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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