Cluster people

Professor Gary Bending
Deputy Head (Academic)
Dr Dave Chandler
Reader
Professor Rosemary Collier
Professor
Dr Sarah Cook
Assistant Professor
Interdisciplinary environmental scientist. Global Carbon Cycle. Freshwater Ecosystems. Tropical peat. Citizen Science. Water quality.

Professor Miriam Gifford
Head of SchoolRoot-endosphere-symbiosis interactions and circadian-shaping of nodulation

Dr Erin Gorsich
ReaderA disease ecologist interested in host-parasite interactions and their consequences for human, animal, and environmental health.

Professor Murray Grant
Elizabeth Creak Chair in Food Security
Professor Eric Holub
Professor
Professor Matt Keeling
Professor, Director of the Zeeman Institute (SBIDER)An epidemiologist with interests in epidemiological modelling and prediction for science informed policy, works on a range of infections from COVID to influenza to measles to foot-and-mouth disease

Dr Beatriz Lagunas
Assistant Professor
Molecular plant biologist, focussed on lipid biosynthesis and legume symbiosis

Mr Robert Lillywhite
Associate Professor
Dr Michaela Mausz
Assistant Professor
Dr Ryan Mushinski
Associate Professor Microbial Biogeochemistry
Dr Stephen Parnell
Associate Professor
Dr Kevin Purdy
Reader
Dr Mojgan Rabiey
Assistant ProfessorMolecular plant pathologist, focusing on host-microbe interaction and biological control of crop and tree diseases using bacteriophages

Professor Hendrik Schaefer
Professor
Microbial metabolism of trace gases, C1-compounds, and pollutants with relevance for climate regulation and air quality. Marine microbiology and plant-microbial interactions.

Dr Thomas Walker
Associate Professor
A medical entomologist focussing on using naturally occurring Wolbachia endosymbiotic bacteria to reduce transmission of vector-borne diseases
Research staff
Dr Javier Antunez Sanchez | Dr Sinchan Banerjee | Dr Emily Breeze |
Dr Pedro Cabello-Yeves |
Dr Massimo Cavallaro |
Dr Kelsey Cremin |
Dr Ruma Debbarma |
Dr Jack Dickenson |
Dr Said El-Hussan |
Dr Shannon Greer |
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Dr Roseanne Maguire |
Dr Alventina Mikahylina |
Dr Andrew Murphy |
Dr Emma Picot |
Dr Rebecca Poon |
Dr Panward Prasongpholchai |
Dr Branko Rihtman |
Dr Eleanora Silvano |
Dr Erin Stroud | Dr Emma Travis |
Dr Liam Walker |
Dr Deying Wang |
Dr Robert West |
Dr Chao Ye |
Dr Shuya Zhang |