Head of School: Professor Phil Dash
Academic staff
| Name | Position | Research interests |
|---|---|---|
| Dr Phil Baker | Lecturer |
Vertebrate conservation |
| Dr Glyn Barrett |
Lecturer |
Environmental microbiology, microbial ecology, forest and woodland disease ecology, plant-microbe interactions, bioprospecting for improved pest management, novel peptide therapeutics |
| Dr Andrew Bladon |
Lecturer in Ecology
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Climate and habitat change on species’ distribution and abundance |
| Dr Vicky Boult | Lecturer in Conservation Biology | An interdisciplinary scientist with expertise in both Ecology and Meteorology. Broadly interested in how we can combine an understanding of ecological processes, meteorological forecasts and humanitarian action to improve preparedness in biodiversity conservation. |
| Professor Amanda Callaghan |
Professor of Zoology Curator of the |
Applied ecology, aquatic ecotoxicology, entomology, mosquito biology, museum related research and pedagogic research |
| Dr Alastair Culham |
Associate Professor of Botany Curator of the University Herbarium Head of Division for Ecology and Evolutionary Biology |
Evolutionary responses to climate change, plant Phylogeny, plant and fungal taxonomy, DNA barcoding and molecular markers |
| Dr Chris Foster |
Lecturer Admissions Tutor for BSc Ecology and Wildlife Conservation |
Landscape ecology, insect conservation and ornithology |
| Dr H Soon Gweon | Lecturer | Bioinformatics, microbial ecology, environmental omics |
| Dr Manuela Gonzalez-Suarez |
Associate Professor in Ecological Modelling Programme Director for BSc Ecology and Wildlife Conservation |
Loss of biodiversity, vertebrate conservation, road ecology, macroecology |
| Professor Julie Hawkins |
Professor of Plant Systematics and Evolution |
Plant taxonomy and evolution, ethnobotany and evolutionary ethnobotany, wildlife trade and conservation |
| Dr Graham Holloway |
Associate Professor Director of MSc by Research Entomology |
Insect conservation, biodiversity, and taxonomy. Evolution of insect colour patterns |
| Dr Louise Johnson |
Associate Professor Research Division Leader, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology |
Evolution, genetics, intragenomic conflict, genomics, levels of selection, genetic systems, cancer evolution |
| Dr Renee Lee |
Associate Professor Director of Placements and Employability Admissions Tutor and Programme Director, Biological Sciences School Director of Recruitment and Admissions |
Biomineralisation in coccolithophores, microbially induced calcite precipitation, molecular fossils, trace metal homeostasis in biology, microbial diversity in caves |
| Dr Andrew Meade | Lecturer in Computational Biology Research | Phylogenetic inference, comparative methods, computational biology and high performance computing |
| Dr Jonathan Mitchley |
Associate Professor of Field Botany Director of MSc Ecological Survey Skills with Placement |
Grassland biodiversity, ecology and ecological habitat restoration, plant blindness, inspiring young people with plants and botany, 3D video and virtual reality for botanical teaching and learning |
| Dr Campbell Murn | Lecturer in Conservation Science | Biology and conservation of birds of prey, visual fields and sensory ecology of birds of prey, disease ecology of obligate scavengers, impact of scavenger declines on disease ecology |
| Professor Tom Oliver |
Associate Pro-Vice-Chancellor for Research (Environment) Professor of Applied Ecology |
Biodiversity: interactions between land use and climate change, resilience of ecosystem functions, environmental risk and governance |
| Professor Mark Pagel | Professor of Evolutionary Biology | Evolution, computational biology, language evolution, phylogeny, Markov chain Monte Carlo |
| Dr Brian Pickles |
Associate Professor of Ecology Programme Director for Zoology |
Biodiversity, ecology of forests and woodlands, palaeoecology, plant-fungal symbioses, spatial ecology |
| Dr Alejandra Perotti | Associate Professor | Ectoparasitic lice and mites of primates as proxies of hosts' evolution. Ancient DNA lice and mites and their extinct hosts. Mites of medical, veterinaryor economic importance, whole organism biology and evolution. Forensic acarology interactions between mites with other arthropods and with bacteria (e.g. Wolbachia). Sex ratio distorters (e.g. Rickettsia, Wolbachia) and their asexual arthropod hosts |
| Dr Manabu Sakamoto | Admissions Tutor for BSc Zoology
Lecturer in Zoology |
Understanding how biodiversity is shaped by function, ecology, and environment over time using phylogenetic comparative methods, morphometrics, and biomechanics |
| Dr Becks Spake | Lecturer | Applied ecology, biodiversity conservation, evidence synthesis, forest ecology, landscape ecology, quantitative methods |
| Dr Chris Venditti | Associate Professor in Evolutionary Biology | Phylogenetic inference and comparative methods, speciation, adaptation and rates of evolution |
| Name | Position | Research interests |
|---|---|---|
| Dr Sofia Gripenberg | Royal Society Research Fellow |
Species interactions, population and community dynamics, evolutionary ecology, tropical ecology |
Postdoctorate research fellows, associates and assistants
| Name | Position | Research interests |
|---|---|---|
| Dr Catia Antunes | Research Associate | Ecology and evolutionary biology |
| Dr Joanna Baker | Research Associate |
Macroevolution and natural selection; comparative phylogenetic methods |
| Dr Jeff Da Costa | Research Associate (part time) | Applied meteorology, climate change adaptation |
| Dr Ciara O'Donovan | Research Associate | Macroevolution, macroecology, biogeography and phylogenetic comparative methods |
| Dr Andre Dornelles | Research Associate | Food system dynamics and impacts on ecosystems |
| Dr Luke Christopher Evans | Research Associate | Quantitative ecology, Ecological modelling, Bayesian statistical approaches, Programming [R, Julia, stan, python], Agent-based modelling |
| Dr Matthew Greenwell | Research Associate | Butterfly ecology, landscape genetics, participatory systems mapping |
| Dr Thomas Püschel | Research Associate | Primate evolution, Palaeoanthropology, Vertebrate palaeontology, Mammalian evolution, Morphometrics, Biomechanics, Phylogenetic comparative methods, Phylogenetics |
| Dr Mojgan Rabiey | Research Associate | Ecology and evolutionary biology |
| Dr Suzy White | Research Associate | Ecology and evolutionary biology |
Emeritus and visiting professors
| Name | Position | Research interests |
|---|---|---|
| Professor John Barnett (Emeritus) | ||
| Professor Nick Battey (Emeritus) | ||
| Professor Emeritus Philip John | Production of natural indigo; phytochemical analysis of food and beverages | |
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Professor Sir Ghillean Prance |
Visiting Professor | |
| Professor Helmut van Emden (Emeritus Professor of Horticulture) | Insect-plant relationships from plant communities to individual plant phenotypes. GM crops and resistance to crop pests. Artificial diet for aphids. |
Honorary research fellows and visiting lecturers
| Name | Position | Research interests |
|---|---|---|
| Dr Richard Carter | Visiting Lecturer | |
| Dr Bob Froud-Williams | Honorary Fellow | |
| Nigel Larkin | Visiting Research Fellow | Palaeontology |
| Dr Royce Longton | Visiting Research Fellow | |
| Dr Glynn Percival | Visiting Research Fellow | Arboriculture, enterprise |
|
Professor Sir Ghillean Prance |
Visiting Professor | |
| Dr Rebecca Thomas | Visiting Research Fellow | |
| Dr Susumu Yamada | Visiting Research Fellow | Restoration ecology |
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