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Science Policy Liaison Officer
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Dr Bruce Howard, Centre for Ecology and Hydrology
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Bruce is Science Policy Liaison for the Natural Capital Initiative. He has a passion for drawing together diverse disciplines so as to address environmental issues in a robust manner. Bruce first trained as a landscape architect, before completing the MSc in Environmental Technology at Imperial College. His interest in trace element uptake into biota caused him to remain at Imperial College to complete PhD research on the accumulation of mercury in fishes in the Brazilian Amazon. He then worked for the International Institute for Environment and Development on a global participatory study of the relationship between the mining and minerals industry and the principles of sustainable development. Following this, Bruce moved to Water Management Consultants, undertaking modelling and risk assessment for various potentially toxic elements in the vicinity of metal mines worldwide. Before taking the post of Science Policy Liaison, Bruce worked for the Department of Earth Sciences at Oxford University, where he led two Natural Environment Research Council Knowledge Exchange Initiatives as well as being Project Manager for a European technology demonstration Project. |
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Science Policy Intern
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Laura Sutcliffe, Centre for Ecology and Hydrology
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Laura Sutcliffe is currently doing a science policy internship with the NCI. She has an MSc in Biodiversity and Ecology from the University of Göttingen in Germany, and a BA in Zoology from the University of Cambridge,UK. She came to the NCI after completing her Master’s thesis on the subject of grassland agri-environment schemes in Transylvania, Romania, and is particularly interested in the biodiversity and ecology of agricultural systems. |