Our people
Around 340 people work in the Department of Biology.
We are a broad-based department with interests ranging from population ecology to single molecule studies.
Find contact details and explore who does what.

Dr Ogemdi Anika
Centre of Excellence for Anaerobic Digestion (CEAD)
Research interests:
- Microbiology

Research interests:
- Cell Biology
- Molecular Medicine

Research interests:
- Plant Biology

Research interests:
- Biochemistry and Biophysics
- Microbiology
- Chromosome Biology

Research interests:
- Biochemistry and Biophysics
- Cell and Developmental Biology
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James Barrett
Research interests:
- Plant Biology

Research interests:
- Biochemistry and Biophysics

Dr Oliver Bayfield
Research interests:
- Structural Biology and biochemistry

Research interests:
- Ecology and Evolution
Marcello Beltrami
Jack-Birch Unit
Research interests:
- Bioinformatics and Mathematical Biology

Mark Bentley
Research interests:
- Industrial Biotechnology

Madeleine Berger
Research interests:
- Plant Biology
Katrin Besser
Research interests:
- Industrial Biotechnology

Research interests:
- Cell Biology
- Molecular Medicine
Carla Botelho Machado
carla.botelhomachado
B/L2 corridor
Research interests:
- Plant Biology

Research interests:
- Biochemistry and Biophysics
- Immunology, Haematology and Infection

Research interests:
- Cell Biology
- Molecular Medicine
Juliana Brambilla Carnielli Trindade
Research interests:
- Immunology, Haematology and Infection (YBRI)

Research interests:
- Immunology, Haematology and Infection

Research interests:
- Plant Biology

B/J/008
Research interests:
- Cell Biology
- Molecular Medicine

Research interests:
- Cell and Developmental Biology
- Immunology, Haematology and Infection
- Fundamental biological mechanisms
- Infectious diseases

Research interests:
- Cell and Developmental Biology
- Molecular and Cellular Medicine
- Neuroscience

Research interests:
- Cell Biology
- Molecular Medicine

Research interests:
- Microbiology
- Industrial Biotechnology

Research interests:
- Immunology, Haematology and Infection

Research interests:
- Cell and Developmental Biology
- Molecular and Cellular Medicine
- Chromatin and Epigenetics

Research interests:
- Immunology, Haematology and Infection

Tomasz Czechowski
Research interests:
- Plant Biology

Research interests:
- Ecology and Evolution
Daniel Davies
F Block
Research interests:
- Bioinformatics and Mathematical Biology

Research interests:
- Bioinformatics and Mathematical Biology
- Cell and Developmental Biology
- Industrial Biotechnology
- Microbiology
- Plant Biology

Research interests:
- Plant Biology
Alastair Droop
B/F002
Research interests:
- Bioinformatics and Mathematical Biology

Research interests:
- Cell Biology
- Molecular Medicine

Research interests:
- Cell Biology
- Molecular Medicine

Research interests:
- Mathematics
- Bioinformatics and Computing
Juliana Fabiani Miranda
Research interests:
- Immunology, Haematology and Infection (YBRI)
Alison Fenwick
Research interests:
Plant Biology
Research interests:
- Ecology and Evolution

Research interests:
- Biochemistry and Biophysics
- Ecology and Evolution
- Microbiology

Research interests:
- Mathematics
- Bioinformatics and Computing

Research interests:
- Cell and Developmental Biology
- Molecular and Cellular Medicine

Research interests:
- Ecology and Evolution
- Plant Biology
- Conservation biology
- Palaeoecology

Research interests:
- Plant Biology

Research interests:
- Immunology, Haematology and Infection
Dario Guglietta
Research interests:
- Immunology, Haematology and Infection (YBRI)

Research interests:
- Plant Biology

Research interests:
- Biochemistry and Biophysics
- Microbiology

Research interests:
- Immunology, Haematology and Infection
Michael Hicks
Research interests:
- Immunology, Haematology and Infection (YBRI)

Research interests:
- Biochemistry and Biophysics

Research interests:
- Ecology and Evolution

Research interests:
- Immunology, Haematology and Infection

Research interests:
- Ecology and Evolution
Michael Hodgkinson
Research interests:
- Biochemistry and Biophysics
Alexander Hogg
B/Q1 corridor
Research interests:
- Immunology, Haematology and Infection (YBRI)

Research interests:
- Molecular and Cellular Medicine
- Cell Biology
- Molecular Medicine
- Machine Learning & AI, Genomics and Proteomics
- Bioinformatics, Molecular Biology
- Biochemistry
- Cancer Biology

Research interests:
- Ecology and Evolution
- Education

Janina Hoßbach
Research interests:
- Industrial Biotechnology
Charlotte Hughes
Research interests:
- Immunology, Haematology and Infection (YBRI)

Research interests:
- Bioinformatics and Mathematical Biology
- Ecology and Evolution
- Immunology, Haematology and Infection
- Molecular Evolution
- Pathogen Evolution and Quantitative Genetics

B/M/015
Research interests:
- Immunology, Haematology and Infection (YBRI)

