People
Professor Katherine Willis
Director, Biodiversity Institute
Kathy Willis holds the Tasso Leventis Chair of Biodiversity, is Director of the Biodiversity Institute (BIO) in the Zoology Department and a ... Continue reading...
Professor Charles Godfray
Lead Researcher
I am interested in population and community ecology, and in evolutionary biology. My lab explores questions in these fields using ... Continue reading...
Dr. Paul Jepson
Associate Researcher
Paul Jepson is course director of the MSc in ... Continue reading...
Dr. Alexandros Gasparatos
James Martin Fellow
Alex is a James Martin research fellow working with Prof. Kathy Willis at the Biodiversity Institute in the Department of ... Continue reading...
Dr. Elizabeth Jeffers
James Martin Fellow
As a James Martin Research Fellow, I investigate how ecosystems respond to environmental change. I use palaeoecological data including fossil ... Continue reading...
Dr. Peter Long
James Martin Fellow
Peter is a James Martin research fellow working with Prof Kathy Willis at the Institute of Biodiversity in the Department ... Continue reading...
Dr. Marc Macias-Fauria
James Martin Fellow
My research is directed at understanding the interactions between physical and biological systems over spatial scales ranging from study sites ... Continue reading...
Dr. Sandra Nogué
James Martin Fellow
I graduated with a degree in Biology from the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, in 2004. I obtained my PhD in ... Continue reading...
Dr. Gillian Petrokofsky
Researcher
Gill's research focusses on the quality of evidence for science-policy dialogue and for constructing relevant research agendas. Other sectors have ... Continue reading...
Dr Carla Romeu-Dalmau
Post Doctoral Researcher
During the last year of my Bachelor’s degree in Environmental Sciences (2006), I got engaged in research in the Ecology ... Continue reading...
Dr. Alistair Seddon
Post Doctoral Researcher
I submitted my D.Phil thesis in October 2010 (thesis title: "Palaeoecology, Biogeography and Evolution of Galapagos Diatoms”). I have a ... Continue reading...
Dr. Jake L Snaddon
James Martin Fellow
Jake is a James Martin Research Fellow working with Prof Kathy Willis at the Biodiversity Institute, Oxford in the Department ... Continue reading...
Ambroise Baker
DPhil Candidate
My science is relevant to Biodiversity Promotion and Nature Conservation, developing evidences from the fields of Ecology, Vegetation Science and ... Continue reading...
Dr. Lydia Cole
Post Doctoral Researcher
Lydia is a post doctoral researcher at the Department of Zoology, having completed her DPhil thesis there in September 2012 ... Continue reading...
Henrik Hannemann
DPhil Candidate
Henrik is a doctoral research student at the Department of Zoology, working at the Biodiversity Institute. His research is supervised ... Continue reading...
Lebogang Lebotse
DPhil Candidate
Lebo is a D.Phil. student based at the Long-Term Ecology Laboratory, Biodiversity Institute, Oxford. She holds an MSc in Biodiversity ... Continue reading...
Ashley Massey
DPhil Candidate
Ashley received her BA(Hons) from Dartmouth College (USA) in Environmental Studies with a minor in Environmental Public Policy. As an ... Continue reading...
Ana Prohaska
DPhil Candidate
Ana’s research interests lie at the interface of ecology, biogeography and conservation biology. More specifically, she is interested in understanding ... Continue reading...
Hsiao-Hang Tao
DPhil Candidate
Academic profile Hsiao-Hang’s research interest lies at soil ecology and ecosystem services in tropical agroecosystems. Hsiao-Hang is a DPhil student at ... Continue reading...
Jessica Thorn
DPhil Candidate
Jessica Thorn is a doctoral candidate in the Biodiversity Institute, under the supervision of Prof. Kathy Willis of the Department ... Continue reading...
