Dr Jacqueline Hughes

Acting Head of SASA and Head of Agricultural Science Delivery; Senior Management Team

Telephone Number
+44(0)131 244 8913

 

Research interests/Areas of expertise

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

Biography

  • 2023 Acting Head of SASA
  • 2019 Head of Agricultural Science Delivery
  • 2016 Head of Pesticide Survey Unit
  • Joined SASA in 2006 as Pesticides Adviser and manager of the Pesticide Survey Team and providing advice on agricultural pesticide use and approval to a range of stakeholders.
  • 2004-2006 Study Coordinator at contract research organisation, managing European pesticide residue and efficacy studies
  • 2001-2004 Study Director at contract reseach organisation conducting ecotoxicology studies to assess the impact of pesticides on non-target arthropods, 
  • 1999-2001 Post-doctoral Researcher, studying flight dynamics of lepidopteran orchard pests. Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETHZ) Zurich
  • 1998-1999 Entomologist at contract research organisation conducting insecticide efficacy trials
  • 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