New team members
The NBN Trust is delighted to welcome Paula Lightfoot and Christopher Johnson, who both joined the team in August.
Paula takes over the role of Data Access Officer from Oliver Grafton, who left the NBN earlier this year to lead the development of the Biodiversity Action Reporting System (BARS). Based with Natural England in Yorkshire, Paula will travel throughout the UK to help a wide range of groups and organisations to share wildlife information and to benefit from the services provided by the NBN. Paula’s previous experience as a Local Authority Biodiversity Officer and Local Environmental Records Centre employee gives her a good insight into the importance of reliable biological data, as well as the constraints affecting data flow. Paula is also a keen amateur recorder and is very proud of the fact that some of the Gateway’s 52 million records have her name next to them!
Find out more about Paula
Chris Johnson is the new OPAL web developer, based at the Centre of Ecology & Hydrology in Lancashire. Chris will provide technical development of the Gateway in support of the BIG Lottery Fund project – OPAL. The purpose of the job is to develop web-based databases and applications, focusing on geographic data on habitats and species.
Find out more about Chris