Carolina Tovar
DPhil Candidate
Carolina is a D.Phil. student in the Long Term Ecology Laboratory, based in the Department of Zoology. Carolina is currently ... Continue reading...
Dr. Timos Papadopoulos
James Martin Fellow
Timos is working on the BIOSOUND project: Biodiversity monitoring using smartphones: designing an acoustic system for intelligent birdsong analysis.. His research ... Continue reading...
Dr. Richard Bailey
Associate Researcher
Richard Bailey is a lecturer in Geochronology, Director of the School of Geography and the Environment Luminescence Dating Laboratory and ... Continue reading...
Dr. Pam Berry
Associate Researcher
Pam Berry has been involved in teaching Geography undergraduates in Oxford since 1978 and in particular papers on physical geography, ... Continue reading...
Dr. Shonil Bhagwat
Associate Researcher
Shonil Bhagwat has D.Phil. in Tropical Forest Diversity and Conservation (1998-2002) andMSc in Forestry and its Relation ... Continue reading...
Dr. Michael Bonsall
Associate Researcher
I am interested in population biology (population dynamics, community ecology, evolutionary ecology). Research in the group focuses on a wide ... Continue reading...
Dr. David Boshier
Associate Researcher
My research focuses on the genetics of tree populations, human impacts (e.g. fragmentation, logging) on such populations and applications to ... Continue reading...
Dr. Elinor Breman
Associate Researcher
Elinor gained her D.Phil. from the School of Geography and Environment, Oxford University in 2010. Her thesis examined the drivers of vegetation ... Continue reading...
Dr. Nick Brown
Associate Researcher
I am investigating how forests respond to both natural and human inflicted disturbance and the implications of this for sustainable ... Continue reading...
Dr. Sallie Burrough
Associate Researcher
Sallie is a Junior Research Fellow at Hertford College and a Leverhulme funded postdoctoral researcher working with Prof. David Thomas ... Continue reading...
Dr. Neil Caithness
Associate Researcher
Neil has a research background in zoology, and for the past 10 years has been involved in various e-Science activities ... Continue reading...
Dr. Susan M. Canney
Research Associate, Spatial Ecology and Epidemiology Group
Dr. Susan Canney has worked on a variety of nature conservation projects in Africa, Asia and Europe, including living for ... Continue reading...
Dr. Dawn Chatty
Associate Researcher
Professor Dawn Chatty is a social anthropologist whose ethnographic interests lie in the Middle East, particularly with nomadic pastoral tribes ... Continue reading...
Dr. Neil Davies
Associate Researcher
As director of the UCB Gump Station, I represent the University of California in French Polynesia, overseeing the University's operations and ... Continue reading...
Professor Dawn Field
Associate Researcher
Head of Molecular Evolution and Bioinformatics Group, Biodiversity Programme, Centre for Ecology and Hydrology, Wallingford, UK.
Professor Tim Guilford
Associate Researcher
Although I still maintain an interest in the evolution of animal signals, especially warning signals, which was the subject of ... Continue reading...
Dr. Andrew Gosler
Associate Researcher
I read Environmental Biology at Aberystwyth (BSc 1979), and then Plant Taxonomy at Reading (MSc 1981) before studying eco-morphology of ... Continue reading...
Dr. Richard Grenyer
Associate Researcher
Richard Grenyer is a biologist and conservationist who is interested in the fundamental position that space and geographical processes occupy ... Continue reading...
Dr. Jeyaraney Kathirithamby
Associate Researcher
Strepsiptera are bizarre parasites that display unique adaptations in response to long and diverse coevolution with their hosts and parasitize ... Continue reading...
Dr. Roosa Leimu
Associate Researcher
My current research focuses mainly on the ecological and evolutionary challenges of habitat fragmentation and global change for plant populations. ... Continue reading...
Dr. Owen Lewis
Associate Researcher
I am a community ecologist and conservation biologist. My interest is in the processes that maintain, structure and threaten biodiversity, ... Continue reading...