Research interests:
- Cell and Developmental Biology
- Plant Biology
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Nathaniel Jones
Research interests:
- Immunology, Haematology and Infection (YBRI)
Alasdair Kay
Research interests:
- Immunology, Haematology and Infection (YBRI)

B/Q/107
Research interests:
- Biochemistry and Biophysics
- Bioinformatics and Mathematical Biology
- Cell and Developmental Biology
- Immunology, Haematology and Infection
- Molecular and Cellular Medicine
- Stem Cell Biology
- Single Cell Biology
Dimitrios Kioumourtzoglou
Research interests:
- Molecular and Cellular Medicine
Davey Kneafsey
B/Q205A
Research interests:
- Immunology, Haematology and Infection (YBRI)
Ekaterina Kolpakova
Research interests:
- Cell and Developmental Biology

Alexandra Lanot
Research interests:
- Plant Biology

Research interests:
- Bioinformatics and Mathematical Biology
- Ecology and Evolution
Daniel Leadbeater
Research interests:
- Industrial Biotechnology

Research interests:
- Biochemistry & Biophysics

Nathan Leborgne
Q2
Research interests:
- Immunology, Haematology and Infection (YBRI)

Research interests:
- Plant Biology

Meng Lu
Leverhulme Centre for Anthropocene Biodiversity
Research interests:
- Ecology and Evolution

Jakub Lukaszonek
B/Q2/Q1
Research interests:
- Immunology, Haematology and Infection (YBRI)

Research interests:
- Cell Biology
- Molecular Medicine

Research interests:
- Plant Biology

Research interests:
- Cell Biology
- Molecular Medicine
Joanna Milek
Research interests:
- Immunology, Haematology and Infection (YBRI)

Pasky Miranda
Technology Facility Data Science Office
Research interests:
- Bioinformatics
- Mathematical Biology

Research interests:
- Microbiology
- Industrial Biotechnology
Dr Htay Mon Aye
Research interests:
- Immunology, Haematology and Infection (YBRI)

Research interests:
- Biochemistry and Biophysics
- Cell and Developmental Biology
- Immunology
- Haematology and Infection
Y Romina Nievas
Research interests:
- Immunology, Haematology and Infection (YBRI)

B/F/116A
Research interests:
- Immunology, Haematology and Infection
- Parasitology

Fabiano Pais
Research interests:
- Bioinformatics and Mathematical Biology

Dimitra Papatziamou
dimitra.papatziamou
B/A block
Research interests:
- Biochemistry and Biophysics

Dr Alex Payne-Dwyer
B/K/051
Research interests:
- Biochemistry and Biophysics

Joanna Pearson
Research interests:
- Molecular and Cellular Medicine

Research interests:
- Mathematics
- Bioinformatics and Computing

Research interests:
- Biochemistry and Biophysics
- Industrial Biotechnology

Research interests:
- Cell Biology
- Molecular Medicine

Eden Ramalho de Araujo Ferreira
Research interests:
- Immunology, Haematology and Infection (YBRI)

Research interests:
- Ecology and Evolution

Research interests:
- Microbiology
- Industrial Biotechnology

Alena Revalova
B/E105
Research interests:
- Immunology, Haematology and Infection (YBRI)

Research interests:
- Ecology and Evolution
Bianca Rodrigues Lima Ferreira
Research interests:
Immunology, Haematology and Infection (YBRI)

Research interests:
- Plant Biology
- Industrial Biotechnology
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Research interests:
- Industrial Biotechnology
- Enzymology
Paul Scott
Research interests:
- Cell and Developmental Biology
Amy Simpson
Research interests:
- Cell and Developmental Biology

Research interests:
- Cell and Developmental Biology
- Molecular and Cellular Medicine

Vicki Springthorpe
Research interests:
- Bioinformatics and Mathematical Biology
Richard Stokes
Research interests:
- Industrial Biotechnology
Sandesh Swamidatta
Research interests:
- Plant Biology

Research interests:
- Cell Biology
- Molecular Medicine
Research interests:
- Plant Biology

Research interests:
- Ecology and Evolution

Research interests:
- Biochemistry and Biophysics
- Bioinformatics and Mathematical Biology
- Industrial Biotechnology
- Microbiology

Research interests:
- Plant Biology

Research interests:
- Mathematics
- Bioinformatics and Computing

Research interests:
- Biochemistry and Biophysics
- Cell and Developmental Biology
- Industrial Biotechnology
Fabian E Vaistij
Research interests:
- Plant Biology
Claire Varley
Research interests:
- Molecular and Cellular Medicine

Research interests:
- Immunology, Haematology and Infection
- Biochemistry and Biophysics
Katie West
Research interests:
- Immunology, Haematology and Infection (YBRI)

Research interests:
- Biochemistry and Biophysics
- Industrial Biotechnology

Caragh Whitehead
Research interests:
- Plant Biology

Research interests:
- Bioinformatics and Mathematical Biology
- Industrial Biotechnology
- Microbiology

B/L/105
Research interests:
- Biochemistry and Biophysics
- Immunology, Haematology and Infection