Experts Directory: life and environmental sciences

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Experts Directory: life and environmental sciences

Dr Mark Anderson

  • ? Geology
  • ? Structural geology
  • ? Oil
  • ? Tectonics
  • ? Geology fieldwork

Dr Richard Billington

  • ? Biochemistry
  • ? Pharmacology
  • ? Cancer biology
  • ? Inverterbrate biology
  • ? Dragonflies
  • ? Birds

Dr David Bilton

  • ? Entomology
  • ? Beetles
  • ? Freshwater ecology
  • ? Biodiversity
  • ? Invertebrates
  • ? Fauna - UK
  • ? Conservation

Dr Will Blake

  • ? Catchment science and management
  • ? Soil erosion
  • ? River pollution
  • ? Environmental radioactivity

Dr Rich Boden

  • ? Microbiology
  • ? Biogeochemistry
  • ? Rare earth elements
  • ? Uranium
  • ? Sulfur
  • ? Microbial physiology

Dr Sarah Boulton

  • ? Geology
  • ? Geomorphology
  • ? Tectonics

Dr Sarah Collins

  • ? Animal behaviour
  • ? Animal communication
  • ? Mate choice (birds and humans)
  • ? Acoustic communication
  • ? Bird vocalisations

Dr Sean Comber

  • ? Estuarine chemistry
  • ? Environmental Impact Assessment
  • ? Biogeochemistry
  • ? Chemicals sources
  • ? Aquatic chemistry
  • ? Chemical fate

Dr Arjan Dijkstra

  • ? Igneous petrology
  • ? Magma
  • ? Igneous geochemistry
  • ? The Earth's mantle
  • ? Electron microscopy
  • ? Meteorites

Dr Mark Fitzsimons

  • ? Biogeochemistry
  • ? Marine pollution
  • ? Freshwater pollution
  • ? Eutrophication
  • ? Emerging contaminants
  • ? Nutrients

Dr Andrew Foey

  • ? Immunology

Dr Miguel Franco

  • ? Ecology
  • ? Population dynamics
  • ? Evolutionary ecology
  • ? Conservation biology
  • ? Endangered species

Dr Ralph Fyfe

  • ? Environmental change
  • ? Archaeology
  • ? Climate change
  • ? Mapping

Professor David Gilvear

  • ? Flooding
  • ? Fluvial geomorphology
  • ? Catchment science and management
  • ? River restoration
  • ? River management
  • ? Wetland hydrology

Dr Karen Gresty

  • ? Teaching and learning

Dr Stephen Grimes

  • ? Palaeoclimatology
  • ? Biomineralisation
  • ? Stable isotope geochemistry

Professor Richard Handy

  • ? Nanotechnology
  • ? Nanomaterials
  • ? Environmental safety
  • ? Food safety
  • ? Clinical safety
  • ? Whole animal biology
  • ? Wildlife pathology

Dr Mick Hanley

  • ? Ecosystem services
  • ? Biofuels
  • ? Climate change
  • ? Pollination biology
  • ? Conservation biology
  • ? Plant ecology

Professor Tom Hutchinson

  • ? Pollution
  • ? Ecotoxicology
  • ? Health
  • ? Water quality
  • ? Risk assessment
  • ? Chemicals

Professor Awadhesh Jha

  • ? Ecotoxicity
  • ? Environmental monitoring
  • ? Environmental toxicology
  • ? Molecular toxicology
  • ? Environmental radioactivity
  • ? Genetics
  • ? Cancer genetics

Dr Mairi Knight

  • ? Molecular ecology
  • ? Evolutionary ecology
  • ? Conservation genetics
  • ? Genetic testing/barcoding

Dr Victor Kuri

  • ? Food quality
  • ? Food science
  • ? Food nutrition
  • ? Food safety
  • ? Sustainable food
  • ? Food perception

Dr Roy Lowry

  • ? Chemistry
  • ? Pyrotechnics
  • ? Fireworks
  • ? Popular science
  • ? Energy (gas, electricity, batteries)
  • ? Electrochemistry

Professor Anne Mather

  • ? Tectonic geomorphology
  • ? Desert geomorphology
  • ? Fluvial geomorphology
  • ? Fluvial sedimentology

Dr John Moody

  • ? Biochemistry
  • ? Enzymology
  • ? Oxidative stress
  • ? Carbon monoxide toxicity
  • ? Oxygen toxicity

Professor Antony Morris

  • ? Palaeomagnetism
  • ? Geology-ophiolite
  • ? Tectonics
  • ? Geophysics
  • ? Geodynamics

Dr Gregory Price

  • ? Palaeontology
  • ? Isotope geochemistry
  • ? Climate change
  • ? Environmental geochemistry

Dr Sanzidur Rahman

  • ? Agricultural economics and development
  • ? Applied microeconomics
  • ? Developing economies
  • ? Econometrics
  • ? Panel data analysis
  • ? Time-series analysis

Dr Paul Ramsay

  • ? Biodiversity
  • ? Conservation genetics
  • ? Tropical ecosystems
  • ? Community ecology

Dr John Rieuwerts

  • ? Environmental pollution
  • ? Air pollution
  • ? Soil contamination
  • ? Toxic elements
  • ? Biogeochemistry

Professor Steve Rowland

  • ? Organic chemistry
  • ? Chemistry

Professor Jon Shaw

  • ? Geography
  • ? Transport
  • ? Sustainable transport
  • ? Public transport
  • ? Transport policy

Dr Paul Simpson

  • ? Public space
  • ? Urban culture
  • ? Street performance/busking
  • ? Music
  • ? Surveillance/CCTV
  • ? Cycling

Professor Iain Stewart

  • ? Geoscience and the public
  • ? Geohazards
  • ? Natural disasters
  • ? Plate tectonics
  • ? Geoarchaeology

Dr Andrew Turner

  • ? Marine chemistry
  • ? Estuarine chemistry
  • ? Organic pollutants
  • ? Environmental Impact Assessment
  • ? Wind turbines
  • ? Mine waste

Dr Richard Yarwood

  • ? Rural/countryside
  • ? Policing and crime
  • ? Military
  • ? Citizenship
  • ? Livestock
  • ? Geography