Thomas Meagher

Biography

Chair, Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh Science Advisory Committee, 2014-present; Trustee, St Andrews Botanic Garden Trust, 2014-present; Trustee, Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh, 2013-present; Chair, Advisory & Implementation Group, NERC Environmental 'Omics Centre, 2012-present; Chair, Society for the Study of Evolution Education & Outreach Committee, 2010-2016; Member, Natural Environment Research Council, 2007-2013; Member, DEFRA Tree Healh and Plant Biosecurity Taskforce, 2012-2013; Member, DEFRA Science Advisory Council, 2004-2009; Outlook Editor, Evolution, 2006-present; Editorial Board, Heredity, 2000-present; Trustee, St Andrews Botanic Garden Education Trust, 2005-2014; Member, NERC Steering Committee on Environmental Genomics, 2000-2007.

Research Interest

Plant evolutionary biology, genealogical reconstruction and analysis (likelihood-based paternity and parentage analysis), quantitative genetics, sexual dimorphism, linkages between molecular variation and phenotypic evolution, ecological and genetic bases for population differentiation and speciation, conservation biology and biodiversity, risk assessment of gene flow and its consequences in genetically modified organisms, public understanding of science.