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Area of expertise Name Email
A   [back to top
Aeropollen Katherine Selby katherine.selby@york.ac.uk
Ageing Katherine Brookfield katherine.brookfield@york.ac.uk 

African cities

Joshua Kirshner
Gideon Baffoe

joshua.kirshner@york.ac.uk
gideon.baffoe@york.ac.uk

Agricultural development Gideon Baffoe gideon.baffoe@york.ac.uk
Agricultural systems Sylvia Toet
Mark Hodson
sylvia.toet@york.ac.uk
mark.hodson@york.ac.uk
Air pollution

Nic Carslaw 
Sylvia Toet 
Sarah West 
David Shaw

nicola.carslaw@york.ac.uk
sylvia.toet@york.ac.uk
sarah.west@york.ac.uk
david.shaw@york.ac.uk

Air quality impacts Lisa Emberson l.emberson@york.ac.uk
Antibiotics Alistair Boxall alistair.boxall@york.ac.uk
Archaeology Rob Marchant robert.marchant@york.ac.uk
Automated field approaches for greenhouse gas fluxes Sylvia Toet sylvia.toet@york.ac.uk
B   [back to top]
Bat ecology Dean Waters dean.waters@york.ac.uk
Behavioural assays for birds and fish Kathryn Arnold kathryn.arnold@york.ac.uk
Bioaccoustics Dean Waters dean.waters@york.ac.uk
Biodiversity and Ecosystem Service Sustainability (BESS) research programme Laura Harrison laura.harrison@york.ac.uk
Biodiversity conservation


Jonathan Green
Rachel Pateman
Eleanor Jew


jonathan.green@york.ac.uk
rachel.pateman@york.ac.uk
eleanor.jew@york.ac.uk
Biogenic gas emissions Claire Hughes c.hughes@york.ac.uk
Biogeochemistry Mark Hodson mark.hodson@york.ac.uk
Bioinformatics Jon Hill jon.hill@york.ac.uk
Brownfields (understanding biodiversity and value) Rachel Pateman rachel.pateman@york.ac.uk
C   [back to top
Carbon and nutrient cycling in ecosystems Sylvia Toet
Andreas Heinemeyer
Mark Hodson
sylvia.toet@york.ac.uk
andreas.heinemeyer@york.ac.uk
mark.hodson@york.ac.uk
Carbon Footprint Marco Sakai marco.sakai@york.ac.uk
Carbon - water cycle Andreas Heinemeyer andreas.heinemeyer@york.ac.uk
Catchment science Colin Brown colin.brown@york.ac.uk
Chemical fate and behaviour Alistair Boxall
Colin Brown
Mark Hodson
alistair.boxall@york.ac.uk
colin.brown@york.ac.uk
mark.hodson@york.ac.uk
Chemical risk management Alistair Boxall alistair.boxall@york.ac.uk
Cities and urbanisation 

Katherine BrookfieldAnika Haque

katherine.brookfield@york.ac.uk
anika.haque@york.ac.uk
Citizen science

Alison Dyke
Rachel Pateman
Sarah West

alison.dyke@york.ac.uk
rachel.pateman@york.ac.uk
sarah.west@york.ac.uk
Climate adaption 

Gideon Baffoe

gideon.baffoe@york.ac.uk

Climate change

Richard Friend
Roland Gehrels
Anika Haque
Rob Marchant
Karen Parkhill
Sylvia Toet
Marco Sakai

richard.friend@york.ac.uk
roland.gehrels@york.ac.uk
anika.haque@york.ac.uk
robert.marchant@york.ac.uk
karen.parkhill@york.ac.uk
sylvia.toet@york.ac.uk
marco.sakai@york.ac.uk

Climate change adaptation and resilience

Richard Friend
Anika Haque
Karen Parkhill
Lindsay Stringer
Paul Hudson

richard.friend@york.ac.uk
anika.haque@york.ac.uk
karen.parkhill@york.ac.uk
lindsay.stringer@york.ac.uk
paul.hudson@york.ac.uk

Climate engineering Karen Parkhill karen.parkhill@york.ac.uk
Climate-smart agriculture Eleanor Jew  eleanor.jew@york.ac.uk 
Coastal environments/geomorphology Roland Gehrels
Katherine Selby
roland.gehrels@york.ac.uk
katherine.selby@york.ac.uk
Community engagement

