Awards
- Civil Service Reform Award (given for the OPAL Tree Health Survey), Department for Food, Environment and Rural Affairs, 2014
- Innovation Award (given for the "Stop the Spread" Show Garden at the RHS Chelsea Flower Show in 2013), Department for Food, Environment and Rural Affairs, 2014
- Silver Medal for Show Garden, Royal Horticultural Society, Chelsea Flower Show, 2013
- Silver Medal for Exhibit, Royal Horticultural Society, Chelsea Flower Show, 2012
- Winner Whitehall & Westminster World Civil Service Award for Science and Technology, Civil Service, 2008
External Positions
- Chair, Tree Health Survey Working Group and Advisory Board, Open Air Laboratories (OPAL) Imperial College, 2012 - 2014
- Official adviser, Tree Health and Plant Biosecurity Expert Taskforce, Defra, 2012 - 2013
- Member, UK Chalara Policy Board, Defra-led, 2012 - 2013
- Member, Biosecurity Programme Board, Forestry Commission, 2011 - 2014
- Member, Information Panel, European and Mediterranean Plant Protection Organisation, 2011 - 2014
- Member, RHS Science Committee, Royal Horticultural Society, 2011 - 2016
- Member, UK Plant Health Strategy Board, Led by Defra, 2011 - 2014
- Chair, England & Wales Phytophthora Project Board, Department for Environment, Fodd and Rural Affairs, 2009 - 2014
- Theme lead for Public Engagment and Behaviour Change, Tree Health and Plant Biosecurity Action Plan, Defra and Forestry Commission-led, 2009 - 2013
- Chair, Chair European Union Legislation Working Group on Phytophthora ramorum, European Union, 2003 - 2008
- Member, Ad hoc Panel on [Pesticide] Resistance, European and Mediterranean Plant Protection Organisation, 1998 - 1999
- Member, Fungicides and Insecticides Panel, European and Mediterranean Plant Protection Organisation, 1993 - 1999
Fellowships
- Fellow, Food and Environment Research Agency, 2014