Experience

Arctech Innovation

• United Kingdom
• Research
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Director of Contract Research

  • Aug 2021 - Present

• Head Of Research And Development

  • Nov 2018 - Present



Arctech Innovation

• United Kingdom
• Research
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Project Manager and Senior Research Scientist

  • Sep 2016 - Nov 2018

• Research Scientist and Trials Manager

  • Dec 2014 - Sep 2016

  arctec at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine is a world-leading independent test centre for consultancy, and the evaluation and development of arthropod pest control technologies. Our aim to test the efficacy of arthropod control products following WHO protocols and Good Clinical Practice in laboratory experiments/clinical trials.



Rothamsted Research

• Research Services
• 200 - 300 Employee

• Chemical Ecologist (Post Doc)

  • Apr 2010 - Dec 2014

  Elucidating the Chemical Ecology of Belowground Plant-Plant Communication Together with Prof. Emilio Guerrieri (Institute for Plant Protection, Italy), we have shown that when bean, Vicia faba, plants are infested with pea aphids, Acyrthosiphon pisum, they can transmit signals through the roots which induce plant defense in intact neighboring plants. Currently, my main research focus is to identify the compounds which mediate the bellow ground communication in this system. The identified… Show more Elucidating the Chemical Ecology of Belowground Plant-Plant Communication Together with Prof. Emilio Guerrieri (Institute for Plant Protection, Italy), we have shown that when bean, Vicia faba, plants are infested with pea aphids, Acyrthosiphon pisum, they can transmit signals through the roots which induce plant defense in intact neighboring plants. Currently, my main research focus is to identify the compounds which mediate the bellow ground communication in this system. The identified chemicals which induce defense in intact plants before aphid colonization is a promising control mechanism against aphids.

• Chemical Ecologist (Post Doc)

  • Apr 2007 - Apr 2010

  Control of African sleeping sickness (2007-2010): African sleeping sickness (Trypanosomiasis) is endemic 37 countries in sub-Saharan Africa with 60 million people at risk of the disease. A major vector of African Sleeping Sickness is the tsetse fly. Through a INCO funded project we identified odour baits which have the potential to substantially increase the efficiency of traps and targets used in the control the tsetse fly population. In the future, they could then be incorporated into a… Show more Control of African sleeping sickness (2007-2010): African sleeping sickness (Trypanosomiasis) is endemic 37 countries in sub-Saharan Africa with 60 million people at risk of the disease. A major vector of African Sleeping Sickness is the tsetse fly. Through a INCO funded project we identified odour baits which have the potential to substantially increase the efficiency of traps and targets used in the control the tsetse fly population. In the future, they could then be incorporated into a 'push-pull' control strategy.