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Research Interests Plant community ecology, vegetation dynamics and succession Ecology and management of agricultural systems for biodiversity conservation, especially species-rich lowland grasslands Restoration ecology, habitat creation, colonisation of new sites by plants and their associated invertebrates Landscape character, drivers of landscape change, cultural value of rural landscapes Evaluation of interaction between agricultural and environmental policies, agri-environment schemes, Biodiversity Action Plans Career 2014-date Head: Agri-Environment Group, SAPD, University of Reading 2012-2014 Head, Biodiversity, Crops and Agroecosystems Division, SAPD, University of Reading 2009-date Senior Lecturer in Environmental Land Management, University of Reading 2007-2009 Lecturer in Agriculture and Environment, University of Reading 2003-2014 Assistant Director, Centre for Agri-Environmental Research, University of Reading 2000-2003 Senior Research Fellow, Centre for Agri-Environmental Research, University of Reading 1998-2000 Programme Leader - Land Use Change, CABI Bioscience 1996-1998 Post-doctoral Research Assistant, International Institute of Entomology 1993-1995 Post-doctoral Research Assistant, Imperial College at Silwood Park 1989-1993 PhD University of Cambridge 1984-1987 BSc University College London