Dr. Glynn Percival, Senior Arboricultural Research Manager

Glynn is a Senior Arboricultural Researcher who relocated from the UK to The Bartlett Tree Research Laboratories in Charlotte, North Carolina. Glynn primarily focuses on how environmental stress (drought, heat, waterlogging) influences tree growth and susceptibility to pest and disease attack.

He is the author of over 100 scientific papers, magazine articles and book chapters. He was co-editor of the proceedings of the Trees, People and Built Environment Conference, published by the Forestry Commission. Glynn has served on the editorial board for Arboriculture and Urban Forestry and Urban Greening and is an honorary lecturer at Reading University and the Royal Botanic Garden, Kew. Glynn was awarded the prestigious Arboricultural Association Award for Research and Education in 2017 and the International Society of Arboriculture LCC Chadwick Award for Research in 2020.