2015.
- Robertson, A.H.J.; Main, A.M.; Robinson, L.J.; Dawson, L.A. (2015) In situ FTIR analysis of forensic soil samples at a mock crime scene., Proceedings of the 4th Global Workshop on Proximal Soil Sensing in Hangzhou, China, 12-15 May 2015.
- Mitchell, R.J.; Hewison, R.L.; Haghi, R.K.; Robertson, A.H.J.; Main, A.M.; Owen, I.J. (2021) Functional and ecosystem service differences between tree species: implications for tree species replacement, Trees, 35, 307-317
- Leybourne, D.L.; Valentine, T.A.; Robertson, J.A.H.; Perez-Fernandez, E.; Main, A.M.; Karley, A.J.; Bos, J.I.B. (2019) Defence gene expression and phloem quality contribute to mesophyll and phloem resistance to aphids in wild barley., Journal of Experimental Botany, 70, 4011-4026.
- Chapman, S.J.; Farmer, J.; Main, A.; Smith, J. (2017) Refining pedotransfer functions for estimating peat bulk density., Mires and Peat, 19, Article No. 23, 1-11.
- Robertson, A.H.J.; Main, A.M.; Robinson, L.J.; Dawson, L.A. (2015) In situ FTIR analysis of soils for forensic applications., FT-IR Technology for Today's Spectroscopists, August 2015.
- Robertson, A.H.J.; Main, A.M.; Robinson, L.J.; Dawson, L.A. (2015) In situ FTIR analysis of soils for forensic applications., FT-IR Technology for Today's Spectroscopists, August 2015.
- Robertson, J.; Main, A.M.; K Haghi, R. (2023) Developing an FTIR (Fourier Transform Infrared) spectroscopic tool for monitoring soil organic carbon, End of project report for MDT
- Robertson, J.; Donaldson-Selby, G.; Parker, T.; Main, A.; Watson, H.; Cooper, P.; Smart, C. (2022) Analysing Carbon Losses from Peatland, Zenodo, 10.5281/zenodo.7386670.
- Robertson, A.H.J.; Wetterlind, J.; Main, A.M.; Alshihabi, O. (2019) How to minimise loss in spectral quality when going from laboratory to field measurements using a portable FTIR instrument., Global Workshop on Proximal Soil Sensing (GWPSS), Linking Soil Sensing to Management Decisions, Columbia, Missouri, 28-31 May 2019, 6pp.
- Robertson, A.H.J.; Main, A.M.; Robinson, L.J.; Dawson, L.A. (2015) In situ FTIR analysis of forensic soil samples at a mock crime scene., Proceedings of the 4th Global Workshop on Proximal Soil Sensing in Hangzhou, China, 12-15 May 2015.
- Robertson, J.; Main, A.M.; K Haghi, R. (2023) FTIR A Novel Method for Assessment of Soil Health , Healthy Soils Stakeholder Meeting, 21 March 2023, Edinburgh
- Mitchell, R.J.; Hewison, R.; Haghi, R.K.; Robertson, A.J.; Main, A.; Owen, J. (2020) Functional and ecosystem service differences between tree species implications for tree species replacement., British Ecological Society Annual Meeting, Edinburgh 14-17 December 2020, Online. (Poster)
- Robertson, A.H.J.; Main, A.M.; Haghi, R. (2018) What can FTIR analysis tell you? , The James Hutton Institute Annual Research Symposium, Treetops Hotel, Aberdeen, 29 November 2018.
- Perez-Fernández E.; Main A., Robertson, A.H.J. (2017) Comparison of mid infrared spectroscopy and near mid infrared spectroscopy for prediction of soil properties for a national spatial dataset., Pedometrics 2017, Wageningen, The Netherlands, 26 June - 1 July 2017. Book of Abstracts, p190.
