ROYAL AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY - Key Persons
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- Head of International Agriculture, Senior Lecturer in Animal Production Management
- Head of International Agriculture, Senior Lecturer in Animal Production Management. University
Brough,C., Foy, R (2014). Evaluation of dairy production, and comparable legislation & codes of practise in the Ukrainian dairy industry.
Cowie AL, Murphy B, Rawson A, Wilson B, Singh B, Young R, Grange I (2007) Carbon sequestration in agricultural soils: A potential carbon trading opportunity? Greenhouse 2007: Latest Science and Technology, 2-5 October 2007, Sydney, Australia.
From Apples to Zoonosis. David is an agricultural economist who specialises in decision-making…
Dumbrell, N.P., Adamson, D., Wheeler, S.A., 2020. Is social licence a response to government and market failures? Evidence from the literature. Resources Policy 69, 101827, Doi: 10.1016/j.resourpol.2020.101827
Adamson, D. & Loch, A. 2018. ‘Achieving environmental flows where buyback is constrained'. The Australian Journal of Agricultural & Resource Economics, 62(1), pp 83-102, Doi: 10.1111/1467-8489.12231/epdf
Loch, A & Adamson, D. 2015, 'Drought and the rebound effect: a Murray-Darling Basin example', Natural Hazards, 79 (3), pp 1429-1449, Doi: 10.1007/s11069-015-1705-y
Schrobback, P., Adamson, D. & Quiggin, J. 2011, 'Turning Water into Carbon: Carbon Sequestration and Water Flow in the Murray-Darling Basin', Environmental and Resource Economics, vol. 49, no. 1, pp. 23-45. Doi: 10.1007/s10640-010-9422-1
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- Professor
- Veterinary Surgeon and Professor of Production of Animal Health and Welfare
David Main is a veterinary surgeon and Professor of Production of Animal Health and Welfare at the Royal Agricultural University. He has research interests in science and practice of knowledge exchange, animal welfare assessment and improvement strategies and animal welfare education. Former member of the Farm Animal Welfare Council, Food Ethics Council and Soil Association Council. He is chair of Home Office Animals in Science Committee and member of McDonald's Global Chicken Sustainability Advisory Council.
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- Senior Lecturer, Building Technology and Surveying. I Joined the RAU in September of 2021 As a
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- Senior Lecturer in International Rural Development
Talleh Nkobou, Atenchong & A. Ainslie (2021) 'Developmental Nationalism?' Political Trust and the politics of large-scale land investment in Magufuli's Tanzania, Journal of East African Studies 15 (3): 378-399. https://doi.org/10.1080/17531055.2021.1951944
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- Lecturer in Law
- Senior Lecturer in Law. I Joined the RAU As a Lecturer in Law, Teaching the Legal Elements of
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- Lecturer in Environmental Management
- Lecturer in Environmental Management and Sustainability
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- Lecturer in Crop Production and Agronomy
- Research Fellow in Crop Technology
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- Senior Lecturer in Farm Animal Welfare Science and Policy
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- Senior Lecturer
- Senior Lecturer in Agriculture
Biography
Dr Karen Rial-Lovera is a Senior Lecturer in Agriculture and the Course Lead for the BSc (Hons) in Agriculture and the BSc(Hons) Agricultural Management (Top-Up). Karen graduated as Agricultural Engineer and holds an MSc in Agriculture and Forestry Research from the University of Santiago de Compostela (Spain). Following this, Karen completed her PhD in Crop Systems in collaboration with the RAU and Coventry University, focusing on how soil cultivations, nutrient management and intercropping affected soil health and crop productivity. After completing her PhD, Karen worked as a consultant in agricultural development projects in Sub-Saharan Africa. She then worked as Lecturer/Senior Lecturer in Agricultural Engineering at the RAU as the Douglas Bomford Trust Chair until 2019. She then moved to Nottingham Trent University where she led the BSc (Hons) in Agriculture course and taught across UG and PG courses. Karen returned to RAU in October 2023.
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- Senior Lecturer in Animal Science
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- Lecturer in Agricultural Sciences
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- Senior Lecturer in Animal Health and Welfare
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- Senior Lecturer in Agricultural Technology
International Teaching Fellow in Real Estate Valuation and Finance Dr Stephen Agyeman-Yeboah is…
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- Chairman in Rural Policy and Strategy
- Elizabeth Creak Chair in Rural Policy and Strategy
- Professor
As Creak Chair, Professor MacMillan's role is to inform national and international policies on land, the environment and food.
Tom is a founding Director of the Centre for Effective Innovation in Agriculture and Deputy Director of The National Innovation Centre for Rural Enterprise (NICRE). He is expert advisor to the Food, Farming & Countryside Commission and was one of the team who supported Henry Dimbleby to develop the National Food Strategy.
Tom joined us from the Soil Association, where he was Director of Innovation. There, he founded the Innovative Farmers network, which supports practical 'field labs' by farmers and led an overhaul of organic standards.
From 2003-2011 he was Executive Director of the Food Ethics Council, which received the BBC Food & Farming Derek Cooper Award for its Food & Fairness Inquiry. He has served on various advisory groups and boards, including for the Cabinet Office Food Matters report, ScienceWise, the BBSRC, Sustain and the Brighton & Hove Food Partnership.
He has a PhD in geography from the University of Manchester, where he investigated the use and abuse of science in food regulation.
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- Research - Pollinator Services in Contrasting Habitats. Completed September 2022
Grange I, Swallow, K (2018) Bracken control in the first year is as good as it gets! Ecosystem and Habitat Management; research, policy, practice. Association of Applied Biologists; Worcester 27-28 March.
