Academics Directory


Anthropology, UCL

Human behavioural ecology, cultural evolution, China,
Evolution of reproductive scheduling and menopause, kinship and marriage systems, evolution of cultural norms, including religion and witchcraft beliefs.

Geography, UCL

I work mainly on assessing human and climatic impacts on some of the world’s most important freshwater ecosystems, including Lake Baikal and the Aral Sea in central Asia, and the Okavango Delta in southern Africa. Key to much of this work is the use biological organisms and stable isotopes to reconstruct past environments.

Earth Sciences Department, NHM
Genetics, Evolution and Environment, UCL
Earth Sciences, UCL
Statistical Science, UCL
Geography, UCL

Air pollution, London air quality, public health, climate, numerical modelling, science communication, Earth observations, space sector pollution.

Division of Analytical, Environmental & Forensic Sciences, KCL

predictive toxicology, pharmaceuticals in the environment, fish physiology, comparative pharmacology, computational biology

Genetics, Evolution and Environment, UCL

genome evolution, genome architecture, animal phylogenetics, hypervariable species

Archaeology, UCL
Arts Sciences, UCL

Pollution, Plastics, Chemicals, Endocrine disruption, Mixtures, Ecosystem services, Transition to a bioeconomy, Systems thinking, Planetary health

School of Biological and Chemical Sciences, QMUL

evolutionary biology, comparative developmental biology, comparative evolutionary genomics, epigenomics, invertebrate zoology, annelids

Department of Geography, RHUL
Anthropology, UCL
Geography, UCL
Department of Geography, RHUL
Department of Geography, KCL

-> Extreme weather and climate
-> Climate change
-> Glacier-climate interactions
-> Hydroclimatic monitoring and modelling

Genetics, Evolution and Environment, UCL

biodiversity, community ecology, macroecology, coexistence theory, network theory, statistical ecology, microbial ecology, forest ecology, functional ecology

Mathematics, UCL
Earth Sciences, UCL

Ore deposits, fluid inclusions, economic geology, critical metals, igneous petrology, magmatic-hydrothermal processes.

Security and Crime Science, UCL
Earth Sciences, UCL
Earth Sciences Department, NHM

Micropalaeontology
Recent Foraminifera
Ordovician-Devonian conodonts and ostracods

Institute of Environment, Health and Societies, Brunel

Mass spectrometry, metabolomics, lipidomics, machine learning, toxicokinetics

Department of Geography, KCL
Department of Geography, RHUL
Department of Geography, KCL
Earth Sciences, UCL
Statistical Science, UCL
Physics and Astronomy, UCL
Forensic Sciences, UCL
School of Biological Sciences, RHUL
Space and Climate Physics, UCL
Department of Geography, KCL
Genetics, Evolution and Environment, UCL
Genetics, Evolution and Environment, UCL

My research activity concentrates on understanding the key biological processes that maintain biodiversity. In other words, what acts as the glue to hold ecosystems together? I am particularly interested in the factors that determine species abundance in space and time. There is a particular emphasis on diverse plant communities such as tropical forests, but group member have also studied bacteria, protist and vertebrate communities.

Topic keywords:
theoretical ecology; evolutionary ecology; coexistence; spatial patterns; spatial statistics; competition; predation; community ecology; functional diversity;

Taxonomic groups of interest:
Annual plant communities
Tropical plant communities
Lichen ecology of London

Genetics, Evolution and Environment, UCL
College of Engineering, Design and Physical Sciences, Brunel

Sustainable resource management, waste management, biorefinery system design, organic waste valorisation, circular economy, systems thinking

Statistical Science, UCL
School of Biological and Chemical Sciences, QMUL
Behavioural and Population Ecology Theme, IOZ
Life Sciences Department, NHM
Life Sciences Department, NHM
Statistical Science, UCL
Genetics, Evolution and Environment, UCL
Life Sciences Department, NHM
School of Biological and Behavioural Sciences, QMUL
Department of Geography, RHUL
Institute of Environment, Health and Societies, Brunel
Earth Sciences, UCL
Life Sciences Department, NHM
School of Biological Sciences, RHUL
Anthropology, UCL

Brains adapting to environmental stress
epigenetics of rapid adaptation
Captivity stress and domestication
Pollution stress
New world monkeys and grey squirrels

Archaeology, UCL
Genetics, Evolution and Environment, UCL
Life Sciences Department, NHM
Earth Sciences Department, NHM

My research focuses on the investigation time-scales of magmatic processes and pre-eruptive magma degassing conditions at active volcanoes, magmatic processes at subduction zones, lithosphere evolution and relationships between magmatism and tectonics. I approach these problems using geochemical analysis and micro-analytical techniques.

