Prof. Jon Hillier

Chair of Mathematical Modelling & Global Food Systems

University of Edinburgh, Division of Global Agriculture and Food Systems

Tel: +44 (0)131 650 6095
Email: Jonathan.Hillier@ed.ac.uk

Street: Global Academy of Agriculture and Food Systems
The University of Edinburgh
Easter Bush Campus
City: Midlothian
Post code: EH25 9RG

Biography

Background

My work focuses on modelling the environmental impacts of food production. I believe that one of the greatest challenges of our times is how to give upwards of 8 billion people access to sufficient, healthy food without depleting our natural resources or polluting our land, air, and waters.

Topics of particular interest to me include: modelling of greenhouse gas emissions from terrestrial and aquatic foods, soil health assessment, carbon sequestration in farming, and sustainable nitrogen management in agriculture.

I am interested in the theoretical through to the very applied, including developing decision support tools for farmers and industry to support decision making for sustainable food production. I was the original developer of the Cool Farm Tool (in collaboration with Unilever and the Sustainable Food Lab) and am now Managing Director for Science for Trinity Agtech - supporting the translation of science into software for use by farmers and other businesses.