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Sam Evans, UDip, BA, MA (Cantab), PhD, PhD
Head of Biometrics, Surveys and Statistics DivisionProfessor Sam Evans studied at Clare College, University of Cambridge where he gained a BA(Hons) and an MA in Archaeology and Anthropology Tripos. He was awarded a PhD in Environmental Sciences in 1989 and a second PhD in Chemistry, Biochemistry and Ecology of Pesticides in 1994 from MURST, Italy. He holds post-graduate qualifications in Vegetation Dynamics (University of Pavia, Italy) and in Environmental Sciences: Pesticides (Catholic University of the Holy Heart, Milan, Italy), as well as a University Diploma in Modern Languages (Italian) from the University of Westminster (2001). A past NATO Senior Research Fellow, EU Post-Doctoral Research Fellow and BBSRC David Phillips Post-Doctoral Fellow, has held Senior Research Fellow positions with Academic Status (Lecturer B) at Cranfield University and Royal Holloway and New Bedford College, University of London, UK. He moved to Forest Research in 1998 as a programme leader, became Head of Mensuration Branch in 2001. He was appointed Head of Biometrics Division in June 2004. Current roleHead of Biometrics, Surveys and Statistics Division Draws together Forest Research’s work in the areas of forest and woodland surveys, remote sensing, statistics, data management, process and empirical modelling and ensures that: - Surveying and inventory standards, modelling, statistical and data management aspects are correctly represented in Forest Research’s research
- Divisional objectives of winning new grants/contracts, working in partnership with other organisations and achieving innovation and scientific excellence are achieved.
- As well as leading the work and staff of the Division, Sam represents it on the Forest Research Executive Board and represents Forest Research at the Forestry Commission ICT Service Board.
External representation currently includes: - Co-ordinator and Principal Investigator, European Union RTD project under DG-Research 5th Framework Programme “MEFYQUE - Modelling and Forecasting forest Yield and Quality across Europe”
- Principal Investigator, UK Natural and Environmental Research Council (NERC) Centre of Excellence for Terrestrial Carbon Dynamics (CTCD).
- Principal Investigator, European Union RTD project under DG-Research 5th Framework Programme “PHRAME: Development of improved pest risk analysis techniques for quarantine pests, using pinewood nematode, Bursaphelenchus xylophilus, in Portugal as a model system”
- UK representative on the Management Committee of COST Action E43 “Methodologies and Standards of Forest Inventories” and COST Action E44 “Wood Processing Strategy”
- UK/Republic of Ireland representative on the Scientific Advisory Group, ICP Forests – European Commission, Directorate-General Environment
- EU and UK representative on the Scientific Advisory Committee of the European Community Forest Focus Monitoring Programme
- Co-chair of the UN-ECE ICP-Forests Growth Expert Panel
- Co-chair on the International Conference on the Forestry Woodchain, Edinburgh, Sep 2004
Sam also co-supervises PhD students at a number of UK universities, currently Sheffield, York and Durham. Current programmesDevelopment of Improved Site Yield Models for Ash in Britain
Programme leader
DEFRA/FC project Modelling and Forecasting forest Yield and Quality across Europe (MEFYQUE)
Co-ordinator and Principal Investigator
EU project Plant health risk and monitoring evaluation (PHRAME)
Principal Investigator
EU project Yield Models for Short Rotation Coppice of Poplar and Willow
Programme leader
DTI/FC/DEFRA project Affiliations and achievements- Member of the British Ecological Society
- Member of the Italian Society of Quaternary Sciences
- Associate Editor, Italian Journal of Quaternary Sciences
- Field Sub-editor, Agronomie
- Member of European Commission Peer Review panels
- Contract Professor, Faculty of Mathematical, Biological and Natural Sciences, University of Milan, Italy
- Guest Professor in Mathematical and Empirical Modelling for Environmental and Biological Sciences, Institute of Botany, Leopold-Franzens University of Innsbruck, Austria
- Honorary Senior Research Fellow, Department of Biological and Biomedical Sciences, University of Durham, UK
Research areas- Process modelling of forest ecosystem dynamics and sustainability
- Modelling forest growth and yield
- Multivariate analysis of ecological and spatial data-sets
- Environmental and climate change
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