Biodiversity and Macroecology Theme, IOZ
Earth Sciences, UCL
Anthropology, UCL
Genetics, Evolution and Environment, UCL

Biodiversity, invasive species, climate change, speciation, biogeography, macroevolution, conservation

Behavioural and Population Ecology Theme, IOZ

My research focusses on the behavioural ecology of migratory fish. I work principally on European eel and brown trout / sea trout, employing acoustic telemetry and sonar technologies in field environments to improve our understanding of fish behaviour. I am particularly interested in the responses of diadromous fish to environmental stimuli (e.g. hydrodynamics, acoustics) and how these can be used to develop more effective fish guidance and passage technologies.
I conduct applied research and have a strong interest in translating findings into real world management applications. Broadly, my work is directed towards developing robust and practical solutions to mitigate for the impacts of anthropogenic structures (e.g. weirs, dams, water pumps and hydropower) on fish populations and facilitate the free movement of migratory fish. I work closely with partners at University College London, relevant public bodies (Environment Agency, Cefas), industry (water and power) and environmental NGOs (Wild Trout Trust, The Rivers Trusts, Atlantic Salmon Trust, Wildlife Trusts).

Earth Sciences, UCL
Physics and Astronomy, UCL
Division of Biomaterials and Tissue Engineering, UCL Eastman Dental Institute, UCL

Molecular imprinting, drug delivery, diagnostics, environmental monitoring, biosensors, polymers, nanomaterials

Genetics, Evolution and Environment, UCL
Department of Geography, BBK

Human-wildlife conflict and coexistence; history of conservation science; crocodilians; wildfire in Africa, and Mediterranean-type ecosystems; bioinvasions, rewilding.

Archaeology, UCL
Genetics, Evolution and Environment, UCL
Department of Geography, KCL

Flood risk management modelling and policy, Extreme heat management and policy, Climate change adaptation science and decision-making, Environmental science and policymaking, Experts judgement and decision-support tools

Psychology, Brunel
Chemistry, UCL
Space and Climate Physics, UCL
Life Sciences Department, NHM
Life Sciences Department, NHM
Space and Climate Physics, UCL
Earth Sciences Department, NHM

Echinoderms, deuterostomes, Cambrian explosion, Ediacara biota, evolution, palaeobiology, digital morphology, computational functional analysis

Experimental Psychology, UCL
Genetics, Evolution and Environment, UCL
School of Biological Sciences, RHUL

Phenotypic plasticity, life-history evolution, mate choice, ecological speciation, sexual selection, natural selection, behavioural ecology, livebearing fishes (Poeciliidae), stick insects, mammals

Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, BBK
Geography, UCL
The Graduate Centre, NHM
Geography, UCL

Environmental contamination; lake sediments; fly-ash; trace metals; microplastics

School of Biological and Chemical Sciences, QMUL
Civil, Environmental and Geomatic Engineering, UCL
School of Biological and Chemical Sciences, QMUL
People, Wildlife and Ecosystems Theme, IOZ
School of Biological and Chemical Sciences, QMUL
Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, BBK

Biogeochemical controls on planetary habitability; terrestrial exoplanet characterisation, atmospheric dynamics, land/ocean/atmospheric feedbacks; biosignatures

School of Geography, QMUL

Climate change, climate policy, climate change adaptation, flooding, coastal erosion

Life Sciences Department, NHM
Earth Sciences, UCL
Faculty of Life Sciences, UCL
Space and Climate Physics, UCL
Geography, UCL

Pond landscape conservation and restoration, Lowland river and lake restoration ecology, especially rewilding approaches, Palaeoecology of lakes and ponds with a special focus on conservation, Acoustic ecology of freshwaters and application to citizen science, Ecology of the European Eel, Ecology and conservation of the Crucian Carp, Engaging the public with aquatic conservation, Ecology and management of aquatic invasive species, Aquatic-terrestrial linkages, especially for ponds.

Department of Geography, KCL

(Palaeo)limnology, biogeochemistry, Quaternary Science

Earth Sciences Department, NHM
Institute for Risk and Disaster Reduction, UCL

Water risk, Water security, Sustainable water resources, Groundwater, Surface water, Water contamination, Soil and water salinity, Water and public health, GIS and remote sensing, Hydroinformatics, Earth Observation, Groundwater modelling, South Asia, Sub-Saharan Africa

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