Ronnie is in charge of the Ashworth insectary and breeds the biggest, hungriest shrimps we've ever seen! Ronnie was trained by David Walliker and (apart from a brief detour with burying beetles) has worked for the last 20-years with many of the top malaria groups in Edinburgh.
Ronnie looks after our mosquitoes, supports our model organism research, trains our new students, answers the film questions at the pub quiz and is our first go-to in any emergency. Outside the lab, Jackpot Ron leads the snooker allstars, sports a Roma shirt at 5-a-side and films his adverntures dry fly fishing. No gin, please - just a bottle of beer and some Northern Soul.