Steve Cinderby
Anika Haque
Rachel Pateman
Sarah West
Katherine Brookfield

steve.cinderby@york.ac.uk
anika.haque@york.ac.uk
rachel.pateman@york.ac.uk
sarah.west@york.ac.uk
katherine.brookfield@york.ac.uk

Community resilience building Steve Cinderby steve.cinderby@york.ac.uk
Conservation planning Jonathan Green jonathan.green@york.ac.uk
Conservation science Rob Marchant robert.marchant@york.ac.uk
Contamination Mark Hodson mark.hodson@york.ac.uk
Critical zone Mark Hodson mark.hodson@york.ac.uk
Crop growth modelling Lisa Emberson l.emberson@york.ac.uk
Crop physiology Lisa Emberson l.emberson@york.ac.uk
Cultural sustainability John Forrester john.forrester@york.ac.uk
D   [back to top
Desertification Lindsay Stringer  lindsay.stringer@york.ac.uk 
Development policies and practice

Anika Haque
Joshua Kirshner
Katherine Brookfield

anika.haque@york.ac.uk
joshua.kirshner@york.ac.uk
katherine.brookfield@york.ac.uk
Development through conservation Rob Marchant robert.marchant@york.ac.uk
Diatom analysis Katherine Selby katherine.selby@york.ac.uk
Disaster risk management Anika Haque
Paul Hudson
anika.haque@york.ac.uk
paul.hudson@york.ac.uk
Dryland environments  Lindsay Stringer lindsay.stringer@york.ac.uk
E   [back to top
Earthworm ecology Mark Hodson mark.hodson@york.ac.uk
Ecological economics  Marco Sakai marco.sakai@york.ac.uk
Ecological-economic modelling Julia Touza
Marco Sakai
julia.touza@york.ac.uk
marco.sakai@york.ac.uk
Economics of invasive species Julia Touza julia.touza@york.ac.uk
Ecosystem conservation Rob Marchant robert.marchant@york.ac.uk
Ecosystem services

Andreas Heinemeyer
Laura Harrison
Piran White
Lindsay Stringer

andreas.heinemeyer@york.ac.uk
laura.harrison@york.ac.uk
piran.white@york.ac.uk
lindsay.stringer@york.ac.uk
Ecotoxicology Alistair Boxall
Mark Hodson
alistair.boxall@york.ac.uk
mark.hodson@york.ac.uk
Ecotoxicity testing Mark Hodson mark.hodson@york.ac.uk
Empowering research processes Richard Friend
Karen Parkhill
richard.friend@york.ac.uk
karen.parkhill@york.ac.uk
Energy (public/stakeholder perceptions, policy) Anika Haque
Karen Parkhill
anika.haque@york.ac.uk
karen.parkhill@york.ac.uk
Energy studies Joshua Kirshner
Marco Sakai
joshua.kirshner@york.ac.uk
marco.sakai@york.ac.uk
Environmental economics Julia Touza
julia.touza@york.ac.uk
Environmental education Sarah West sarah.west@york.ac.uk
Environmental footprinting Chris West chris.west@york.ac.uk
Environmental risk (public/stakeholder perceptions, policy) Karen Parkhill karen.parkhill@york.ac.uk
Environmental risk assessment of chemicals Alistair Boxall
alistair.boxall@york.ac.uk
Environmental sensing Alistair Boxall alistair.boxall@york.ac.uk
Evaluation Sarah West sarah.west@york.ac.uk
Exposure modelling Alistair Boxall alistair.boxall@york.ac.uk
Extractive industry Joshua Kirshner joshua.kirshner@york.ac.uk
F   [back to top
Fish biology Bryce Stewart bryce.stewart@york.ac.uk
Fisheries

