Dr Jacqueline Hughes

Head of Pesticide Survey Unit/ Pesticides Adviser Telephone Number +44(0)131 244 8913 Email Address jackie.hughes@sasa.gsi.gov.uk

Research interests/Areas of expertise

• Plant protection product use patterns, evaluation and approval
• Biocide evaluation and approval
• Agricultural use of rodenticides

Biography

• 2016 head of Pesticide Survey Unit
• Joined SASA in 2006 as a Pesticides Adviser, managing the Pesticide Survey Team and providing advice on agricultural pesticide use and approval to a range of stakeholders.
• 2004-2006 Study Coordinator, managing European pesticide residue and efficacy studies, Charles River Laboratories, UK
• 2001-2004 Study Director, conducting ecotoxicology studies to assess the impact of pesticides on non-target arthropods, Charles River Laboratories, UK
• 1999-2001 Post-doctoral Researcher, studying flight dynamics of lepidopteran orchard pests. Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETHZ) Zurich
• 1998-1999 Entomologist, conducting insecticide efficacy trials, Charles River Laboratories, UK
• 1997 PhD in Entomology - "Investigation of the potential range and colonisation ability of selected insect pests of oilseed rape". University of Edinburgh & Scottish Agricultural College

Representational Duties

• Scottish Government assessor for the Expert Committee for Pesticides (ECP)
• Scottish Government observer for ECP Environmental and Medical and Toxicological Panels
• Member of the ECP’s Working Party for Pesticide Usage Survey (WPPUS)
  Scottish Government assessor of biocidal risk assessment evaluations