Andrew Thorburn
Finance and Corporate Services
Scottish Crop Research Institute
United Kingdom
Biography
Andrew Thorburn has worked at the Institute since 1993, as a research assistant in the Socio-Economic Research Group (1993 - 2000) and as the Institute's Webmaster/Spatial Database Manager (2000 - date) in the IT Services group. Previously he trained as a commercial production forester in Scotland.
Research Interest
Andrew's research focuses on the development of browser based applications to aid the research of the science base. Andrew also manages the back-end technology which aids in the delivery of Web Mapping Services as part of our INSPIRE obligations.
Publications
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Crabtree, J.R.; Hill, G.W.; Roberts, D.; Chalmers, N.; Thorburn, A.P., (2000) Economic impacts of a ban on hunting with dogs in Scotland., Report for the Scottish Executive Rural Affairs Department, Macaulay Land Use Research Institute, Aberdeen, 39pp.
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Crabtree, J.R.; Chalmers, N.; Thorburn, A.P.; MacDonald, D.; Eiser, D.; Potts, J.; Colman, D., (2001) Economic evaluation of the community woodland supplement., Final Report to the Forestry Commission.
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Szubert, J.; Reiff, C.; Thorburn, A.P.; Singh, B.K., (2007) REMA: A computer-based mapping tool for analysis of restriction sites in multiple DNA sequences., Journal of Microbiological Methods, 69, 411-413.
