Although usually based at the University of Exeter’s Penryn campus in Cornwall, where he holds a Chair in Natural Environment and involved in a wide range of interdisciplinary research projects in wildlife ecology and management, Robbie is currently on secondment to The Office for Environmental Protection as Chief Scientist. Robbie’s research career has focused on mustelids and he completed a PhD on weasels and stoats. He has also worked on Californian sea otters, martens, badgers, mink, ferrets and New Zealand and Irish stoats, and currently collaborates with VWT on marten and polecat research projects. Robbie joined the Board of Trustees in 2017.