Susan Margaret Owen
CEH Fellow
Ecology
Centre for Ecology & Hydrology (Institute of Freshwater Ecology)
United Kingdom
Biography
21 years of research experience in plant volatile isoprenoids, previously at the Institute of Environmental and Natural Sciences, Lancaster University, the Centre de Recerca Ecològica i Aplicacions Forestals, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona and CEH Edinburgh. Organised and participated in field work in eight European countries, and in Hawaii, Colorado, Botswana, China and Borneo (including participation in OP3). More than 50 publications in high impact journals. World-wide contacts and collaborators. Success in attracting research funding. H-index=21. A wide range of research, managerial, communications, computing and modelling skills in the fields of atmospheric chemistry, plant physiology and ecology.
Research Interest
Emissions of volatile organic compounds (VOCs) from vegetation, soil and other natural sources, and their contribution to atmospheric chemistry and air quality.
Publications
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Wilkinson MJ, Owen SM, Possell M, Hartwell J, Gould P, Hall A, Vickers C and Hewitt CN Circadian control of isoprene emissions from oil palm (Elaeis guineensis). The Plant Journal. 47, 960-968, 2006
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Owen SM, AR MacKenzie, RGH Bunce, HE Stewart, RG Donovan, G Stark and CN Hewitt, Urban land classification and its uncertainties using principal component and cluster analyses: A case study for the UK West Midlands. Landscape and Urban Planning. 78(4), 311-321, 2006
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Lin C, Owen SM and Penuelas J. Volatile organic compounds in the roots and rhizosphere of Pinus spp.. Soil Biology and Biochemistry 39(4) 951-960, 2007
