James Curran

Professor James C Curran, BA, BSc, PhD, MInstP, CPhys, CMet, CEng

James Curran has worked in environmental science and environmental regulation for 27 years. He has undertaken studies in hydrometeorology, numerical modelling of dispersion in marine waters, and water resources management as well as a spell of direct regulatory enforcement with agricultural and industrial businesses.

He has been a consultant to the Scottish Office and was for some years the Head of Science with the Scottish Environment Protection Agency and then Head of Environmental Strategy with responsibilities for scenario planning, horizon scanning, research and development, climate change and energy, internal environmental management, and promotion of sustainable development throughout the Agency and with external partners in Scotland.

In 2006 he co-founded and then ran Entrading, the UK's first comprehensive eco-store and cafe in central Glasgow, This was sold a couple of years later and he has taken up a post, again with SEPA, as Director of Environmental Science. James was awarded MBE for services to the environment in 2007.