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Tess smiling wearing a colourful jumper
Tess Vernon
Statistician

MSc (Sheffield), BSc (Lancaster)

Biomathematics and Statistics Scotland
JCMB, The King's Buildings,
Peter Guthrie Tait Road,
EDINBURGH, EH9 3FD, Scotland, UK.

Tel: 01316504897
Email: tess.vernon@bioss.ac.uk

My Work

I manage a design, analysis and reporting service for the UK system for plant variety assessment and registration in various crops. Read more about our crop variety trials work. This work is funded by the Scottish Government, DEFRA and APHA, BSPB & AHDB. I also undertake a number of other research projects in plant science and ecology, as well as statistical consultancy.

Background

I hold a BSc in mathematics from Lancaster University, and an MSc in statistics from the University of Sheffield.

 

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