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Dr Mike Rivington is a senior scientist at the James Hutton Institute having researched land use and climate change issues
Specialises in analysis of Next Generation Sequencing data from crop plants Main focs: genomics and variomics, RenSeq and related technologies,
Rupert is a risk and exposure modeller interested in reducing risks from contamination in the food chain. Rupert obtained his
Iain, who holds both British and Australian nationality, returned to Scotland to take up the post after eight years working with CSIRO – the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation – in Canberra. CSIRO is the national government body for scientific research in Australia.
Professor Gordon is native to Aberdeenshire and graduated with a zoology honours degree from the University of Aberdeen. He was awarded his PhD by the University of Cambridge.
He worked at the Macaulay Land Use Research Institute in Aberdeen, leading the Ecology Group, before moving to Australia in 2003.
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.
Glenn Iason is an ecologist with 30 years experience of research, mainly in plant-herbivore interactions. He has experience of work with a broad range of animal species (hares and rabbits, African buffalo, deer, moose and domestic ruminants and invertebrates species) in a range of ecosystems including the Arctic, Boreal forests, moorland, African savanna and agricultural environments.
Adekunle Ibiyemi is a research assistant (GIS) in the Information and Computational Sciences Department. He is mostly involved in managing Institute
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.
After gaining a BSc Hons 1st class degree from Aberdeen University in Equine Science Gillian joined the Institute Soil's research area in 2007.
