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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.
My research has focused on understanding the mechanisms governing the population regulation in free ranging herbivores with an emphasis on the role that disease plays in the dynamics of these ecosystems.
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.
Dr Pete Goddard is an Honorary Fellow of the James Hutton Institute. He is a veterinary surgeon with a particular
After gaining a BSc Hons 1st class degree from Aberdeen University in Equine Science Gillian joined the Institute Soil's research area in 2007.
Leah's background is in earth sciences and geochemistry and she joined the Institute's Catchment Management research area in March 2010.
I am a research assistant with 20 years experience at the Institute. Originally trained in farm animal reproduction and nutrition, I made the leap into Social Research in 2013. As a square peg in a round hole I found the first year or so very challenging, but I've always enjoyed a challenge and am now throughly immeresed in SEGS. I particularly enjoy the qualitative aspects of my job, interviewing all manner of fascinating people and organising and running focus groups and workshops and presenting my work to interested parties.
Prof Lee-Ann Sutherland is Director of the James Hutton Institute's new flagship, the International Land Use Study Centre. The new centre reflects the Institute's a vision for inclusive, open science that engages the public, stakeholder groups and scientists with a wide range of expertise in tackling the urgent problems of our time: climate change, food and water security, biodiversity preservation and One Health.
Eric has more than 25 years’ experience of working on plant-soil interactions in the context of sustainable crop production systems,
After gaining her honours degree in Geology and Petroleum Geology from the University of Aberdeen, Helen moved to Cardiff University and completed a masters with distinction in Applied Environmental Geology. Her masters dissertation project was completed here at the Institute, while working with Steve Hillier, and was entitled 'Utility of Quantitative X-ray Powder Diffraction Methods to Determine the Forms of Lead in Selected Contaminated Soils'.
