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Dundee
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Scotland
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James Hutton Institute

Dr Liz Dinnie

My research interests focus on community initiatives, social change and social justice. I am particularly interested in the ways in which local and grassroots movements for change are influencing and being influenced by changes in governing. Further details can be found on my James Hutton Institute staff page.

Liz Dinnie

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Craigiebuckler
Aberdeen AB15 8QH
Scotland UK

Dr Rebekka Artz

Rebekka is a research leader working on peatland ecosystem functioning and other high organic carbon content soils. She has over 20 years of experience on research projects that span multiple disciplines including ecology, atmospheric sciences, remote sensing, ecohydrology, social sciences and in bridging science and policy. She currently co-ordinates multiple, high value, and long-term research projects. She has authored over 60 peer-reviewed publications, as well as numerous research reports, two book chapters and interactive media content.

Rebekka Artz

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Craigiebuckler
Aberdeen AB15 8QH
Scotland UK

Prof. Alison Hester

Alison is a highly regarded ecologist and senior scientist at the James Hutton Institute. With a strong focus on understanding and conserving the natural environment, she has made significant contributions to the field of ecosystem functioning and the impacts of environmental change on biodiversity.

Alison Hester

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Craigiebuckler
Aberdeen AB15 8QH
Scotland UK

Dr Ruth Mitchell

Ruth's work has focussed on the biodiversity and ecosystem services implications of tree diseases. Ruth has a long standing interested in successional processes and her work on plant-soil interactions studies how changes in land-use (principally tree colonisation on moorland) affects the vegetation, soil chemistry, soil fauna and ecosystem functioning. 

Ruth Mitchell

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Craigiebuckler
Aberdeen AB15 8QH
Scotland UK

Professor David Miller

David is responsible for the strategic co-ordination of knowledge exchange at the James Hutton Institute, and research and commercial projects within the remits of several of the institute research themes. I am the Institute representative on the knowledge exchange and impact Gateway of SEFARI.

David Miller

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Craigiebuckler
Aberdeen AB15 8QH
Scotland UK

Dr Alessandro Gimona

My research concerns assessing the consequences of land use change and climate change on ecosystem services and species distributions, to improve spatial planning. 

Active projects are on multiple landscape benefits and trade-offs, mapping of key ecosystem services, and the development of interactive tools that facilitate decision and participation by experts and non-experts.

I am also a member of the scientific steering  committee of the Ecosystem Services Partnership.

Alessandro Gimona

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Craigiebuckler
Aberdeen AB15 8QH
Scotland UK

Professor Glenn Iason

My research is mainly on the ecology of herbivorous mammals, their impacts on plants and how plants defend themselves against herbivores and diseases.  He has experience of work with a broad range of animal species (hares and rabbits, African buffalo, deer, moose and domestic ruminants and invertebrates species) in a range of ecosystems including the Arctic, Boreal forests, moorland, African savanna and agricultural environments.

Glenn Iason

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Craigiebuckler
Aberdeen AB15 8QH
Scotland UK

Dr Kenneth Loades

My own research includes the sustainable management of soils and the interaction between roots and soil for both soil stability and crop root performance. Soil is a finite resource which we therefore need to protect when you consider that 95% of our food comes from soil. However, the pressures from intensive food production and losses of soil through erosion means we must increase the sustainable management of our soils.

Ken Loades

The James Hutton Institute
Invergowrie
Dundee DD2 5DA
Scotland UK

Professor Lorna Dawson

My research interests relate to the development and application of environmental tools in search and trace evidence in the Criminal Justice System. I am an Expert Witness, a Chartered Scientist and a registered expert with the National Crime Agency, having worked with many police forces in the UK and abroad and regularly present evidence in court.

Lorna Dawson

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Craigiebuckler
Aberdeen AB15 8QH
Scotland UK

Dr Rob Brooker

My research interests relate to interactions between plants and their environment. This has included work in alpine and arctic environments, and trying to understand the factors that regulate biodiversity and the response of these systems to climate change. Visit my profile to find about more.

Rob Brooker

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Craigiebuckler

Aberdeen

AB15 8QH