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Gordon Simpson’s lab is jointly supported by the James Hutton Institute and the University of Dundee. The lab is part
First Class Honours Graduate in Agricultural Botany, University of Wales Aberystwyth.
PhD Plant Pathology, University of Wales Aberystwyth.
Employed at the Institute since 1994 as a project leader in plant pathology.
Current technical activities
Biography:
BSc in Zoology, with Physics and Mathematics, University of Glasgow.
MSc in Operational Research, University of Sussex.
Teaching qualification in Mathematics and Computing, Moray House, Edinburgh.
PhD in Molecular Evolution, University of Edinburgh.
Joined BioSS in 1989, based at Dundee since 1998.
Robbie has made major contributions to the development and exploitation of barley as both a cereal crop and model for
Qualifications
BSc (Agricultural Botany), Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, China, 1985
PhD (Genetics), University of Cologne, Koeln, Germany, 2000
Robert Hancock is a senior biochemist and plant physiologist with 25 years post-qualification experience. His primary interests are concerned with
David is a Field Research Scientist in the Environmental and Biochemical Sciences group and has worked at the institute for over 30 years. His main roles are to carry out field sampling (water and soils), the setup and maintenance of field equipment, the processing of samples in the laboratory (water and soils) and the planning and organization of field equipment. He is also part of a field team who carry out soil surveys to create soil maps for use by Forestry and Land Scotland (FLS).
Gareth has worked for the Institute since 1995 as head of Inorganic analysis within the analytical section specialising in the following analytical techniques:
