Agroecology | Climate modelling | Ethical supply chains | Farmer-centric research
Transdisciplinary researcherAgroecologist
Senior Lecturer in Environment & Sustainability at the Royal Agricultural University. I work where climate science meets the farm gate — from macadamia orchards in Malawi to AI that spots weeds in UK fields.
Three threads run through everything I do.
Modelling where macadamia and other tree crops can thrive as the climate changes, with farmers at the centre.
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Turning satellite, drone and field data into maps and models for crop protection, hydrology and conservation.
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Human rights, biodiversity and certification work for crops and wild ingredients, from groundnuts to frankincense.
Explore the research →No one knows the farm better than the farmer
Climate, soil and spatial data combined with what farmers already know, through participatory and farmer-led research.
Science you can act on
Aflatoxin testing, soil analysis and AI models carried out of the laboratory and into real farms and supply chains.
Bridging fields
Evidence that reaches farmers, businesses and policy makers, through papers, plenaries, films, training and partnerships.
Universities, NGOs and industry across three continents. Hover to pause.
Prospective PhD students, event organisers, research partners and organisations with a sustainability question — there's a door here for you.
I currently supervise two PhD candidates and welcome self-funded and scholarship applicants, including Commonwealth and international scholars.
Talks that pair hard evidence with stories from the field — delivered at conferences from BES Belfast to BIOFACH Nuremberg.
Evidence and assurance for ethical supply chains, drawing on work with FairWild Foundation, Neno Macadamia Trust and GIZ.
I co-design projects, build consortia and write competitive bids, with over £575,000 secured as PI and Co-I from funders including UKRI, the Rothschild Foundation, USDA and Feed the Future.
Practical, hands-on training for researchers, NGOs, companies and farmer organisations, in person or online — in English, Portuguese, Chichewa or Tumbuka.
Spatial analysis that turns satellite, drone and field data into maps and models you can act on, using ArcGIS Pro, QGIS and R.
PhD ideas, keynote invitations, consultancy briefs, training or tree planting partnerships — start the conversation today.
Five questions about my work. Each right answer grows the tree. Stuck? The answers are all somewhere on this site.
PhD ideas, keynote invitations, consultancy briefs, research partnerships, grant bids or training requests — send a note and I'll get back to you.
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