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Summary of Curriculum Vitae:  Olivia McLachlan Bragg
 
FULL NAME  Olivia McLachlan Bragg
YEAR OF BIRTH 1953
NATIONALITY  British
PROFESSION Ecohydrologist (special interest in peatlands)
POSITION IN FIRM Associate

RANGE OF EXPERIENCE
Peatland ecohydrology: modelling, monitoring and management of circumboreal and tropical peatlands;

River and lake ecohydrology: implementation of the Water Framework Directive in Scotland and Ireland

CAREER SUMMARY
Since 2002, , Honorary appointments at Cranfield University and University of East LondonSince 1997, Research Fellow, Geography Department, University of Dundee1992-1997, Consultant in Ecology, Self-employed
1985-1992, Research Fellow, Biological Sciences, University of Dundee
1982-1985, Research Assistant, Biological Sciences, University of Dundee
1979-1981 , Senior Demonstrator, Biological Sciences, University of Dundee

EDUCATION
University of Dundee (PhD 1983)
Cambridge University (BA, MA 1975/9);

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATION
British Ecological Society
British Hydrological Society
International Peat Society
International Mire Conservation Group
 
RECENT WORK

  • Control of Water Quality From Upland Catchments (Yorkshire Water)

  • Monitoring Habitats and Plant Communities of Munsary Dubh Lochs (Plantlife)

  • Local Environmental Action Programmes (LEAPs) for Protection and Restoration of Peat Bogs in Nizhegorodskaya Oblast, Russia (DFID/DETR/British Council)

  • Review of Methods for Assessing the Hydromorphology of Lakes; Heavily Modified Water Bodies (Scotland); Anthropogenic Impacts on the Hydrology of Rivers and Lochs (SNIFFER - Scotland & Northern Ireland Forum for Environmental Research)

  • Hydrolgoical surveys of Red Moss, Langlands Moss, Bankhead Moss (Scottish Wildlife Trust, Scottish Natural Heritage, South Lanarkshire Council)

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COUNTRIES OF WORK UK; western, central and eastern Europe; Indonesia, Russia

LANGUAGES
English; some French, less German

For more information contact associate@watres.com