Staff
Dr Marc Allison
Senior Research Associate - potato crops
Laura Amos
Office Administrator
Helen Appleyard
Head of Analytical Services (Biochemistry and Seed Pathology)
Yeorgia Argirou
PhD student
Harvey Armstrong
PhD student
Tina Baker
HR administrator - East Malling
Peter Baker
Technical Manager, Ornamental Crops
Alison Barnett
TAG Consulting Agronomist
Professor Tina Barsby OBE
Special advisor
Dr Helen Bates
Research Scientist
Jon Bellamy
TAG Consulting Agronomist
Professor Gerard Bishop
Senior Research Associate - potato crops
Lorenzo Borleanu
Trials manager - East Malling
Alin Borleanu
Technical officer - variety development
Dr Lesley Boyd
Programme Leader
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
Claire Carpenter
Technical Specialist - Seed Certification and Courses
Dr Sandra Chapman
Pathology Field Trials Manager
Andrew Chell
TAG Consulting Agronomist
David Clarke
Soils and Farming Systems Technician
Magdalena Cobo Medina
PhD student
Dr Helen Cockerton
Research Leader – Quantitative Geneticist & Plant Pathologist
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
John Cussans
Agronomy KT Development Manager & Weed Biology 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 Mark Else
Head of Crop Science and Production Systems - East Malling
David Evershed
Laboratory Manager for Grain Quality, Analytical Services
Felicidad Fernández Fernández
Senior Fruit Breeder
David Fisher
PhD student - NIAB EMR
Stephen Flack
Senior Technical Manager Agricultural Crop Characterisation
Dr Michelle Fountain
Head of Pest and Pathogen Ecology
Dr Bart Fraaije
Programme leader - disease control
Nick Fradgley
PhD student
Charles Gentry
NIAB Digital Account Manager
Dr Michael Gifford
Director of Commercialisation
Dr Anna Gordon
Senior Research Scientist
Tom Green
TAG Consulting Agronomist
Rebecca Griffiths
Plant Technician
Angus Hamilton
NIAB TAG Membership Administrator
Adrian Harris
Horticultural Trials Co-ordinator
Dr Richard Harrison
Director of Cambridge Crop Research
Kate Harrison
Senior HR administrator
Dr Nichola Hawkins
Postdoctoral Researcher, plant pathology
Tim Henshaw
Technical Manager Seed Certification
Dr Sigrid Heuer
Senior Group Leader - Crop Improvement and Resilience
Georgia Holden
New business development assistant
Katie Hopson
Plant breeder
Dr Phil Howell
Head of Cereals Pre-Breeding
Amelia Hubbard
Plant Pathologist
Phil Humphrey
Regional Agronomist
Dr Katharina Huntenburg
Senior Research Associate, NIAB CUF
Dr Timo Hytönen
Principal Research Scientist
Dr Robert Jackson
Post Doc Researcher
Abi Johnson
Plant breeder at NIAB EMR
Catherine Johnson
Centre Manager - Telford
Sharon Jones
Plant breeding and micropropagation technician
Karen Jones
Technical research assistant
Dr Kostya Kanyuka
Head of Pest & Pathogen Research
Amanda Karlstrom
Plant breeder and geneticist
Stephen Keach
TAG Consulting Agronomist
Stuart Knight
Deputy Director and Director of NIAB Agronomy
Dr Anindya Kundu
Postdoctoral researcher
Clare Leaman
Cereal Varieties Specialist
Mark Leaman
Director of Resource Management
Dr Fiona Leigh
Senior Research Scientist
Marzena Lipska
Project leader - cherry breeding and variety & novel crop trialling manager
Dr Suzanne Litthauer
Assistant molecular breeder; DNA fingerprinting service manager
Ros Lloyd
Head of Communications
Matteo Luberti
PhD student
Linda Maile
OSTS Chief Officer
Sue Mann
Field Trials Centre Manager (Cambridge)
Federico Marangelli
Research technician
Dr Juno McKee
Director of NIAB Ventures
Vanessa McMillan
Technical manager DUS - agricultural crop characterisation
Mary McPhee
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
Jake Moscrop
PhD student
Ece Imam Moustafa
PhD student - NIAB EMR
Bruce Napier
Vegetable Specialist, Quality Manager & Biological Safety Officer
David Neill
Project Manager
Dr Charlotte Nellist
Programme Leader Pathology
Dr Aoife O' Driscoll
Senior Specialist - Crop Protection and Agronomy
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
David Parish
Agronomy Consultancy Team Leader
Hannah Parish
Regional Manager (East)
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
Bethan Postle
Corporate Events Officer
Dr Jordan Price
Postdoctoral Researcher, Microbial Symbiosis
Claire Pumfrey
Project Manager, Membership and Corporate Services
Scott Raffle
Senior Knowledge Exchange Manager - East Malling
Hayley Rhodes
Regional Manager (North)
Will Roberts
Business Development Manager
Gabrielle Roxby
Assistant Plant Breeder
Sally Rule
AAC technical specialist - cereals
Professor Dan Sargent
NIAB EMR Head of Genetics, Genomics and Breeding
Dr Abhimanyu Sarkar
Programme leader - legume genetics
Dr Robert Saville
Innovation Growth Manager: Growing Kent & Medway
Stephen Scarr
Facilities manager - Cambridge
Elizabeth Scott
Head of Crop Characterisation, Varieties and Seeds
Dr Syed Shah
South region agronomist (South) & Technical Innovation Lead
Dr Andrew Simkin
Deputy Head of Genetics, Genomics and Breeding
Katie Simmonds
Centre manager - Sutton Scotney
Dr Lydia Smith
Head of NIAB Innovation Farm and Eastern AgriTech Innovation Hub
Emma Smith
Business development and commercial contracts
Will Smith
Trials Manager
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 Agritech Innovation Hub
Dr Stéphanie Swarbreck
Programme Leader - Crop Molecular Physiology
Ellie Sweetman
Forage specialist
Alex Talibudeen
Technical Manager DUS - Agricultural Crop Characterisation
Matteo Tarquini
Technician agronomist - NIAB EMR
Benjamin Tea
Glasshouse manager & technical grower
Julian Thirsk
Consultant - TAG Consulting
Dr Jane Thomas
Head of Department- Pathology and Entomology
Dr Pauline Thomelin
Post-doc researcher – genetics and root biology
Simon Thundow
Research and Breeding Technician (apple and cherry)
Dr Kay Trafford
Programme Leader
Keith Truett
Regional Agronomist (South-East)
Dr Trisna Tungadi
Postdoctoral researcher - entomology
Kate Waite
Agronomy trials co-ordinator
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 Trevor Wignall
Technical Research Assistant
Andrew Wilkins
TAG Consulting Agronomist
Dr Fiona Wilson
Research Scientist
Chris Winney
Head of Consultancy Services, TAG Consulting
Dr Thomas Wood
Senior Specialist, Plant Pathology
Tim Wood
TAG Consulting Agronomist
Dr Tally Wright
Senior research scientist
Professor Xiangming Xu
Head of Science - East Malling
John Youles
TAG Consulting Agronomist
Professor Ji Zhou
Head of Data Sciences