Dr Mellieha Allen
Science Officer - CITES
Department
Team
Specialism
Natural resource use, conservation, sustainability and policy in particular knowledge and implementation of CITES, CBD, Nagoya Protocol and Sustainable Development Goals.
In my role as Science Officer, I focus on the Convention of International Trade of Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) working in the UK CITES Scientific Authority for Flora team. I provide scientific advice on CITES and the EU Wildlife Trade Regulations to Defra and the Animal and Plant Health Agency (APHA) on policy and licensing. I also undertake the research required to support this role, primarily focusing on plants that are traded globally.
- PhD Molecular Microbial Ecology, University of East Anglia, 2024
- BSc Molecular Biology and Genetics (Hons), University of East Anglia, 2019
- Associate Member of the Royal Society of Biology
- Associate Fellow of the Higher Education Association
- Member of the Microbiology Society