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Katy is a Research Assistant in the Social Economic and Geographical Sciences Department (SEGS) working in Environmental Governance. Her projects
Stuart is an applied plant ecologist at the Institute focusing on how land-use management and restoration influences ecosystem functioning, particularly
Trinity Sandra Ndlovu (nee) Senda is as Agroecosystem ecologist at the James Hutton Institute (JHI). She attained her PhD thesis from the University of Nairobi in Kenya in Management of Agroecosystems and the Environment. Her PhD work focused on the socio-ecological implications of communal land rights formalization in pastoral settings.
I completed my PhD in Microbiology at the University of Pretoria (UP, South Africa); my research focus is the legume-rhizobium
James is a molecular plant pathologist and plant nematologist within the CMS nematology group with a focus on potato cyst nematodes (PCN). Over his 8 years' experience working with plant-parasitic nematodes he has investigated parasite-host interactions, specifically; hatching, nematode surface-coats, screening for host PCN resistance and investigating host tolerance to PCN. James frequently collaborates with external companies to test novel PCN control strategies.
Tom is a Molecular PCN Resistance Researcher working within the CMS department.
I am one of the Institute's Mental Health First Aiders and have completed my Applied Suicide Intervention Skills Training which enables me to support people in crisis.
Education
BSc Computing Science (with Distinction)
PGDE Secondary (Computing)
I am a Macaulay Development Trust Fellow in Land Use and Societal Metabolism (here at The James Hutton Institute in Aberdeen,
