Biological and Environmental Sciences staff directory

Staff contact details
Column one lists names, column two lists roles, column three provides email addresses
Name Role Email
Head    
Prof Kirsty Park Conservation Ecology k.j.park@stir.ac.uk
Professors    
Prof Katharine Abernethy Tropical Ecology k.a.abernethy@stir.ac.uk
Prof Nils Bunnefeld Conservation Science nils.bunnefeld@stir.ac.uk
Prof David Copplestone Environmental Radioactivity david.copplestone@stir.ac.uk
Prof Alistair Jump Plant Ecology / Dean of Faculty of Natural Sciences a.s.jump@stir.ac.uk
Prof David Oliver Catchment Science david.oliver@stir.ac.uk
Prof Richard Quilliam Environmental Biology richard.quilliam@stir.ac.uk
Prof Jens-Arne Subke Terrestrial Ecosystems and Environment Change jens-arne.subke@stir.ac.uk
Prof Matthew Tinsley Evolutionary Ecology matthew.tinsley@stir.ac.uk
Prof Andrew Tyler Environmental Science a.n.tyler@stir.ac.uk
Prof Nigel Willby Aquatic Ecology n.j.willby@stir.ac.uk
Prof Phil Wookey Ecosystem Science philip.wookey1@stir.ac.uk
Professorial Fellow
Prof Tim Whalley Cell Biology t.d.whalley@stir.ac.uk
Professors Emeritus
Prof Donald Davidson Soil Science d.a.davidson@stir.ac.uk
Prof Michael Thomas Tropical and Applied Geomorphology m.f.thomas@stir.ac.uk
Associate Professors
Dr Peter Hunter Earth Observation p.d.hunter@stir.ac.uk
Dr Armando Marino Earth Observation armando.marino@stir.ac.uk
Dr Sabine Matallana-Surget Applied Biological Sciences sabine.matallanasurget@stir.ac.uk
Dr Evangelos Spyrakos Earth Observation evangelos.spyrakos@stir.ac.uk
Senior Lecturers
Dr Clare Bird Molecular Cell Biology clare.bird2@stir.ac.uk
Dr Tom Bradwell Quaternary Geologist tom.bradwell@stir.ac.uk
Dr Daniel Chapman Ecology Modelling daniel.chapman@stir.ac.uk
Dr Jennifer Dickie Energy Geography j.a.dickie@stir.ac.uk
Dr Elisa Fuentes-Montemayor Conservation Ecology elisa.fuentes-montemayor@stir.ac.uk
Dr Andre Gilburn Ecology andre.gilburn@stir.ac.uk
Dr Zarah Pattison Plant Sciences zarah.pattison2@stir.ac.uk
Dr Heather Price Environmental Science & Geography heather.price@stir.ac.uk
Dr Christian Schröder Environmental Science and Planetary Exploration christian.schroeder@stir.ac.uk
Dr Thiago Silva Environmental Informatics thiago.sf.silva@stir.ac.uk
Dr Eileen Tisdall Environmental Science e.w.tisdall@stir.ac.uk
Dr Clare Wilson Soil Science c.a.wilson@stir.ac.uk
Lecturers
Dr Joanna Clarke Conservation & Environmental Management joanna.clarke@stir.ac.uk
Dr Anna Crawford Physical Geography anna.crawford@stir.ac.uk
Dr Brad Duthie Environmental Modelling alexander.duthie@stir.ac.uk
Dr Verity Flower Remote Sensing verity.flower@stir.ac.uk
Dr Sarah Greenwood Global Change Biology sarah.greenwood1@stir.ac.uk
Dr Charlotte Hall Lecturer in Environmental Geography charlotte.hall@stir.ac.uk
Dr Ian Jones Environmental Sensing ian.jones@stir.ac.uk
Dr Alan Law Nature-Based Solutions alan.law1@stir.ac.uk
Dr Jenson Lim Applied Biological Sciences jenson.lim@stir.ac.uk
Dr Martina Quaggiotto Environmental Management martina.quaggiotto@stir.ac.uk
Dr Tony Robertson Geographies of Public Health tony.robertson@stir.ac.uk
Dr Alastair Skeffington Environmental Genomics alastair.skeffington@stir.ac.uk
Research Staff
Mr Liam Dillon Research Assistant liam.dillon@stir.ac.uk
Dr Kathryn Jeffery Researcher kathryn.jeffery@stir.ac.uk
Dr Rosie Mangan Post-doctoral Research Assistant rosie.mangan@stir.ac.uk
Dr Carmen Rosa Medina-Carmona Post-doctoral Research Assistant carmen.rosa.medina-carmona@stir.ac.uk
Research Fellows
Dr Ayorinde Akinbobola Post Doctoral Research Fellow ayorinde.akinbobola@stir.ac.uk
Dr Rebecca Boulton Research Fellow rebeccaboulton87@googlemail.com
Dr Edward Bower Research Fellow edward.bower@stir.ac.uk
