Simon Leather
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Simon Leather | |
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| Alma mater | University of Leeds University of East Anglia (PhD) |
| Scientific career | |
| Institutions | Harper Adams University Imperial College London |
| Thesis | Aspects of the ecology of the bird cherry-cat aphid Rhopalosiphum padi L (1980) |
Simon Robert Leather (publishes as Simon R. Leather) is an aphid-specialist entomologist who is Professor of Entomology at Harper Adams University.[1] He has published journal articles about aphid life cycles and forest entomology.[2]
He was educated at King George V School (Hong Kong), Ripon Grammar School, the University of Leeds (BSc Agricultural Zoology with first-class honours, 1977) and the University of East Anglia (PhD, 1980).
Leather moved to Harper Adams University after a long career at Imperial College London.[3] He is a Fellow of the Royal Entomological Society.
References
- ^ "Simon Robert Leather". ResearchGate. Retrieved 28 May 2015.
- ^ "Simon Leather - Google Scholar Citations". google.co.uk. Retrieved 28 May 2015.
- ^ "Home - Professor Simon Leather". imperial.ac.uk. Retrieved 28 May 2015.
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