Plant and crop physiologist with wide interests including photosynthesis, stomatal responses, senescence, cold hardening, crop modelling and growth measurements. Currently working on the use of hyperspectral reflectance of leaves and crops as a diagnostic tool particularly when collected from manned and unmanned aerial platforms as an aid to environmental, vegetation, crop and forestry monitoring and management. Has developed expertise in biological image analyses and interpretation for various uses.

Morgan, S., Theobald, V., Leemans, D., Gay, A., Scollan, N. 2016. Detection of faecal and gut contamination on chicken carcasses using a chlorophyll-based marker. 67th Annual Meeting of the European Federation of Animal Science, Belfast, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, 29/08/2016 - 01/09/2016. pp. 539. Boeckx, T., Webster, R., Winters, A., Webb, J., Gay, A., Kingston-Smith, A. 2015. Polyphenol oxidase-mediated protection against oxidative stress is not associated with enhanced photosynthetic efficiency. Annals of Botany 116 (4) pp. 529-540. Camargo-Rodriguez, A., Papadopoulou, D., Spyropoulou, Z., Vlachonasios, K., Doonan, J.H., Gay, A.P.Candela, H. 2014. Objective Definition of Rosette Shape Variation Using a Combined Computer Vision and Data Mining Approach. PLoS One 9 (5) pp. e96889. Cadair Humphreys, M.W., O'Donovan, S.A., Farrell, M.S., Gay, A.P., Kingston-Smith, A.H. 2014. The potential of novel Festulolium (2n=4x=28) hybrids as productive, nutrient-use-efficient fodder for ruminants. Food and Energy Security 3 (2) pp. 98-110. Cadair Wychowaniec, J.K., Griffiths, I., Gay, A., Mughal, A. 2013. Compaction of cereal grain. Philosophical Magazine 93 (31-33) pp. 4151-4158. Mur, L.A.J., Simpson, C., Gay, A., Paveley, N., Sanchez-Martin, J., Prats, E. 2013. Stomatal lock-up following pathogenic challenge: source or symptom of costs of resistance in crops? Plant Pathology 62 (S1) pp. 72-82. Lee, M.R.F., Leemans, D., Theobald, V.J., Fleming, H.R., Gay, A.P. 2013. The development of chlorophyll-based markers in poultry diets to aid detection of fluorescent fecal contamination. Poultry Science 92 (12) pp. 3251-3258. Other Robson, P.R.H., Farrar, K., Gay, A.P., Jensen, E.F., Clifton-Brown, J.C., Donnison, I.S. 2013. Variation in canopy duration in the perennial biofuel crop Miscanthus reveals complex associations with yield: Canopy duration and yield in Miscanthus. Journal of Experimental Biology 64 (8) pp. 2373-2383.