The big picture: using wildflower strips for pest control
They may be beautiful, but these strips prove pretty deadly for every farmer's mortal enemy: aphids
Science
Dr Simon Pulley
Scientific Technician - Hydrology
Net Zero and Resilient Farming
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Email
simon.pulley@rothamsted.ac.uk
Location
North Wyke, Okehampton, Devon, EX20 2SB
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Biography
Simon is a catchment system scientist whose research interests include the evaluation of soil erosion at field and catchment scale, sediment and pollutant source tracing, and the reconstruction of historic pollutant dynamics, land degradation and sediment yields. Simon has extensive knowledge of sediment source fingerprinting and tracer analysis. He is skilled in the use of ARCGIS and programming in R. Working with Adie Collins, Simon has recently undertaken a study testing on-farm interventions for diffuse pollution reduction in the national Catchment Sensitive Farming (CSF) programme.
Awards
- Doctor of Philosophy, University of Northampton (2011 – 2014)
- Master of Science: Environmental Practice - Pollution Management, Bournemouth University (2007 - 2008)
- Bachelor of Science (Honours): Environmental Biology, Canterbury Christ Church University (2004 - 2007)
Measures of Esteem
MSc supervision of 4 students.
Submissions Editor for the Journal of Soils and Sediments 2019-Present.