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Prof Zulin Zhang is a Senior Environmental Chemist and joined the institute in 2007. He has over 20 years of
Rob is Head of Ecological Sciences at The James Hutton Institute. He is a plant ecologist with over 25 years’ experience of ecological research. He has extensive experience of ecology in a wide range of environments, including arctic, montane, alpine, semi-arid and arable ecosystems, and currently undertakes research at sites across Scotland.
Richard is a soil surveyor, vegetation ecologist, landscape historian and forensic botanist. He has worked across a wide variety of landscapes and habitat types including mountains, moorlands/heathlands, woodlands, wetlands/peatlands, grasslands, coastal, urban, and arable plant systems throughout Scotland and has an excellent knowledge of the National Vegetation Classification (NVC) as well as Phase 1 vegetation mapping.
Professor Alison Hester FRSB FRSGS is a senior scientist and Baillie Gifford Entrepreneurial Research Fellow at the James Hutton Institute,
Employment history
October 2007-present – Professor of Plant Pathology, Division of Plant Sciences, College of Life Sciences, University of Dundee (at the James Hutton Institute).
2002-2007 – Molecular Plant Pathologist (Band 4), SCRI.
1999-2002 – Molecular Plant Pathologist (Band 5), SCRI.
1995-1999 – Molecular Plant Pathologist (Band 6), SCRI.
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
Steve Hillier is a mineralogist by training, he studied for his PhD at Southampton University and undertook post docs at
