Staff

Laura Amos
Office and Licensing Administrator

Helen Appleyard
Chief Officer of the Official Seed Testing Station (OSTS) and Head of Analytical Services

Dr Sarah Arnold
Applied Entomology Researcher

Deborah Babalola
PhD student

Peter Baker
Technical Manager, Ornamental Crops

Tina Baker
HR administrator - East Malling

Alison Barnett
TAG Consulting Agronomist

Dr Helen Bates
Research Scientist
Jon Bellamy
TAG Consulting Agronomist

Professor Gerard Bishop
Senior Research Associate - potato crops

Alin Borleanu
Technical officer - variety development

Lorenzo Borleanu
Centre Manager

Dr Lesley Boyd
Programme Leader

Eithne Browne
PhD Student

Professor Mario Caccamo
Chief Executive

Dr Anyela Camargo Rodriguez
Computational Biologist

William Campbell
Research technician - crop science and production systems

Camila Gonzalez Campo
PhD student

Martina Capozzi
Research assistant – plant physiology and pathology molecular biologist

Claire Carpenter
Technical Specialist - Seed Certification and Courses

Phoebe Carter
Events and Marketing Officer

Dr Sandra Chapman
Pathology Field Trials Manager

Catherine Chapman
PhD student - East Malling
Andrew Chell
TAG Consulting Agronomist

David Clarke
Soils and Farming Systems Technician

Magdalena Cobo Medina
PhD student

Dr James Cockram
Group leader
Lauren Colagiovanni
Senior Communication Manager: Growing Kent & Medway

Shaun Coleman
Centre Manager - Kirton

Steve Cook
Regional Agronomist - South

Mark Coxeter
Consultant, commercial IP licensing of berry fruits

Peter Craven
Research Development Manager - Potatoes

John Cussans
Weed Biology and Management Specialist

Noémie David-Rogeat
PhD student - East Malling

Greg Davison
TAG Consulting Agronomist

Poppy De Pass
West region agronomist and centre manager (Cirencester)

Dr Greg Deakin
Senior specialist – bioinformatics and statistics

Andrea Vadillo Dieguez
Research assistant

Dr Graham Dow
Group Leader, Ecophysiology and Climate Adaptation

Emma Easton
Head of NIAB Glasshouse Facilities

Francesca Elliott
Research technician – entomology

Dr Mark Else
Head of Crop Science and Production Systems - East Malling

Mitzi Else
Project administrator

Luis Felgueiras
Farm Manager - East Malling

Felicidad Fernández Fernández
Senior Fruit Breeder

David Fisher
PhD student - East Malling

Stephen Flack
Senior Technical Manager Agricultural Crop Characterisation

Dr Michelle Fountain
Head of Pest and Pathogen Ecology

Charles Gentry
NIAB Digital Account Manager

Dr Michael Gifford
Director of Commercialisation
Tom Green
TAG Consulting Agronomist

Adam Green
Research technician

Rebecca Griffiths
Plant Technician

Dr Nastasiya Grinberg
Group Leader, Machine Learning and AI

Angus Hamilton
NIAB Agronomy Membership Administrator

Talha Hanif
Agronomy trials technician

Adrian Harris
Horticultural Trials Co-ordinator

Kate Harrison
Senior HR administrator

Dr Nichola Hawkins
Postdoctoral Researcher, plant pathology

Tim Henshaw
Technical Manager Seed Certification

Katie Hopson
Plant breeder

Dr Phil Howell
Head of Breeding

Amelia Hubbard
Plant Pathologist
Phil Humphrey
Regional Agronomist

Dr Katharina Huntenburg
Research consultant - potatoes

Dr Timo Hytönen
Principal Research Scientist

Dr Robert Jackson
Postdoctoral researcher

Abi Johnson
Plant breeder (soft fruit)

Sharon Jones
Plant breeding and micropropagation technician

Karen Jones
Technical research assistant

Dr Kostya Kanyuka
Head of Pathology

Amanda Karlstrom
Plant breeder and geneticist

Dr Belinda Kemp
Group Leader - Viticulture and Oenology Research
Stuart Knight
Deputy Director and Director of Agronomy

Dr Anindya Kundu
Postdoctoral researcher

Dr Tamunonengiye-ofori (Nengi) Lawson
Postdoctoral researcher

Clare Leaman
Cereal varieties specialist
Mark Leaman
Director of Resource Management

Dr Fiona Leigh
Senior Research Scientist

Geoffrey Liddell
Technician
Ros Lloyd
Head of Communications

Sue Mann
Field Trials Centre Manager (Cambridge)
Dr Juno McKee
Director of Ventures & Company Secretary

Vanessa McMillan
Technical manager DUS - agricultural crop characterisation

Mary McPhee
NIAB Agronomy Membership Administration Manager
Kevin Middleton
Marketing Communications Officer

