Dr Paul Hatcher
Lecturer
Department of Biological Sciences
University of Reading
United Kingdom
Biography
Dr. Paul Hatcher is currently working as a Lecturer in the Department of Biological Sciences, University of Reading , United Kingdom. Major Responsibilities: Lecturer • Director of postgraduate research • Director of postgraduate recruitment Research: • Funding from NERC, National Trust & the Norwegian government • Insect ecology • Biocontrol of insect pests and weeds • Insect conservation • Tripartite insect-fungus-plant interactions Member of the Ecology Research Group Esteem Factors: • Member of DEFRA Weed Biocontrol Steering Group • Chair of EWRS Biocontrol Working Group • Chair of Editorial board for Weed Research. • Book Review Editor, Journal of Insect Conservation. • Co-organiser and Session Chair of 3rd International Symposium on Environmental Weeds and Invasive Plants, Ascona, Switzerland, 2 - 7 October 2011. • Member of Programme Organising Committee, Session Organiser, and Proceedings Co-editor of 14th European Weed Research Society Symposium, Kaposvar, Hungary, 12 - 15 July 2010. • Co-organiser and Session Chair, 2nd International Symposium on Environmental Weeds and Invasive Plants, Osijek, Croatia, 14 - 18 September 2008 • Reviewer of grants for UK, Norwegian and US governments
Research Interest
Research: • Funding from NERC, National Trust & the Norwegian government • Insect ecology • Biocontrol of insect pests and weeds • Insect conservation • Tripartite insect-fungus-plant interactions
Publications
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Hatcher P. PW Price, RF Denno, MD Eubanks, DL Finke and I. Kaplan: Insect ecology: behaviour, populations and communities. Journal of Insect Conservation. 2012 Feb 1;16(1):143-4.
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Alâ€Naemi F, Hatcher PE. Contrasting effects of necrotrophic and biotrophic plant pathogens on the aphid Aphis fabae. Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata. 2013 Sep 1;148(3):234-45.
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Upadhyaya MK, Blackshaw RE, editors. Non-chemical weed management: principles, concepts and technology. Cabi; 2007.
