Dr Daniel Leybourne

Research Fellow


Curriculum vitae



Evolution, Ecology and Behaviour. Institute of Infection, Veterinary and Ecological Sciences

The University of Liverpool



Projects


Elucidating the agro-ecological factors influencing virus success in cereal ecosystems (Royal Commission for the Exhibition of 1851; 1851 Research Fellowship; 2022 - 2025; PI; Liverpool University)


This project will use an important virus-insect-crop system and will identify factors that influence virus success in agricultural ecosystems. Click the link above for a project overview.


Adaptive AI-enabled and context-enhanced mobile intelligence for climate-smart pest management to optimise sustainable and resilient farming (Innovate UK; Farming Innovations Pathway Grant; 2023-2024; Co-I; Liverpool University)


Led by Mutus Tech Ltd. in collaboration with Sheffield University and ADAS. The project aims to further develop our smart herbivorous insect management system. Click the link above to see a project description, updates, and publications.


The Agricultural Landscape and Arthropod biodiversity Nexus: ALAN (The Alexander von Humboldt Foundation; Postdoctoral Research Fellowship; 2021-2022; PI; Hannover University)


This project will use a model insect system and investigate the relationship between insect intra-species diversity, multi-trophic interactions, and landscape diversity. Click the link above to see a project description, updates, and publications.




Landscape effects on endosymbionts of the cabbage stem flea beetle (British Ecological Society; Large Research Grant; 2021-2023; PI; Hannover University)


This project will use an agriculturally important herbivorous insect system and explore the interactions between landscape diversity, crop diversity, and the insect microbiome. Click the link above to see a project description, updates, and publications.


Integrating Visual and Context Information into a Mobile Intelligence Solution for Sustainable Management of Wheat Pests and Soil Health (Innovate UK; Farming Innovations Pathway Grant; 2021-2022; Co-I; ADAS)


A project led by Sheffield University in collaboration with Mutus Tech Ltd. The project will aim to develop a mobile solution for wheat pest management. Click the link above to see a project description, updates, and publications.


Provision of information on the pyrethroid sensitivity of Rhopalosiphum padi and Sitobion avenae in the UK (Agriculture and Horticulture Development Board; 2019-2021; Co-I; ADAS)


A collaboration with Rothamsted Research funded by the AHDB. The project provides an update on the status of insecticide resistance in UK cereal aphid populations. Click the link above to see a project description, updates, and publications.




Updating a wheat bulb fly risk prediction model (Agriculture and Horticulture Development Board project; 2020; Contributor; ADAS)


This project was funded by the AHDB and developed an accurate model capable of predicting seasonal crop risk to the wheat bulb fly in the UK. Click the link above to see a project description, updates, and publications.




Exploiting molecular plant-aphid interactions for improved pest control under climate change (Scottish Food Security Alliance - Crops; PhD Studentship; 2015-2019; Dundee University)


My PhD project was based at the University of Dundee and the James Hutton Institute. Click the link above to read an overview of the project and to see the relevant publications.

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