Staff Directory
Find information on key SASA staff and their work through the links below. You can sort by first name or surname. Alternatively use the keywords search box or select a section from the drop-down box and click Apply.
Please note that this is not a comprehensive list of SASA staff.
Staff email addresses take the form: firstname.lastname followed by @sasa.gov.scot.
View the organisation chart for an overview of the structure.
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Surname | Job Title |
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Alex | Reid | Head of Genotyping |
Alexandra | Schlenzig | Senior Plant Pathologist |
Carol | Monie | Pesticide Usage Surveyor |
Christophe | Lacomme | Senior Virologist |
Craig | Douglas | Antibody Production Specialist |
David | Kenyon | Head of Diagnostics, Wildlife & Molecular Biology |
Elizabeth | Sharp | Senior Analyst |
Emma | Back | Project Leader - Euphresco |
Fiona | Highet | Senior Entomologist |
Gerry | Saddler | Chief Plant Health Officer for Scotland and Head of SASA; Senior Management Team |
Gill | Hartley | Senior Wildlife Biologist |
Gillian | Musgrove | Seed Testing/Quality Manager |
Gillian | Reay | Pesticide Adviser |
Jacqueline | Hughes | Head of Agricultural Science Delivery; Senior Management Team |
Jason | Sumner-Kalkun | Molecular Entomologist - Project Leader |
Johan | Wardlaw | Pesticide Usage Surveyor |
John | Ellicott | SPCS Technical Manager |
Jon | Pickup | Head of Virology & Zoology |
Katherine | Lester | Project Leader - Euphresco |
Kim | Davie | Potato Nematologist |
Kirsty | Reid | Senior Analyst |
Laura | Bowden | Seed Physiologist |
Laura | Melton | Senior Analyst |
Lucy | Webster | Senior Wildlife Forensic Scientist |
Mairi | Carnegie | Assistant Zoology Manager |
Marian | McEwan | Seed Pathologist |
Mike | Parker | Head of Seed Certification |
Mike | Taylor | Head of Chemistry |
Ros | McHugh | Potato Pathology Manager |
Support | Services | - |
Susan | Ross | Quality Manager |
Triona | Davey | Acting Head of Potato Branch |
Valerie | Cockerell | Head of Official Seed Testing Station for Scotland |
Vincent | Mulholland | Molecular Biology Unit Manager |