Bryce Stewart

bryce.stewart@york.ac.uk
Flooding

Anika Haque
Marco Sakai
Paul Hudson

anika.haque@york.ac.uk
marco.sakai@york.ac.uk
paul.hudson@york.ac.uk
Foraging behaviour Kathryn Arnold kathryn.arnold@york.ac.uk
Foraminiferal analysis Roland Gehrels roland.gehrels@york.ac.uk
Forests Sylvia Toet sylvia.toet@york.ac.uk
G   [back to top
Gas chromatography-mass spectrometry Matt Pickering matt.pickering@york.ac.uk
Gas kinetic modelling  David Shaw  david.shaw@york.ac.uk
Gender Anika Haque anika.haque@york.ac.uk
Geochemistry Mark Hodson mark.hodson@york.ac.uk
Geoengineering (public/stakeholder perceptions) Karen Parkhill karen.parkhill@york.ac.uk
Geographic Information Systems (GIS) and Spatial Analysis Steve Cinderby
Joshua Kirshner
Jonathan Green
steve.cinderby@york.ac.uk
joshua.kirshner@york.ac.uk
jonathan.green@york.ac.uk
Geographical Information Systems Colin McClean colin.mcclean@york.ac.uk
Glaciology David Rippin david.rippin@york.ac.uk
Global Carbon Cyle (terrestrial systems) Andreas Heinemeyer andreas.heinemeyer@york.ac.uk
Global development Eleanor Jew  eleanor.jew@york.ac.uk 
GPS tags Kathryn Arnold kathryn.arnold@york.ac.uk
Grasslands Sylvia Toet sylvia.toet@york.ac.uk
Greenhouse gasses Andreas Heinemeyer
Sylvia Toet
andreas.heinemeyer@york.ac.uk
sylvia.toet@york.ac.uk
H   [back to top
Health and wellbeing Katherine Brookfield

katherine.brookfield@york.ac.uk

High performance computing Jon Hill jon.hill@york.ac.uk
High performance liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry Matt Pickering matt.pickering@york.ac.uk
Holocene science Roland Gehrels   roland.gehrels@york.ac.uk
I   [back to top
Inequality Anika Haque anika.haque@york.ac.uk
Indoor air quality Nic Carslaw
nicola.carslaw@york.ac.uk
david.shaw@york.ac.uk
International development Richard Friend
Anika Haque
richard.friend@york.ac.uk
anika.haque@york.ac.uk
International trade Marco Sakai marco.sakai@york.ac.uk
Ion chromatography Matt Pickering matt.pickering@york.ac.uk
L   [back to top
Land degregation Lindsay Stringer  lindsay.stringer@york.ac.uk 
Land management Sylvia Toet
Andreas Heinemeyer
sylvia.toet@york.ac.uk
andreas.heinemeyer@york.ac.uk
Land use change Eleanor Jew eleanor.jew@york.ac.uk 
Latin American cities Joshua Kirshner joshua.kirshner@york.ac.uk
Lipid analysis Matt Pickering matt.pickering@york.ac.uk
Livelihoods  Lindsay Stringer  lindsay.stringer@york.ac.uk 
Livelihood and sustainable development Gideon Baffoe gideon.baffoe@york.ac.uk
Low carbon transitions (public/stakeholder perceptions, policy) Karen Parkhill karen.parkhill@york.ac.uk
M   [back to top
Mangroves

Lindsay Stringer

lindsay.stringer@york.ac.uk
Marine biology

Bryce Stewart

bryce.stewart@york.ac.uk
Marine conservation

Bryce Stewart

bryce.stewart@york.ac.uk
Marine protected areas

Bryce Stewart

bryce.stewart@york.ac.uk
Metals Mark Hodson mark.hodson@york.ac.uk
Methane Sylvia Toet sylvia.toet@york.ac.uk
Microbial biogeochemistry Claire Hughes c.hughes@york.ac.uk
Migration studies Joshua Kirshner joshua.kirshner@york.ac.uk
Mineralogy Mark Hodson mark.hodson@york.ac.uk
Mycorrhizal Funghi (soil carbon) Andreas Heinemeyer andreas.heinemeyer@york.ac.uk
N   [back to top
Nanomaterials Alistair Boxall  alistair.boxall@york.ac.uk
Natural Capital Laura Harrison
Jonathan Green
laura.harrison@york.ac.uk
jonathan.green@york.ac.uk
Neighbourhood studies Gideon Baffoe gideon.baffoe@york.ac.uk
Nitrous oxide Sylvia Toet  sylvia.toet@york.ac.uk
Numerical modelling Jon Hill jon.hill@york.ac.uk
O   [back to top
Ocean acidification Bryce Stewart  bryce.beukers-stewart@york.ac.uk
Oceans and climate change Bryce Stewart  bryce.beukers-stewart@york.ac.uk
Organic geochemistry Matt Pickering matt.pickering@york.ac.uk
Overseas development Rob Marchant robert.marchant@york.ac.uk
Ozone Sylvia Toet  sylvia.toet@york.ac.uk
P   [back to top
Palaeoecology

