Lisa Emberson

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lisa.emberson@sei-international.org

Telephone: +44 1904 432925

Title: Centre Director, York

Role: Senior Research Associate

Centre: York

Lisa has over 15 years experience in the field of air pollution focussing on the effects of tropospheric ozone and climate change on agricultural yields, forest productivity and the functioning of terrestrial semi-natural ecosystems.

Since joining SEI she has developed research in Asia, Africa and Latin America investigating the effects of a range of air pollutants (SO2, NOx, O3, SPM and fluorides) on both agro- and forest ecosystems with a view to investigating the subsequent impacts on social and economic systems.

In addition to her developing country experience she retains an active research role in Europe, developing methodologies for use within the UNECE LRTAP Convention. This research focuses on investigating the biological, economic and social impacts of ground-level ozone on agriculture and forests and has led to the revision of methods to estimate both the deposition and impacts of tropospheric ozone using flux based Critical Levels as a policy tool across Europe.

She is also a member of the Institute of Biology Agriculture, Environment and Land Use Committee and a theme leader for IUFRO, the Global Network for Forest Science.

Work experience before SEI
- 1996 to 1999: Post-doctoral research assistant at Imperial College Centre for Environmental Technology (ICCET)

Education
PhD (Air pollution, ICCET, Imperial College, London) and BSc (Environmental Biology, University of Manchester)

Overall project list
- 2007: Atmospheric Brown Cloud: Agricultural impacts (UNEP, £6K)

- 2006-2009: GAP Forum air pollution impacts on agricultural production (Sida, £30K)

2006-2009: The UNECE International Cooperative Programme on Vegetation (Defra, £27K)

- 2006-2009: Modelling and mapping ozone deposition and stomatal flux with Mike Ashmore (Defra, £193K)

2005-2006: Food security, climate change and ozone (SEI NOVA fund, £10K)

- 2004-2008: RAPIDC air pollution impacts to crops in southern Africa and South Asia (Sida, £130K)

2004-2005: Agricultural production, drought and air quality in Southern Africa (START/PACOM, £20K)

- 2004-2007: Tropospheric ozone pollution: using stable isotopes to quantify ozone deposition, uptake and detoxification with Phil Ineson (NERC, £160K)

- 2003-2006: The UNECE International Cooperative Programme on Vegetation (Defra, £60K)

- 2003-2006: Modelling and mapping ozone deposition and stomatal flux with Mike Ashmore (Defra, £241K)

-2002-2004: Forest Focus Programme: Ozone and Mediterranean forests (EU, £50K)

- 2001-2004: RAPIDC air pollution impacts to crops and forests in developing countries (Sida, £130K)

- 2000-2003: Modelling ozone flux and deposition with Mike Ashmore (DEFRA, £158k)