Dr Laura Braunholtz UKRI Postdoctoral Research Fellow laura.braunholtz@stir.ac.uk
Dr Andrew Dobson Post Doctoral Research Fellow in Ecological Modelling andrew.dobson1@stir.ac.uk
Dr Garima Gupta Post Doctoral Research Fellow garima.gupta@stir.ac.uk
Dr Lisa Harrison Forth-ERA Hydrodynamic Modeller lisa.harrison@stir.ac.uk
Dr Emily Hickinbotham Research Fellow emily.hickinbotham@stir.ac.uk
Dr Isla Hodgson Research Fellow isla.hodgson@stir.ac.uk
Mr Deryck Irving Senior Innovation Fellow (Hydro Nation) deryck.irving@stir.ac.uk
Mr Dalin Jiang Research Fellow dalin.jiang@stir.ac.uk
Dr Isabel Jones Senior Research Fellow i.l.jones@stir.ac.uk
Dr Chris Littleboy Research Fellow chris.littleboy@stir.ac.uk
Dr Louis Mielke Research Fellow louis.mielke@stir.ac.uk
Dr Peter Stewart Research Fellow peter.stewart@stir.ac.uk
Dr Emily Waddell Research Fellow emily.waddell@stir.ac.uk
Administration
Miss Jenny Abercrombie Student Experience Administrator jenny.abercrombie@stir.ac.uk
Dr Fiona Millar Programme Manager (Hydro Nation Chair) fiona.millar1@stir.ac.uk
Mrs Joan Turner Undergraduate Studies Officer joan.colston@stir.ac.uk
Miss Lynn MacGregor Student Experience Manager lynn.macgregor@stir.ac.uk
Technical Support
Dr Allan Audsley GIS Technical Specialist allan.audsley1@stir.ac.uk
Mr Ronald Balfour Senior Technical Specialist (Stores/Procurement) r.e.balfour@stir.ac.uk
Dr Trevor Blackall Lead Technical Specialist (Biogeo) trevor.blackall@stir.ac.uk
Mr Matthew Blake  Senior Technical Specialist (Earth Observation) matthew.blake@stir.ac.uk
Mrs Lorna English Senior Technical Specialist (Biogeo) l.c.english@stir.ac.uk
Mr Ian Fitzpatrick Assistant Technical Specialist (Stores) ian.fitzpatrick1@stir.ac.uk
Mrs Sylvia Hodgson Senior Technical Specialist s.d.hodgson@stir.ac.uk
Mr Scott Jackson Senior Technical Specialist (IT) Scott Jackson
Ms Pauline Monteith Senior Technical Specialist p.m.monteith@stir.ac.uk
Mr Peter Smith Technical Specialist (Field Work) peter.smith@stir.ac.uk
Mr Ian Washbourne Senior Technical Specialist (Biogeo) ian.washbourne@stir.ac.uk
Mr James Weir Lead Technical Specialist (ITMEStores) j.n.weir@stir.ac.uk
Research Students
Alexander Adams   alexander.adams@stir.ac.uk
Emmanuel Afolabi Quantifying the risk of wildlife contributions to diffuse microbial pollution in agricultural catchments e.o.afolabi@stir.ac.uk
Ximena Aguilar Vega Unravelling carbon properties and fluxes in glaciomarine systems x.a.aguilar.vega@stir.ac.uk
Heather Anderson Reconciling scientific and non-scientific safe water realities: Case studies from the global North and global South h.k.anderson@stir.ac.uk
Daniel Atton Beckmann Using satellite remote sensing and automated in-situ sensors to monitor and predict cyanobacterial blooms in multiple lakes daniel.atton.beckmann@stir.ac.uk
Olivia Azevedo Above and belowground ecological linkages in temperate forest soils olivia.azevedo@stir.ac.uk
Adrian Bach Using complex modelling to improve decision-making in conservation conflicts adrian.bach@stir.ac.uk
Johnson Bailey Quad polarimetric analysis of icebergs johnson.bailey@stir.ac.uk
Joshua Bauld An examination of spatial and dietary differences between male and female mandrills (Mandrillus sphinx), using GPS collars and stable isotope analysis j.t.bauld@stir.ac.uk
Hazel Blake Conserving World Heritage in climate change(d) futures: Mediating precipitation impacts through innovative soils-based solutions h.j.ramage@stir.ac.uk
Emily Bonsall Preservation of organic matter by reactive iron species on Mars relevant to Mars Sample Return emily.bonsall@stir.ac.uk
Ponsarut Boonchuay Agricultural management and the conservation of insectivorous bat biodiversity in Southern Thailand: a comparison of land-sparing and land-sharing strategies ponsarut.boonchuay@stir.ac.uk