Grange I, Kansuntisukmongkol K (2004) Impact of fallow length on soil structure and soil water characteristics in a swidden cultivation system of western Thailand. In: Singh B et al. (Eds.), Supersoil 2004: Programme and Abstracts for the 3rd Australian New Zealand Soils Conference, University of Sydney, Australia, 5 - 9 December 2004. http://www.regional.org.au/au/asssi/
Westaway S, Grange I, Smith J, & Smith L (2023). Meeting tree planting targets on the UK's path to Net-Zero: a review of lessons learnt from 100 years of land use policies. Trees for Climate Change, Biodiversity and People, British Ecological Society. University of Kent, 28-29 June 2023.
Westaway S, Grange I, Smith J, & Smith L (2021). Ecosystem service provision of trees on farms at landscape scale. Future of UK Treescapes 2021: Bringing the future of trees, woodlands and forests into focus. University of Birmingham, 6-8 July 2021.
Grange I (2019) Do you have a conservation management question that needs an evidence based answer? Conservation Evidence Workshop, RAU, Nov 7, 2019.
Grange I (1996) An investigation into the effects of two different planting techniques on the root growth of guava. Proceedings of the Horticultural Research Institute Annual Conference, DOA, 3-7 March 1996, Nakhon Phanom, Thailand.
Grange I (2006) "There's carbon in them there hills!" My part in a modern day carbon rush. Lunchtime Seminar Series, Charles Sturt University, Orange, 6 June 2006.
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- Research Manager - Cultured Meat & Farmers
Since September 2022, John has worked as the project manager for the Cultured Meat and Farmers research project at the RAU.
Prior to joining the RAU in October 2014 as a senior lecturer in Food Supply Management, John worked as an R&D scientist and project manager at Campden BRI for 14 years, where he developed and validated DNA-based assays to confirm the authenticity of meat, fish and other food products in the agri-food industry.
Before this, John completed his PhD in Rhizobium (which are nitrogen fixing bacteria) genetics at the Royal Agricultural College, before moving to Tufts University, Massachusetts, USA to investigate the genetics of growth and disease resistance in farmed shrimp. He then moved to TCD, Dublin, Ireland to study the genetics of Thoroughbred horses and then to Nottingham University to develop DNA based assays for meat species, which led to his joining Campden BRI.
Fajardo, V., González, I., Dooley, J., Garret, S., Brown, H.M., García, T. & Martín, R. (2009). Application of polymerase chain reaction-restriction fragment length polymorphism analysis and lab-on-a-chip capillary electrophoresis for the specific identification of game and domestic meats. Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture, 89(5): 843 - 847.
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- Researcher
- Professor in Agriculture. Nicola Cannon Is a Dedicated Educator and Researcher. As an Agronomist
Professor in Agriculture. Nicola Cannon is a dedicated educator and researcher. As an agronomist…
Nicola Cannon is a dedicated educator and researcher. As an agronomist she understands the challenges of arable cropping systems and the complex issues that impact on yield and quality of crops. Nicola has a strong appreciation of the current research needs of the agricultural community and also the challenges of adoption by having a grounded agricultural background and professional understanding.
Rial-Lovera, K., Davies, W.P., Cannon, N.D. and Conway, J.S. (2016), Weed development in spring wheat after contrasting soil tillage and nitrogen management. Annals of Applied Biology 169, 236-247. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/aab.12294
Kamalonga, D., Cannon, N.D. and Davies, W.P., Conway, J. (2016). Bi-cropping spring field bean (Vicia faba) and wheat (Triticum aestivum) for whole crop forage in the UK. ESA 14, Growing landscapes - Cultivating innovative agricultural systems. Edinburgh, Scotland, UK 5-9 September 2016.
Cannon, N, Kamalongo, D and Conway, J (2019) The effect of bi-cropping wheat (Triticum aestivum) and beans (Vicia faba) on forage yield and weed competition. Biological Agriculture & Horticulture. ISSN 0144-8765
Senior Lecturer: Food Quality and Security & Student Exchange Academic Lead
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- External Quality Advisor for the University of Chester
- Lecturer in Animal Science
Bye, T. (2021) It's in your hands: The impact of bits, bridles, and nosebands on welfare of the ridden horse (Plenary) Equine Performance Conference, July 2021, Online
Biography
Tracy graduated from the University of Central Lancashire (Myerscough College) in 2006 with a BSc (Hons) in Equine Science and Management. She went on to work practically in the equine industry as a rider, coach, and trainer of young horses until she joined the team at Bishop Burton College as a Lecturer in Equine Science in 2011. Tracy worked at Bishop Burton for just short of nine years, and in that time led on numerous initiatives to support student learning and development, including the annual Equine Performance Conference.
Alongside her full-time job Tracy completed her MSc in Equine Science, graduating from the University of the West of England (Hartpury College) in 2018. Tracy went on to work at the University of Oxford, as the Deputy Director of Education in the Department of Oncology, where she was responsible for overseeing the development of new suite of MSc programmes, until she joined the RAU as a Lecturer in Animal Science in September 2023.
Tracy is currently completing her PhD, on a part time basis, at Loughborough University's School of Sport, Exercise and Health Sciences. Tracy's research focusses on posture and balance in dressage riders, and the biomechanics horse-rider interactions though the saddle and stirrups.
Tracy is also an External Quality Advisor for the University of Chester and a member of the Saddle Research Trust Communications Committee.