Graham Pitkin
Glasshouse Services Supervisor
Scottish Crop Research Institute
United Kingdom
Biography
1984 - HND Applied Biology. 1984 – 1989 Shell Research Ltd, Sittingbourne, Kent. 1989 – 1999 Twygen / Gentech Ltd, Dundee Technology Park.
Research Interest
Glasshouse Services Supervisor, in charge of staff of 13 permanent staff plus casuals working in the glasshouses, tunnels and controlled environment facilities. Provide a support service to Scientific Research Projects that require living plant material in controlled growth facilities, so that the research objectives of the Institute can be met. Responsible for weekly, monthly and yearly schedules of production, maintenance and safe disposal of plant material for research and breeding programmes in all areas.