Degrees: BSc, MA Aberdeen University, PhD, Auckland University

Position: Adjunct professor CESAR on secondment from the Natural Resources
Institute, University of Greenwich, UK

Research Interests: Intergrated pest management in small-producer cotton
systems. Sustainability of transgenic crop use for developing country
farmers. Insecticide resistance management in coton pests, esp.
Helicoverpa armigera, the cotton bollworm.

Current projects:
1. Sustainable control of Helicoverpa armigera in small-scale cotton
production systems in Asia 2000-2004.
Position: Project manager
Funder - Common Fund for Commodities.
Project value - $US 4.01 million
Project partners: Natural Resources Institute, UK; Nanjing Ag Univ, China;
Central Cotton Research Institute, Pakistan; Punjab Agricultural Univ.,
Tamil Nadu Agricultural Univ and Central Institute for Cotton Research,
India.

2. Sustainable control of Helicoverpa armigera in small-scale cotton
production systems in Asia 2000-2003
Position: Project leader
Funder - Department for International Development (UK)
Project value - $US 440,000
Project Partners: Natural Resources Institute (NRI), Rothamsted Agric.
Experimental Station, UK, Nanjing Ag Univ (NAU), China; Central Cotton
Research Institute (CCRI), Pakistan; Punjab Agricultural Univ. (PAU), Tamil
Nadu Agricultural Univ (TNAU) and Central Institute for Cotton Research
(CICR), India.

3. Assessment of the environmental and agronomic appropriateness of Bt
transgenic cotton in small-producer IPM systems in China 2001-2004.
Position: Project leader
Funder: European Union (Framework V)
Project value: ECU 2 million
Project partners: Natural Resources Institute (NRI), UK; Danish Institute
for Agricultural Research (DIAS); Centre International pour la Recherche
Agricultural pour la Development (CIRAD), France; CAB International, UK;
National Agro-Technical Extension Service (NATESC), China; Biological
Control Institute of the Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences
(BCICAAS); Nanjing Agriucltural University (NAU), P.R.China.

4. Development and promotion of appropriae IPM strategies for small-holder
cotton in Uganda 2002-2005
Position: IPM specialist
Funder: Department for International Development (UK)
Project value: UK pound 280,000
Project partners: Natural Resources Institute, (NRI), UK; IDEA project of
USAid, Uganda, National Agricultural Research Organisation, Uganda.