
5 June 2019
In line with government advice, Christmas at Kew and Glow Wild has been cancelled for the duration of the running programme. Ticket holders will have been contacted via email with their options.
Both Kew Gardens and Wakehurst are open in the daytime (although some of our buildings are closed). Book a time slot to Kew Gardens or Wakehurst before you visit.
Research Fellow
Natural Capital and Plant Health
Animal nutrition, climate change, ecology and ecosystems, forage, grasslands, methane
Farms deliver benefits to society, such as provisioning (e.g., food production and raw materials), regulating (e.g., soil protection and carbon storage), supporting (e.g., wildlife habitat and genetic diversity), and cultural (e.g., aesthetic inspiration, tourism and health) ecosystem services. Although some new farming systems enhance the delivery of ecosystem services, many do not, causing detrimental impacts on our environment. Innovative scientific techniques and technologies offer solutions, increasing productivity, optimising the delivery of valuable ecosystem services, and improving the sustainability of the sector. I am using state of the art technologies and techniques, including chamber and field experiments, robotics, networked microsensors, machine learning and advanced data modelling to research livestock and arable farming. I am particularly interested in using these techniques to generate novel ideas which can be used on farms to increase food production, reduce environmental degradation, tolerate our changing climate and increase the delivery of ecosystem services, such as providing habitat for wildlife and storing carbon.
Myrgiotis, V., Blei, E., Clement, R., Jones, S.K., Keane, B., Lee, M.A., Levy, P.E., Rees, R.M., Skiba, U.M., Smallman, T.L., Toet, S. & Williams, M. (2020).
Agricultural Systems 184: 102907.
Lee, M.A., Monteiro, A., Barclay, A., Marcar, J., Miteva-Neagu, M. & Parker, J. (2020)
Computers and Electronics in Agriculture 168: 105103.
White, P., Lee, M.A., Roberts, D.J. & Cole, L.J. (2019).
Journal of Applied Ecology 56: 1128-1139.
Lee, M.A., Howard-Andrews, V. & Chester, M. (2019).
Agronomy 9: 159.
Lee, M.A. (2018).
Journal of Plant Research 131: 641-654.
Lee, M.A., Davis, A.P., Chagunda, M.G.G. & Manning, P. (2017).
Biogeosciences 14: 1403-1417.