Natalie Boyd Williams The role of toilet-linked anaerobic digestion in creating sustainable rural futures n.a.boydwilliams@stir.ac.uk
David Bryan Integrated management of Scotland’s agricultural wetlands to deliver multiple benefits and minimise pollution swapping david.bryan@stir.ac.uk
Jessica Burrows Assessing the impact of radiation exposure on bumblebees in the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone j.e.burrows@stir.ac.uk
Sydney Byrns The application of systems thinking approaches to governance of the water sector in sub-Saharan Africa s.c.byrns@stir.ac.uk
Kerry Campbell   k.l.campbell@stir.ac.uk
Chisha Chongo Mzyece Monitoring and modelling for early warning of microbial pollution events c.c.mzyece@stir.ac.uk
Arianna Chiti   arianna.chiti2@stir.ac.uk
Patrick Cook From farmland to wildland: an ecological journey patrick.cook@stir.ac.uk
Anna Costley-Wood Raptor movement ecology and the influence of wind turbines: red kite, Milvus milvus, as a case study a.g.costley-wood@stir.ac.uk
Emilie Courtecuisse Fluorometry for Rapid Eutrophication Status and Cyanobacteria Assessment emilie.courtecuisse@stir.ac.uk
Lidia De Sousa Teixeira Integrating Geo-Chemistry and Sustainability in Angolan Agro-Systems l.p.deasousaateixeira1@stir.ac.uk
Andre Dhungana Delivering food from forests: integrating understanding across trees, fungi and soils to raise speciality crops in forest plantations a.g.dhungana@stir.ac.uk
Gavin Douglas Conservation Strategies for Archaeologically Excavated Structures in the North of Scotland in a Climate Change Future g.b.douglas1@stir.ac.uk
Callum Dunleavy Can rewilding reverse freshwater biodiversity loss? callum.dunleavy@stir.ac.uk
Alex Elsy How do liana and tree communities vary over secondary succession? a.d.elsy@stir.ac.uk
Ebenezer Essien Understanding the physiological wear- and- tear using and intersectionality lens ebenezer.essien1@stir.ac.uk
Adam Fell Navigating fragmented tropical landscapes; understanding how forest fragmentation affects frugivore behaviour adam.fell@stir.ac.uk
Francesc Ferrando Molina Development and optimisation of novel inoculants for grain legumes francesc.ferrandomolina1@stir.ac.uk
Jonathan Fletcher Optimising multi-pollutant phytoremediation strategies to sustainably improve raw water quality jonathan.fletcher@stir.ac.uk
Jodie Geldard Surge Forth: Understanding glacier dynamics where the Scottish Highlands meet the Lowlands jodie.geldard@stir.ac.uk
Augustin Géron Light/dark cycle of surface marine picoplankton communities a.f.geron@stir.ac.uk
Megan Grace Exposure potential of rural versus urban inland waters for equitably improving population health and wellbeing m.j.grace@stir.ac.uk
Mia Graham The evolution of pathogen defence in insect hosts: whitefly resistance to biocontrol agents in horticulture mia.graham@stir.ac.uk
Louisa Habermann Understanding Soil Fertility Legacies in Coigach Assynt louisa.habermann1@stir.ac.uk
Robin Hayward Tree community recovery following selective logging of a tropical rain forest r.m.hayward1@stir.ac.uk
Nicola Horsburgh Future proofing Scotland’s remote coastal areas: evaluation of the potential for nature-based coastal adaptation nicola.horsburgh@stir.ac.uk
Elliot Hurst Constructed Wetlands and Waterscapes in Rural India and Scotland e.j.hurst@stir.ac.uk
Felix Kasti Isundwa Detecting and monitoring floods using satellite radar and drone data f.k.isundwa@stir.ac.uk
Celeste Kellock Source to Sea: Soil organic carbon transport from forested environments to coastal waters and sediments celeste.kellock@stir.ac.uk
Rochelle Kennedy Sustaining biodiversity through mixed farming systems rochelle.kennedy@stir.ac.uk
