Dr Charles Whitfield

Research interests

Charles undertakes research and development of products, tools, and methods to enable more efficient and environmentally sound crop protection. He is interested in transferring technology and methods from other sectors into agriculture, utilising a range of scientific fields such as semio-chemistry, insect behaviour, image analysis (fluorescence, hyper/multi spectroscopy), remote sensing (aerial and ground), automation and precision agricultural technology to develop novel methods of crop protection.

Charles develops and manages a range of projects bridging science and technology with industrial application. He works extremely well alongside commercial partners and has a proven understanding of applying for and winning grants such as Innovate UK and AHDB funding. Working in applied agri-/horticultural research for over ten years he has experience in experiment design, data management, statistical analysis, field trials, knowledge exchange (oral and written), and is a qualified project manager (PRINCE2).

Full publication list on ResearchGate