{"id":229,"date":"2020-05-01T15:49:25","date_gmt":"2020-05-01T14:49:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ccap2020.sams.local\/?page_id=229"},"modified":"2026-04-30T16:22:22","modified_gmt":"2026-04-30T15:22:22","slug":"rachel-allen","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.ccap.ac.uk\/index.php\/about-us\/rachel-allen\/","title":{"rendered":"Rachel Allen"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"229\" class=\"elementor elementor-229\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-1486a5b elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"1486a5b\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-a1268ed\" data-id=\"a1268ed\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-ef6ed8b elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"ef6ed8b\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-ba0ca9e\" data-id=\"ba0ca9e\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a02a0fe elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"a02a0fe\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ccap.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/elementor\/thumbs\/RA-Profile-Pic-scaled-q1a98ttdgbp5ifg7rkg4bggxsi8ukyxen2wlf4e61g.jpg\" title=\"Rachel Allen\" alt=\"Scientist in a white lab coat examining a test tube in a laboratory filled with glass tubes of algae on shelves.\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-093e282\" data-id=\"093e282\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8842b04 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"8842b04\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4>Rachel Allen\u00a0<br \/><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><em>CCAP Support Scientist and Quality Lead<\/em><\/span><\/h4><p>A former freshwater ecologist with a background in Quality Management Systems, I hold a BSc in Marine Resource Management from the University of Aberdeen and an MSc in Biodiversity Conservation from Bournemouth University.<\/p><p>I joined CCAP in September 2017 as a support scientist, and my primary role involves the maintenance and subculture of a wide range of freshwater green algae, brown seaweeds, and protozoan strains. In addition, I am also the CCAP Quality Lead, responsible for helping to maintain the ISO 9001:2015 accredited certification awarded to us in 2021.<\/p><p>I am particularly interested in the taxonomy of freshwater green algae, and I am continually developing my knowledge in this area. When time allows I isolate new strains for the collection, and I have an ongoing project to purify the contaminated strains of freshwater green algae we hold.<\/p><p>I am also heavily involved in outreach programmes with children from schools in the local area.<\/p><p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sams.ac.uk\/people\/support-scientists\/allen-rachel\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">SAMS Profile<\/a><\/p><p><strong>Contact:<\/strong>\u00a0<\/p><p><a href=\"mailto:rachel.allen@sams.ac.uk\">rachel.allen@sams.ac.uk<\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rachel Allen\u00a0CCAP Support Scientist and Quality Lead A former freshwater ecologist with a background in Quality Management Systems, I hold a BSc in Marine Resource Management from the University of Aberdeen and an MSc in Biodiversity Conservation from Bournemouth University.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":50,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-229","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ccap.ac.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/229","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ccap.ac.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ccap.ac.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ccap.ac.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ccap.ac.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=229"}],"version-history":[{"count":14,"href":"https:\/\/www.ccap.ac.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/229\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3800,"href":"https:\/\/www.ccap.ac.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/229\/revisions\/3800"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ccap.ac.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/50"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ccap.ac.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=229"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}