Charlie Kenny Seeing the wood for the trees: Is reforesting the Scottish Highlands a good way to sequester atmospheric carbon dioxide? c.e.kenny@stir.ac.uk
Eleri Kent Does woodland use by bats depend on landscape context? Implications for woodland creation schemes eleri.kent@stir.ac.uk
Paulo Manuel Kiala Embedding climate futures in spatial planning for agriculture The Angolan central highlands p.m.kiala1@stir.ac.uk
Charlotte Lee Invisible Threats to Oceans (InTO): assessing the combined toxicity effects of emerging anthropogenic pollutants on microbial communities charlotte.lee2@stir.ac.uk
Clément Lozano Combined effect of UV filters and solar radiation on heterotrophic marine bacteria clement.lozano@stir.ac.uk
Benjamin Marshall Assessing researcher degree of freedom to inform robustness of findings from movement ecology studies b.m.marshall@stir.ac.uk
Amy McCarron Air pollution and public health: exploring sustainable behavioural changes to reduce asthma sufferers’ exposure to fine particulate matter amy.mccarron@stir.ac.uk
David McCaughie Sandstone Heritage: Conservation in a Climate Change(d) Future d.c.mccaughie1@stir.ac.uk
Neil McDonald Getting to the Bottom of Ice Shelves neil.mcdonald@stir.ac.uk
Craig McDougall The role of inland waters in promoting improved health and well-being in communities across Scotland c.w.mcdougall@stir.ac.uk
Michael McGlade The Effects of Flooding and Physicochemical Parameter Changes Inducing Contaminant Remobilisation m.a.mcglade@stir.ac.uk
Conor McGlinchey Single and advanced ensemble algorithms for monitoring coastal waters from satellite data c.r.mcglinchey@stir.ac.uk
Corynne McGuire Assessing the hazard from radioactive particles in the environment corynne.mcguire@stir.ac.uk
Rose McKeon How does fluctuating selection affect pesticide effectiveness? c.r.mckeon@stir.ac.uk
Eilidh McNab How does large scale native woodland restoration affect biodiversity? e.m.mcnab1@stir.ac.uk
Timothy Meek Cultural and physical factors in the history and development of traditional external wall coatings in Scotland t.j.meek@stir.ac.uk 
Catherine Mercer Taking the escalator to extinction: Understanding the role of rapid forest expansion in driving hotspots of extinction risk for endemic species in Taiwan  catherine.mercer@stir.ac.uk 
Rebecca Metcalf Survival, persistence, and ecology of microbial pathogens on the surfaces of environmental plastic pollution rebecca.metcalf@stir.ac.uk
Douglas Moore The evolution and chemical ecology of buzz-pollinated plants and their pollinators c.d.moore@stir.ac.uk
Lucy Nevard The effect of floral morphology on plant-pollinator interactions in the buzz-pollinated flower lucy.nevard1@stir.ac.uk
Matthew Nuttall Sustainable decision making in dynamic landscapes supporting biodiversity and people in the Eastern Plains Landscape of Cambodia m.n.nuttall1@stir.ac.uk
Christopher Orbell Ecological connectivity between Gabon’s Protected Areas christopher.orbell@stir.ac.uk
Kirsten O'Sullivan Changing distribution and composition of sub-tropical montane forests in Taiwan kirsten.osullivan@stir.ac.uk
Tom Ovenden Assessing the resilience of UK forests to drought thomas.ovenden@stir.ac.uk
Georgina Page Assisting peatland restoration using satellite radar data  g.r.page@stir.ac.uk
Theo Pannetier Determinants of diversification t.s.pannetier@stir.ac.uk
Sam Paplauskas Predicting epidemic size and disease evolution in natural systems sam.paplauskas@stir.ac.uk
John Paterson Effects of Phenology Shifts on Pollination Networks j.h.paterson1@stir.ac.uk
Shubham Pawar   s.m.pawar@stir.ac.uk
Chloe Pow The persistence and transfer of human pathogens associated with plastic pollution in agriculture and food production systems c.j.pow@stir.ac.uk
