Professor Richard Ennos

Biography

Background

1979    PhD Department of Genetics, University of Liverpool

1979-1980    NATO Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Botany, University of Georgia, USA

1980-1983    Demonstrator, Department of Genetics, University of Newcastle upon Tyne

1983-1996    Lecturer, Department of Forestry and Natural Resources, University of Edinburgh

1991    CIBA-GEIGY Senior Research Fellow, Department of Forest Genetics, Swedish Agricultural University, Ume, Sweden

1996-2001    Senior Lecturer, Institute of Ecology and Resource Management, University of Edinburgh

2001-2013    Reader, School of Biological Sciences, University of Edinburgh

2003-present    Research Associate, Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh

2013-2015 Professor, School of Biological Sciences, University of Edinburgh

2015- present Honorary Professorial Fellow, School of Biological Sciences, University of Edinburgh

2016-present Visiting Professor, Scotland’s Rural College, Edinburgh

2017-present SAC Expert panel member, Scottish Natural Heritage

Current PhD students supervised

Supervisor for Domen Finzgar, ‘Monitoring and managing genetic diversity in Sitka spruce'

Research summary

My research is concerned with the integration of genetics into ecology and the practical applications of this knowledge in ecological management. I work on plants, principally forest trees, and the fungi with which they interact. Current projects explore patterns of adaptation in native tree species and their management consequences, and the use of genomic data to understand the origins of the current outbreak of Dothistroma needle blight on native Scots pine.

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