Chief Executive, East Malling Research and Professor of Global Food Security at the University of Reading (From 1 May 2011)
Professor Peter Gregory is Chief Executive, East Malling Research and Professor of Global Food Security at the University of Reading. Until recently he was Chief Executive and Institute Director of SCRI (the Scottish Crop Research Institute) based near Dundee. He has held this position for 5 years, before which he spent most of his professional career at the University of Reading, England with 5 years in Western Australia in the early 1990’s. His research has involved studies of root/soil interactions, the use of water and nutrients by crops, and interactions of climate change and food security. He is Chairman of the UK Advisory Committee for Novel Foods and Processes.
