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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.
Maddy is a soil microbial ecologist and biogeochemist in the Plant-Soil Interactions (PSI) research group within Ecological Sciences, James Hutton
I am an environmental economist with a background in ecology. I am interested in environmental conservation, and particularly how this integrates into multi-use landscapes, and how to include the needs of varied stakeholders. I use methods such as stated preference modeling and cost-effectiveness analysis to consider available options for land management, taking account of socio-economic as well as environmental needs.
Alice is a Senior Environmental Social Scientist in the Social, Economic and Geographical Sciences Department. Alice’s research focuses broadly on
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.