Flora Rendell-Bhatti  Plastics and the Hidden Majority: Conservation Implications of a Threatened UK Freshwater Fish  f.a.rendell-bhatti@stir.ac.uk 
Jazz Rhoades Climate change and species range margins: predicting forest resilience in the Mediterranean region  j.c.rhoades@stir.ac.uk 
Madeline Richards The ecological function of trees outside woodland on the colonisation of woodland creation sites madeline.richards@stir.ac.uk
Finlay Richardson Coelopids as a sustainable alternative to fish meal and oil f.b.richardson@stir.ac.uk
Sam Rogerson The impacts of long-term woodland creation on invertebrate communities sam.rogerson@stir.ac.uk
Bridget Rusk Using sensors, satellites and artificial intelligence to improve catchment-scale modelling and nowcasting of microbial risks to water quality bridget.rusk@stir.ac.uk
Nagendra Jaiganesh Sankara Narayanan A tale of two lagoons: Determining the drivers and trajectories of change for the Venice (Italy) and Razelm-Sinoe (Danube-Delta, Romania) lagoons through Earth observation and modelling nagendra.jaiganesh.sankara.narayanan@stir.ac.uk
Maud Siebers Improving forecasts of phytoplankton blooms using high frequency satellite observations maud.siebers@stir.ac.uk
Cristian Silva Perez Monitoring agricultural fields in South America with Synthetic Aperture Radar c.j.silva.perez@stir.ac.uk
Emily Simpson   emily.simpson@stir.ac.uk
Morgan Simpson  Can the microbial communities in the oceans help satellites to monitor micro-plastic pollution?  m.d.simpson@stir.ac.uk 
Nonglak Sopakayoung Does integrating global expertise and local tradition give sustainable forest management? An assessment of international agency project implementation in community forests in South-east Asia nonglak.sopakayoung@stir.ac.uk
Rachel Steenson  Dippers (Cinclus cinclus) as bioindicators of health and resilience of freshwater ecosystems in the face of complex ecological change  rachel.steenson1@stir.ac.uk 
Heather Stewart Ice streaming, ice sheet deglaciation, and substrate properties, North Sea Basin, UK h.a.stewart@stir.ac.uk
Erin Stoll Quantifying and predicting soil responses to rapid forest change in a tropical mountain region e.i.stoll1@stir.ac.uk
Kathleen Stosch Building resilience to respond to future environmental change across Scottish catchments kathleen.stosch@stir.ac.uk
Helen Taylor-Boyd Investigating Species Assemblages, Activity Levels and Feeding Ecology of Chiroptera Species in Anthropogenic Landscapes in Zambia h.l.taylorboyd1@stir.ac.uk
Alice Turner   alice.turner@stir.ac.uk
Sarah Watts Improving outcomes in montane woodland restoration s.h.watts@stir.ac.uk
Mortimer Werther  Improved retrieval of chlorophyll-a for highly absorbing inland waters  mortimer.werther@stir.ac.uk 
Ben Wilson   ben.wilson@stir.ac.uk
Kelsey Wilson Predicting cascading ecosystem effects of beavers on riparian vegetation and deer k.a.wilson@stir.ac.uk
Simeon Wilton Effects of Invasive Non-Native Species within ecological networks and consequences for ecosystem function s.j.wilton@stir.ac.uk
Ruth Wright   r.k.wright@stir.ac.uk
Mahtab Yaghouti Adaptation strategies against progressing anoxia in lakes mahtab.yaghouti@stir.ac.uk
Honorary Staff
Prof Geoffrey Codd (MBE, FRSE) Honorary Professor g.a.codd@stir.ac.uk
Dr Paul Dale Honorary Senior Lecturer pd13@stir.ac.uk
Dr Fiona Maisels Honorary Research Fellow fmaisels@wcs.org
Prof Chris Quine Honorary Professor chris.quine@forestry.gsi.gov.uk
Dr Caitlin Riddick Honorary Research Fellow caitlin.riddick1@stir.ac.uk
Prof Michael Usher Honorary Professor m.b.usher@stir.ac.uk
Prof Kevin Watts Honorary Senior Lecturer kevin.watts@forestry.gsi.gov.uk
Dr Lee White Honorary Professor Lwhite@parcsgabon.ga
Prof Jeremy Wilson Honorary Professor jeremy.wilson@rspb.org.uk