Living Lab Members
Join our Living Lab
We welcome everyone in our community to get involved in the Living Lab. Whether you're a student ready to apply your knowledge, a researcher eager to explore new ideas, a staff member with a vision for sustainability, or an external partner seeking collaboration, your participation is crucial for driving innovation and promoting a sustainable future. Below, you can find information about our current Living Lab members. Please contact Dr Sarah Cook if you are interested in joining as a member.
Dr Sarah Cook
Dr Sarah Cook is an Assistant Professor of Environmental Biology.
Dr Ryan Mushinski
Dr Mushinski leads the Environmental Processes Laboratory within the School of Life Sciences.
Virginia Thomas-Pickles
Virginia is a PhD candidate who focuses on the potential of posthuman urban planning, particularly in relation to creating socially and ecologically equitable green infrastructure.
Dr Katie Reeves
Dr Katie Reeves is a Teaching Fellow at Global Sustainable Development (GSD) with interest in the natural environment (particularly volcanoes and glaciers).
Professor James Covington
Professor James Covington (JC) is a Professor in Electronic Engineering within the School of Engineering.
Dr Edwin Leung
Dr Edwin Leung is a Teaching Fellow
at Global Sustainable Development (GSD) with interests in climate change, water treatment technologies, waste management and food safety.
Dr Rachel Hand
Dr Rachel Hand is an Assistant Professor (Teaching), Course Director of the Sustainable Futures Postgraduate Taught MSc in Global Decarbonisation & Climate Change.
Dr Marta Ajmar
Dr Marta Ajmar's is at the confluence between academia, museums and the world of practice. Dr Marta Ajmar is a Renaissance/Early Modern specialist in global material culture and histories of design and making.
Dr Jess Savage
Dr Jess Savage's main research interests surround climate change, nature-based solutions, human-ecosystem interactions, and the monitoring of marine resources, impact assessments. Ultimately, identifying the best means of integrating local resource-dependent communities into the habitat conservation, monitoring, and management.
Katie Files
Katie Files is currently a first year PhD student in Global Sustainable Development, funded by the Midlands4Cities programme run by the Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC). Katie's research focuses on the importance of historical knowledge when making decisions surrounding land use and land planning, especially in the contexts of uncertainty created by climate change and biodiversity loss.
Energy & Sustainability Team
The Energy and Sustainability Team are based in Estates, and champion the Way to Sustainable strategy with a focus on Environmental Sustainability.