Coordination team

The coordination team brings together a range of knowledge and research discipline expertise, experience in policy advisory work, cross-disciplinary communication and outreach and impact. We will be working closely with many others across UEA and the Norwich Biosciences Institutes

Nitya Rao

Director

Peter Emmrich

John Innes Foundation Fellow

Natasha Grist

John Innes Foundation Fellow

Arjan Verschoor

Research Coordinator

Chris Darby

Research Coordinator

Matt Heaton

Research Associate

Members

NISD members are collaborators who work directly on NISD projects or support NISD research.

Julie Bremner

Selina Bruns

Divine Chinwero

Hileena Eshetu Chole

Peter Curtis

Maren Duvendack

Ben Eyre

Oluwaseun Ekorhi-Robinson

Johanna Forster

Maria Hernandez-Soriano

Matthew Osborne

Jules Siedenburg

Neil Ward

Students

PhD students working on NISD research projects.

Mairi Franklin

Janet Mwende

Lucy Njogu

Shanali Pethiyagoda

Manasa Sharma

Steering group

The NISD is supported by a small steering group from across the Norwich Research Park

Ian Charles

Emeritus Fellow, Quadram Institute

Neil Hall

Director, Earlham Institute

Jonathan Jones FRS

Group Leader at The Sainsbury Laboratory and Professor of Plant Science, UEA

John McDonagh

Associate Professor in Agriculture, Natural Resources and Environment, School of International Development, UEA

Jake Malone

Group Leader in the John Innes Centre, Department of Molecular Microbiology

Adrian Martin

Professor of Environment and Development, UEA

Cathie Martin FRS

Group Leader at the John Innes Centre and Professor of Plant Science, UEA

Graham Moore

Director of the John Innes Centre and Professor of Plant Science, UEA

Brian Reid

Professor of Soil Science, UEA

External advisory panel

The NISD is advised by an experienced panel of researchers.

Hugo Campos

Research Director at the International Potato Center (CIP)

Appolinare Djikeng

Director General, ILRI

Barbara Harris-White FAcSS

Emeritus Professor and Fellow, Wolfson College, Oxford University

Jacqueline McGlade

Professor of Natural Prosperity, Sustainable Development and Knowledge Systems, Institute for Global Prosperity

Jules Pretty OBE PFHEA FRSB FRSA

Professor of Environment and Society. Director, Centre for Pubic and Policy Engagement. University of Essex

Leena Tripathi

Director, Eastern Africa Hub. Biotechnology program Leader, International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA)

Steve Wiggins

Research Fellow at Overseas Development Institute

Collaborators

Individuals from across academia, public and private sector who have joined us in our journey.

Sanu Arora

Joshua Balungira

Alex Barekye

Zewdie Bishaw

Noam Chayut

Ben D’Exelle

Tadessa Daba

Claire Domoney

Anne Edwards

Cathrina Edwards

Noel Ellis

Sita Ghirmire

The Norwich Research Park is a hub of world leading institutes across a wide array of focus areas. Together, this consortium provides a unique opportunity to leverage the best of evidence-based decision-making towards addressing the UN Sustainable Development Goals.