Research Interests

Open to PhD applications in the field of

• Conservation Biology, Ecology, Zoology or Environmental Science (or allied subjects) with an interested in policy-relevant evaluation of conservation strategies e.g. agri-environment schemes
• Conservation ecology especially in the tropics (rainforest biomes)
• Applied ecology (particularly of farmland species or non-native biological invasions) or development of methods in biodiversity monitoring and surveillance (with an emerging interest in the use of Artificial Intelligence i.e. neural networks for camera trap or satellite image analysis (including Geographic Information Systems) or soundscape audio analysis). Please read my online profile before approaching.

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Public outreach & key achievements

Memberships and Public Reach

• Fellow of the Higher Education Academy

•  Committee Member of the Copeland Bird Observatory

•  Public talks to, for example, wildlife trusts

Media Apprearances

• BBC Springwatch 

•  BBC Autumnwatch

•  BBC Coast

•  BBC Radio 4's Today Programme  

Media Appearances

• The  Guardian

•  The Times Higher 

•  The Conversation - “impact of climate change on lagomorphs"

 

Research students

PhD Title	Agri-environment schemes in Less Favoured Areas and Brexit
Country	Northern Ireland
PhD Title	The role of biodiversity in tropical forest carbon flux
Country	England
PhD Title	Breeding behaviour and productivity of the Natterjack toad in Ireland
Country	Bulgaria
PhD Title	Lagomorphs as reservoirs for agriculturally important parasites
Country	England
PhD Title	Grassland management and its impact on carbon fluxes
Country	Northern Ireland
PhD Title	Indirect contact between badgers and cattle and bovine tuberculosis
Country	Northern Ireland
PhD Title	Bushmeat hunting and its impact on large Neotropical mammals
Country	England

 

 

Alumni: Where are they now

PhD Title	“Global lagomorph macroecology: interspecific interactions and the impact of climate change”.
Country	England
Current Position	Business and biodiversity Programme Officer, UN Environment World Conservation Monitoring Centre (UNEP-WCMC)
PhD Title	“Invasion ecology of non-native European brown hares and their impact on the endemic Irish hare”
Country	Wales
Current Position	Post-doc, Ornithology Group, University College Cork
PhD Title	“Freshwater invasive plants in Ireland: distribution, impacts and spread”
Country	Republic of Ireland
Current Position	Post-doc, School of Natural Sciences, Trinity College Dublin