SCAF Team

The Scottish Alliance for Food was developed collaboratively by a multidisciplinary team of academics from 10 Scottish institutions, with input from stakeholders across the Scottish food system. The 28 academics behind the development of SCAF hold active roles within each of the SCAF themes.

University of Aberdeen

  • Jennie Macdiarmid - Professor & Director of the Interdisciplinary Centre for Health and Wellbeing
  • David McBey - Postdoctoral Research Fellow
  • Ben McCormick - Research Fellow

University of Edinburgh

  • Peter Alexander - Senior Lecturer
  • Liz Baggs - Chair of Food & Environmental Security
  • Benjamin Jackson - Technician & Postdoctoral Research Fellow

University of Glasgow

  • Emilie Combet - Professor of Human Nutrition
  • David Blane - Senior Clinical Lecturer in General Practice and Primary Care
  • John Crawford - Chair of Strategy & Technology, Adam Smith Business School
  • Christine Edwards - Professor of Nutritional Physiology
  • Jess Enright - Senior Lecturer
  • Ada Garcia - Senior Lecturer in Public Health Nutrition
  • Jason Gill - Professor of Cardiometabolic Health
  • Cindy Gray - Interdisciplinary Professor of Health and Behaviour
  • Cris Hasan - Research Associate
  • Lindsay Middleton - Knowledge Exchange Associate
  • Jill Muirie - Public Health Programme Manager
  • Esther Papies - Reader in Psychology and Neuroscience
  • Gemma Ryde - Lecturer in Lifestyle and Metabolic Health

Glasgow School of Art

  • Michael Pierre Johnson - Creative Engagement Leadership Fellow

Heriot-Watt University

  • Steve Euston - Professor of Food Science

The James Hutton Institute

  • Derek Stewart - Professor & Director of the Advanced Plant Growth Centre

Queen Margaret University

  • Ana Tominc - Reader

Robert Gordon University

  • Flora Douglas - Professor of Public Health

University of Stirling

  • Amaya Albalat - Senior Lecturer
  • Dave Little - Professor
  • Rachel Norman - Chair of Food Security and Sustainability

Scottish Universities Environment Research Centre

  • Douglas Morrison - Professor of Isotope Bioscience

SCAF Staff

SCAF also has two full-time members of staff:

  • Laura Haag, Project Manager
  • Millie Mather, Digital Communications Officer