Katherine Selby
Andreas Heinemeyer

katherine.selby@york.ac.uk
andreas.heinemeyer@york.ac.uk
Participatory Geographic Information Systems (GIS) Steve Cinderby
steve.cinderby@york.ac.uk
Participatory research methods

Richard Friend
Anika Haque
Karen Parkhill
Sarah West
Katherine Brookfield

richard.friend@york.ac.uk
anika.haque@york.ac.uk
karen.parkhill@york.ac.uk
sarah.west@york.ac.uk
katherine.brookfield@york.ac.uk
Peatlands Andreas Heinemeyer
Sylvia Toet
andreas.heinemeyer@york.ac.uk
sylvia.toet@york.ac.uk
Pesticide fate and behaviour Colin Brown colin.brown@york.ac.uk
Pharmaceuticals Alistair Boxall alistair.boxall@york.ac.uk
PIT tags Kathryn Arnold kathryn.arnold@york.ac.uk
Planning Katherine Brookfield katherine.brookfield@york.ac.uk
Planning impacts in the global south Gideon Baffoe gideon.baffoe@york.ac.uk
Plant communities Andreas Heinemeyer
Sylvia Toet
andreas.heinemeyer@york.ac.uk
sylvia.toet@york.ac.uk
Plant health and biosecurity Alison Dyke alison.dyke@york.ac.uk
Policy tradeoffs Lindsay Stringer  lindsay.stringer@york.ac.uk 
Political ecology Joshua Kirshner joshua.kirshner@york.ac.uk
Pollen analysis Katherine Selby katherine.selby@york.ac.uk
Pollution Mark Hodson mark.hodson@york.ac.uk
Portuguese language Joshua Kirshner joshua.kirshner@york.ac.uk
Poverty and Inequality Gideon Baffoe gideon.baffoe@york.ac.uk
Poverty, vulnerability and rights Richard Friend
Anika Haque
richard.friend@york.ac.uk
anika.haque@york.ac.uk
Public engagement Karen Parkhill
Sarah West
karen.parkhill@york.ac.uk
sarah.west@york.ac.uk
Q   [back to top
Qualitative methods

Anika Haque
Joshua Kirshner
Karen Parkhill
Katherine Brookfield

anika.haque@york.ac.uk
joshua.kirshner@york.ac.uk
karen.parkhill@york.ac.uk
katherine.brookfield@york.ac.uk
Quaternary science

Roland Gehrels
Katherine Selby

roland.gehrels@york.ac.uk
katherine.selby@york.ac.uk

R   [back to top
Radio Echo Sounding (RES) / Ground Penetrating Radar (GPR) David Rippin david.rippin@york.ac.uk
Radio telemetry Dean Waters dean.waters@york.ac.uk
Reconstructing sea level Roland Gehrels
Katherine Selby
roland.gehrels@york.ac.uk
katherine.selby@york.ac.uk
Remediation Mark Hodson mark.hodson@york.ac.uk
Remote Sensing and Geographic Information Systems (GIS) David Rippin david.rippin@york.ac.uk
Remote Sensing/Earth Observation Lisa Emberson l.emberson@york.ac.uk
Resilience and vulnerability Gideon Baffoe gideon.baffoe@york.ac.uk
Restoration Lindsay Stringer  lindsay.stringer@york.ac.uk 
Risk technologies (public/stakeholder perceptions, policy) Karen Parkhill karen.parkhill@york.ac.uk
Risk assessment Colin Brown colin.brown@york.ac.uk
Rural and urban development Gideon Baffoe gideon.baffoe@york.ac.uk
Rural livelihoods Richard Friend richard.friend@york.ac.uk
S   [back to top
Salt marshes Roland Gehrels
Sylvia Toet
roland.gehrels@york.ac.uk
sylvia.toet@york.ac.uk
Sea-level change

