Dr Miriam Glendell is a senior catchment scientist and systems modeller, interested in inter-disciplinary understanding of the effects of climate and land use change on ecosystem services, including water quality and quantity, freshwater biodiversity, soil conservation and carbon management in catchment systems. Her current research focusses on the development and application of probabilistic models of nutrients, pesticides, faecal indicator organisms and anti-microbial resistance to inform decision support under uncertainty. She leads water quality and water scarcity modelling at the James Hutton Institute, including the Scottish Government funded ‘Emerging Water Futures’ (£3.5M) project focussed on the understanding of the vulnerabilities of Scotland’s water resources to drought and future risks to water quality from nutrients and emerging contaminants (pharmaceuticals, microplastics and antimicrobial resistance genes).