Dr Annette Ryan
Senior LEC Technical Manager and Departmental Safety OfficerResearch Overview
My background encompasses three years working for the British Antarctic Survey in the Antarctic as a Meteorologist and Physicist, a PhD in Biosphere-Atmosphere Interactions, six years working as a Senior Research Associate in Atmospheric and Crop Sciences, and six years managing the Soil and Ecosystem Ecology Laboratories in the Lancaster Environment Centre.
LEC is the largest department in Lancaster University. In 2007 Environmental Science, Biological Science and Geography were brought together to form LEC. We are one of the worlds largest centres for environmental research and our resaerch and teaching reflects our diverse expertise spanning the natural and social sciences.
In July 2021, I became the departmental Senior Technical Manager and Safety Officer. This involves leading a team of 24 core funded technical staff, ensuring staff and students have access to appropriate facilties, resources and support and managing Health and Safety across the department.
Web Links
LEC - About Us
https://www.lancaster.ac.uk/lec/about-us/#d.en.350023
Plant and Soil Ecology Research Laboratory
http://www.lancaster.ac.uk/lec/about-us/facilities/plant-and-soil-ecology-research-laboratory/
Research Grants
2007 Successfully bid for student bursary to cover travel, accomodation and conference registration to attend the Gordon Research Conference "Biogenic Hydrocarbons and the Atmosphere" Ventura, CA
2008 Awarded student bursary (£531) to cover cost of conference registration and accomodation at the NCAS conference.
2012 Successfully bid for financial support from the Faculty of Science and Technology at Lancaster University to purchase a portable photosynthesis system (LiCOR 6400XT). Awarded £30 K
2014 Part of a sucessful bid for financial support to purchase a Total Organic Carbon with Total Nitrogen Analyser (Shimadzu TOC-L-TN).
Selected Publications
Gravimetric phenotyping of whole plant transpiration responses to atmospheric vapour pressure deficit identifies genotypic variation in water use efficiency
Ryan, A., Dodd, I.C., Rothwell, S.A., Jones, R.J.G., Tardieu, F., Draye, X., Davies, W.J. 10/2016 In: Plant Science. 251, p. 101-109. 9 p.
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Isoprene emission protects photosynthesis but reduces plant productivity during drought in transgenic tobacco (Nicotiana tabacum) plants
Ryan, A., Hewitt, C.N., Purnell, A., Possell, M., Vickers, C., Mullineaux, P., Davies, B., Dodd, I. 01/2014 In: New Phytologist. 201, 1, p. 205-216. 12 p.
Journal article
World War II contrails: a case study of aviation-induced cloudiness
Ryan, A.C., MacKenzie, A.R., Watkins, S., Timmis, R. 09/2012 In: International Journal of Climatology. 32, 11, p. 1745-1753. 9 p.
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Defining hybrid poplar (Populus deltoides x Populus trichocarpa) tolerance to ozone: identifying key parameters
Ryan, A., Cojocariu, C., Possell, M., Davies, B., Hewitt, N. 01/2009 In: Plant, Cell and Environment. 32, 1, p. 31-45. 15 p.
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Ground-level ozone influenced by circadian control of isoprene emissions
Hewitt, C.N., Ashworth, K., Boynard, A., Guenther, A., Langford, B., MacKenzie, A.R., Misztal, P.K., Nemitz, E., Owen, S.M., Possell, M., Pugh, T.A.M., Ryan, A.C., Wild, O. 10/2011 In: Nature Geoscience. 4, 10, p. 671-674. 4 p.
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