Silwood Park Campus is home to the Department of Life Sciences Evolutionary Biology Theme, the Ecosystems & the Environment Theme and the Georgina Mace Centre for the Living Planet
Name | Title | Research topics | Photo |
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Dr Arkhat Abzhanov | Reader in Evolution and Developmental Genetics | Developmental mechanisms for evolution of head and face in vertebrates | |
Dr Cristina Banks-Leite | Senior Lecturer | Community and landscape ecology | |
Professor Tom Bell | Professor of Microbial Ecology | Ecology and evolution of microbial communities | |
Professor Martin Bidartondo | Professor in Molecular Ecology | Ecology and evolution of mycorrhizas | |
Dr Martin Brazeau | Senior Lecturer | Evolution of modern vertebrate anatomy | |
Professor Austin Burt | Professor of Evolutionary Genetics | Population genetic engineering and malaria vectors | |
Dr Lauren Cator | Senior Lecturer | Behavioural ecology of disease vectors | |
Dr Rob Ewers | Reader in Ecology | Deforestation and field experiments | |
Dr Richard Gill | Senior Lecturer | Insect ecology and evolution | |
Dr Peter Graystock | Lecturer in Human and Animal Health | Ecosystems and the Environment | |
Dr Samraat Pawar | Reader in Theoretical Ecology | Systems biology and theoretical ecology | |
Dr Will Pearse | Senior Lecturer in Applied Ecology | Evolutionary ecology | |
Professor Colin Prentice | AXA Chair in Biosphere and Climate Impacts | Climate dynamics and biosphere and atmosphere interactions | |
Dr Emma Ransome | Lecturer | Effects of anthropogenic change on aquatic ecosystems | |
Dr. James Rosindell | Reader | Theoretical ecology and evolution | |
Professor Vincent Savolainen | Professor of Organismic Biology | Biodiversity genomics | |
Dr Julia Schroeder | Senior Lecturer | Quantitative genetics and behavioural ecology of social behaviour in birds | |
Dr Joseph Tobias | Reader in Biodiversity and Ecosystems | Biodiversity and ecosystem science | |
Dr Bonnie Waring | Senior Lecturer |
Ecosystem ecology and soil biochemistry |
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Professor Guy Woodward | Professor of Ecology, Deputy HoD, Silwood Park | Food webs and ecological networks, and aquatic ecosystems | |
Professor Alfried Vogler | Professor of Molecular Systematics | Taxonomy, diversity and evolution of insects |
Name | Title | Research topics | Photo |
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Professor Andy Purvis | Research Investigator (Associate with Natural History Museum London) | Biodiversity and extinction | |
Professor Jason Tylianakis | Professor in Ecology and Biodiversity (Associate with University of Canterbury, New Zealand) | ||
Professor Denis Wright | Emeritus Professor of Pest Management | Sustainable pest management |
Name | Title | Research topics | Photo |
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Dr Emma Cavan | IC Research Fellow | Marine carbon cycle, biogeochemistry, ecology, climate change and fishing | |
Dr Magda Charalambous | Principal Teaching Fellow | Sexual selection and population differentiation in insects | |
Dr Vassiliki Koufopanou | Research Fellow | Microbial genetics and evolution | |
Dr Fengjie Liu | Research Fellow | Impacts of human activities on ecosystem functioning and environmental health | |
Dr David Orme | Teaching Fellow | Biodiversity and climate change | |
Dr. Mike Tristem | Principal Teaching Fellow | Viral evolution | |
Dr Chris Wilson | NERC Fellow | Causes and consequences of obligately asexual evolution |
Name | Title | Research topics | Photo |
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Professor Miguel Araujo | Visiting Professor | Biogeography, conservation planning, global change biology, and macroecology | |
Professor John Beddington CMG, FRS | Honorary Principal Research Fellow | ||
Professor Mick Crawley FRS | Emeritus Professor of Plant Ecology | Ecological field experiments and theory | |
Professor Charles Godfray FRS | Honorary Principal Research Fellow | ||
Professor Michael P Hassell CBE FRS | Honorary Principal Research Fellow | ||
Professor Russ Lande FRS | Emeritus Professor of Population Biology | Evolutionary and ecological theory, and conservation | |
Professor E J Milner-Gulland | Visiting Professor | Conservation science, ecosystem services | |
Professor Hugh Possingham | Visiting Professor | Pure and applied population ecology | |
Dr Michael Themis | Honorary Lecturer | ||
Professor Tim Barraclough | Visiting Professor | Evolution of species diversity | |
Dr Aurelio Malo | Honorary Lecturer | Evolution of phenotypic and life-history traits in mammals |
Seminar Series
- Ecology and Evolution seminars (Thursdays)