Chair in Food Security and Sustainab, University of Stirling
I graduated with a first class honours degree in Mathematics from Liverpool University in 1991.I then went on to do a PhD jointly supervised by Roger Bowers in the Mathematics and Mike Begon in the Ecology departments funded by a Wellcome Trust prize studentship. I spent a year in Oxford Zoology department modelling the dynamics and control of Lymphatic filariasis. I started work as a lecturer in the Mathematics and Statistics group in Stirling in 1996 and went half time in 2001. I was promoted to Senior lecturer in 2003 and to Reader in 2010.
In January 2013 I started a new role as head of the new Aquatic Food Security Group. Reserachers in the Insititute of Aquaculture have been working on sustainable production of seafood for many years. The aim of the new group is to work with different groups in the Institiute and consolidate Stirling's position as world leading in Aquatic Food security research.
Food security looks very different depending on where you are sitting
Jan 23, 2017 00:47 am UTC| Insights & Views Life
In 1974, the World Food Conference declared that: Every man, woman and child has the inalienable right to be free from hunger and malnutrition in order to develop their physical and mental faculties. The conference set as...
Food security and why Christmas dinner is in peril
Dec 21, 2016 10:10 am UTC| Insights & Views Life
The Victorians introduced many of the traditions we now associate with the festive season. Along with Christmas cards, crackers, mince pies and Santa Claus himself, they are responsible for the modern day Christmas dinner....
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