Ian Midgley
National Trials Co-ordinator

Dr Matthew Milner
Senior Specialist

Stephen Morley
Seed Handling Unit Manager
Dr Nathan Morris
Farming Systems and Soils Specialist

Ece Imam Moustafa
PhD student - East Malling
Bruce Napier
Vegetable Specialist, Quality Manager & Biological Safety Officer

David Neill
Chief Operating Officer

Dr Charlotte Nellist
Programme Leader Pathology

Ross Newham
Operations Director - East Malling

Dr Aoife O' Driscoll
Senior Specialist - Crop Protection and IPM

Dr Flora O'Brien
Specialist in Root Biology

Dr Eric Ober
Programme Leader, Crop Physiology

Dr Wendy Orme
Chief Finance Officer
Chris Page
TAG Consulting Agronomist

Dr Matevz Papp-Rupar
Plant Pathologist, Project Leader

Hilary Papworth
Ornamental Crop Glasshouse Specialist

Hannah Parish
Head of National Trials Operations and Regional Manager (East)
David Parish
Agronomy Consultancy Team Leader

Dr Lawrence Percival-Alwyn
Researcher- Molecular Biology and Informatics
Mike Perry
Regional Manager (West) & Centre Manager - Callow

Colin Peters
Break crop specialist

Haidee Philpott
Senior statistician

Jack Poulden
Research Trials Agronomist

Dr Jordan Price
Group Leader, Fungal Biotechnology

Claire Pumfrey
Project Manager - training

Gary Rackham
East Regional Agronomist/TAG Consulting
Scott Raffle
Senior Knowledge Exchange Manager - East Malling

Hayley Rhodes
Regional Manager (North)

Will Roberts
Business Development Manager

Gabrielle Roxby
Assistant plant breeder (soft fruit)

Sally Rule
AAC technical specialist - cereals

Dr Anusree Saha
Postdoctoral researcher - Pre-breeding

Professor Dan Sargent
Head of Genetics, Genomics and Breeding - East Malling

Dr Abhimanyu Sarkar
Programme leader - legume genetics
Dr Robert Saville
Innovation Growth Manager: Growing Kent & Medway

Elizabeth Scott
Head of Crop Characterisation, Varieties and Seeds

Dr Syed Shah
Regional Agronomist (South) & Technical Innovation Lead

Celina Xavier e Silva
Senior Entomological Technician

Katie Simmonds
Centre manager - Sutton Scotney

Dr Lydia Smith
Head of NIAB Innovation Farm

Will Smith
Research agronomist
Emma Smith
Business development and commercial contracts

Dr Eleftheria Stavridou
Senior specialist in plant nutrition

Patrick Stephenson
Regional Agronomist (North)

Dr Elizabeth Stockdale
Head of Farming Systems Research

Teresa Stratton
PA to Professor Mario Caccamo
Dr Vivien Sulik
Office Manager - Eastern Agri-Tech Innovation Hub

Dr Nada Šurbanovski
Group leader - crop epigenetics

Dr Stéphanie Swarbreck
Group Leader - Crop Molecular Physiology and Janet Harker Official Fellow in Biological Sciences at Girton College, Cambridge

Ellie Sweetman
Forage specialist

Alex Talibudeen
Technical Manager DUS - Agricultural Crop Characterisation

Matteo Tarquini
Technician agronomist

Benjamin Tea
Glasshouse manager & technical grower
Julian Thirsk
Consultant - TAG Consulting

Andrew Thomas
Agronomy trials co-ordinator - Hereford
Simon Thundow
Research and Breeding Technician (apple and cherry)

Keith Truett
Regional Agronomist (South-East)

Will Vaughan-France
Regional agronomist (south-west)
Kate Waite
Agronomy trials co-ordinator

Adam Walker
Research Assistant, Entomology

Dr Margaret Wallace
Senior Technical Manager Agricultural Crop Characterisation

Dr Emma Wallington
Head of Crop Transformation

Dr Francis Wamonje
Research Leader - Entomology

Nick Watson
Director of Commercial Services

Andrew Watson
Head of Membership Technical Services and east region agronomist

Mark Wavish
Regional Manager (South)
Simon Welch
TAG Consulting Agronomist

Julian Westaway
BCPC General Manager

Adam Whitehouse
Project leader - strawberry breeding

Dr Charles Whitfield
Senior specialist - crop protection

Dr Trevor Wignall
Operations Manager, Water Efficient Technologies (WET) Centre

Andrew Wilkins
TAG Consulting Agronomist

Chris Winney
Head of Consultancy Services, TAG Consulting

Dr Thomas Wood
Senior Specialist, Plant Pathology

Dr Tally Wright
Group Leader in Quantitative Genetics

Professor Xiangming Xu
Director of Research

Chandra Bhan Yadav
Research Leader - Molecular Geneticist
John Youles
TAG Consulting Agronomist

Dr Camila Zanella
Postdoctoral researcher - pre-breeding and plant pathology

Professor Ji Zhou
Head of Data Sciences