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Summary of Curriculum Vitae of Olivia Bragg

Ecohydrology of circumboreal and tropical peatl

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 2002-date Honorary appointments at Cranfield University and University of East London
Since 1997, Research Fellow, Geography Department, University of Dundee
1992-1997, 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 1975-1979 Cambridge University (BA, MA)
1993 University of Dundee (PhD)
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)
Countries of work UK; western, central and eastern Europe; Indonesia, Russia
Languages English; some French, less German
   

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