Dr Peter Burt
Email: P.J.A.Burt@gre.ac.uk
Biometeorologist. Experience in: windborne dispersal of organisms and particulate material through the atmosphere; influence of topography on airflow; micrometeorological monitoring, and aspects of remote sensing applied to pest management and forecasting. Lecturing in aspects of biology, meteorology and airborne dispersal at undergraduate and postgraduate level. Leader of NRI's MSc/PGDip programmes in Natural Resources. Research student supervision. Editor of Meteorological Applications and President of the British Aerobiology Federation.

Prof. John Morton
Email: J.F.Morton@gre.ac.uk
Professor of Development Anthropology, and Associate Research Director (Social Sciences). Over 25 years experience in applied social research and consultancy for rural development. Specialist in social, institutional and policy aspects of livestock and pastoralist development, including drought management. Lead Author on smallholder and subsistence agriculture for the 2007 Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. Field experience in numerous African countries (especially in the Horn of Africa), South Asia and Mongolia. Fluent in French, with some Arabic.

Dr Robert Ridgway
Email: R.B.Ridgway@gre.ac.uk
Land reform specialist. Experienced in land tenure and land resources management for strengthening rural livelihoods. Adviser on programme preparation and appraisal, with project management experience in participatory planning and capacity-building of national land administrations. Currently Land Reform Adviser on long-term EC Rural Poverty Reduction Programme based in Ministry of Lands and Resettlement, Namibia. Developing-country experience over 40 years in Africa, South and South-East Asia, Middle East, Caribbean, Eastern Europe and CIS countries.

Dr Peter Burt
Email: P.J.A.Burt@gre.ac.uk
Biometeorologist. Experience in: windborne dispersal of organisms and particulate material through the atmosphere; influence of topography on airflow; micrometeorological monitoring, and aspects of remote sensing applied to pest management and forecasting. Lecturing in aspects of biology, meteorology and airborne dispersal at undergraduate and postgraduate level. Leader of NRI's MSc/PGDip programmes in Natural Resources. Research student supervision. Editor of Meteorological Applications and President of the British Aerobiology Federation.

Dr John Holt
Email: J.G.Holt@gre.ac.uk
Expertise in mathematical modelling, statistical analysis, disease epidemiology, insect population dynamics, and systems approaches. 21 years research experience in these areas. Current interests in: invasive species risk assessment; insect-vectored plant virus diseases; insect pest outbreak prediction; farmer-participatory pest forecasting; and epidemiology of zoonotic diseases vectored by rodents. Short-term overseas experience in East and Southern Africa, South and Southeast Asia, and the Caribbean.

Dr Philip Stevenson
Email: P.C.Stevenson@gre.ac.uk
Phytochemist: Reader in Plant Chemistry. Over 15 years in isolation, identification and structural elucidation of plant chemicals, and in implementation of IPM for crop production by poor farmers. Current interests: resistance mechanisms in sweet potato to Cylas weevils; and optimizing pesticidal plant use by poor farmers in Southern Africa (SAPP project). Holds post at Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Extensive field experience in South Asia and Africa.

Prof. Robert Cheke
Email: R.A.Cheke@gre.ac.uk
Pest and vector control entomologist, and ornithologist. Research experience on locust plagues and on control of Simulium blackflies that transmit river blindness (onchocerciasis). Environmental impact assessment of tsetse fly control operations and control of bird pests. Professor of Tropical Zoology of University of Greenwich, and Deputy Programme Leader of MSc in Natural Resources. Postgraduate qualification in higher education. Widespread country experience in East and West and southern Africa. Fluent French.

Dr John Holt
Email: J.G.Holt@gre.ac.uk
Expertise in mathematical modelling, statistical analysis, disease epidemiology, insect population dynamics, and systems approaches. 21 years research experience in these areas. Current interests in: invasive species risk assessment; insect-vectored plant virus diseases; insect pest outbreak prediction; farmer-participatory pest forecasting; and epidemiology of zoonotic diseases vectored by rodents. Short-term overseas experience in East and Southern Africa, South and Southeast Asia, and the Caribbean.

Dr Robert Ridgway
Email: R.B.Ridgway@gre.ac.uk
Land reform specialist. Experienced in land tenure and land resources management for strengthening rural livelihoods. Adviser on programme preparation and appraisal, with project management experience in participatory planning and capacity-building of national land administrations. Currently Land Reform Adviser on long-term EC Rural Poverty Reduction Programme based in Ministry of Lands and Resettlement, Namibia. Developing-country experience over 40 years in Africa, South and South-East Asia, Middle East, Caribbean, Eastern Europe and CIS countries.