Professor David Macdonald
Associate Researcher
I am interested in the scientific underpinning of practical and policy solutions to problems in wildlife conservation. Although my background ... Continue reading...
Professor Lord May of Oxford, OM AC FRS
Associate Researcher
Robert, Lord May of Oxford, OM AC Kt FRS, holds a Professorship at Oxford University and is a Fellow of ... Continue reading...
Dr. Constance L. McDermott
Associate Researcher
Constance McDermott is a James Martin Senior Fellow in Forest Governance at ECI and the newOxford Centre for ... Continue reading...
Dr. Rebecca Morris
Associate Researcher
I am a community ecologist and tropical biologist. My research focuses on understanding the structure and dynamics of ecological communities. ... Continue reading...
Professor Norman Myers
Associate Researcher
Norman Myers BA (Oxford 1958) PhD (Berkeley 1973) (born 24 August 1934), is a British environmentalist specialising in biodiversity. He is an influential figure ... Continue reading...
Dr. Kate Parr
Associate Researcher
I am a community ecologist with a particular interest in biodiversity conservation. I am interested in how local communities are ... Continue reading...
Professor Stephen Roberts
Associate Researcher
Stephen Roberts' main area of research lies in machine learning approaches to data analysis. He has particular interests in the development ... Continue reading...
Professor Alex Rogers
Associate Researcher
I am fascinated by the diversity, ecology, conservation and evolution of marine species. I have special interests in the deep ... Continue reading...
Dr. Nathalie Seddon
Associate Researcher
I have broad interests in the evolutionary ecology, diversification and conservation of tropical birds. With two diverse assemblages of suboscine ... Continue reading...
Professor Claudio Sillero
Associate Researcher
I was born in Argentina where I graduated as a zoologist (Universidad Nacional de La Plata 1984), and obtained my ... Continue reading...
Dr. Martin Speight
Associate Researcher
I am interested in tropical ecology & entomology and carry out research on various aspects of coral reef ecology, tropical ... Continue reading...
Professor Jeremy Thomas
Associate Researcher
I am interested in understanding the factors that determine change in species’ abundance, distributions and specializations. Most of my research ... Continue reading...
Dr. Thomas Thornton
Associate Researcher
As director for the MSc in Environmental Change and Management, I ... Continue reading...
Dr. Joseph Tobias
Associate Researcher
After completing a PhD at Cambridge (1996), I worked with BirdLife International and IUCN, co-authoring a series of conservation action ... Continue reading...
Professor Heather Viles
Associate Researcher
Heather Viles is a geographer with major interests in geomorphology and heritage science. Much of her research focuses on the ... Continue reading...
Professor Robert J. Whittaker
Associate Researcher
Rob Whittaker has a BSc in Botany and Geography from the University of Hull (1980), anMSc in ... Continue reading...Filter by project
- Assessing Ecological Value of Landscapes Beyond Protected Areas (LEFT)
- Biodiversity of Freshwater Ecosystems (BioFresh)
- Developing Tools for Mapping & Identification of Monocotyledons (eMonocot)
- Ecosystem Services Evaluation Tool (EcoSET)
- Eurasian Arctic Greening
- Genomic Observatories Network
- Landscape Planning for the Future
- Large Scale Climate and the Potential for Novel Ecosystems
- Long-term Ecology Lab
- Measuring and Monitoring Biodiversity in the Oil Palm Landscape
- Oxford Biodiversity Map
- PaleoPNL: Testing the Progressive Nitrogen Limitaton Hypothesis
- Perceptions and Values of Biodiversity
- Permanent Latin American Food Systems
- Religious Forest Sites
- Resilience of Coastal Peat Swamp Forests
- Resilience of Semi-Arid Socio-Ecological Systems
- Riparian Forest Strips as a Conservation Strategy
- Taxonomy and Systematics
- The Impact of Biofuel Expansion on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services
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