Roland Gehrels
Katherine Selby
Fiona Hibbert

roland.gehrels@york.ac.uk
katherine.selby@york.ac.uk
fiona.hibbert@york.ac.uk

Sedimentary dynamics Jon Hill jon.hill@york.ac.uk
Shellfish biology Bryce Stewart bryce.stewart@york.ac.uk
Small-scale fisheries Richard Friend richard.friend@york.ac.uk
Social and cultural values of nature Alison Dyke alison.dyke@york.ac.uk
Socio-technical transitions - with particular focus on energy Karen Parkhill karen.parkhill@york.ac.uk
Software engineering Jon Hill jon.hill@york.ac.uk
Soil Carbon Dynamics Andreas Heinemeyer andreas.heinemeyer@york.ac.uk
Soil health Mark Hodson mark.hodson@york.ac.uk
Soil Moisture deficit modelling Lisa Emberson l.emberson@york.ac.uk
Soil quality Mark Hodson mark.hodson@york.ac.uk
Soil Science Mark Hodson
Sylvia Toet
mark.hodson@york.ac.uk
sylvia.toet@york.ac.uk
Spanish language Joshua Kirshner joshua.kirshner@york.ac.uk
Stable isotope approaches in ecology Sylvia Toet sylvia.toet@york.ac.uk
Stable Isotopes Andreas Heinemeyer andreas.heinemeyer@york.ac.uk
Stakeholder engagement Lindsay Stringer lindsay.stringer@york.ac.uk
Statistical modelling David Shaw david.shaw@york.ac.uk
Statistics - SPSS and SAS programmes Joshua Kirshner joshua.kirshner@york.ac.uk
Statistics and econometrics Marco Sakai marco.sakai@york.ac.uk
Structure from Motion David Rippin david.rippin@york.ac.uk
Sublethal effects of contaminants Kathryn Arnold kathryn.arnold@york.ac.uk
Supply chains Jonathan Green jonathan.green@york.ac.uk
Sustainability assessment Gideon Baffoe gideon.baffoe@york.ac.uk
Sustainability behaviours Alison Dyke alison.dyke@york.ac.uk
Sustainability in the agri-food sector Samarthia Thankappan samarthia.thankappan@york.ac.uk
Sustainability in the automotive sector Samarthia Thankappan samarthia.thankappan@york.ac.uk
Sustainable agriculture Andreas Heinemeyer
Mark Hodson
andreas.heinemeyer@york.ac.uk
mark.hodson@york.ac.uk
Sustainable consumption and production Jonathan Green jonathan.green@york.ac.uk
Sustainable development Anika Haque
Rob Marchant
anika.haque@york.ac.uk
robert.marchant@york.ac.uk
Sustainable development and SCP policy and metrics Chris West chris.west@york.ac.uk
Sustainable land management Lindsay Stringer  lindsay.stringer@york.ac.uk 
Sustainable living (public/stakeholder perceptions, policy) Karen Parkhill karen.parkhill@york.ac.uk
Sustainable seafood Bryce Stewart bryce.stewart@york.ac.uk
Systems Thinking Anika Haque anika.haque@york.ac.uk
T   [back to top
Terrestrial biogeochemistry Sylvia Toet sylvia.toet@york.ac.uk
Terrestrial carbon fluxes Andreas Heinemeyer andreas.heinemeyer@york.ac.uk
Tidal models Jon Hill jon.hill@york.ac.uk
Town and Regional Planning Joshua Kirshner joshua.kirshner@york.ac.uk
Trace chemical analysis Matt Pickering matt.pickering@york.ac.uk
Tracking wild birds Kathryn Arnold kathryn.arnold@york.ac.uk
Trade and supply chain modelling Chris West chris.west@york.ac.uk
Tropical Ecosystems Rob Marchant robert.marchant@york.ac.uk
Tsunami Jon Hill jon.hill@york.ac.uk
U   [back to top
Unmanned aerial vehicle (UAVs) David Rippin david.rippin@york.ac.uk
Urban pollution Alistair Boxall alistair.boxall@york.ac.uk
Urbanisation Richard Friend
Anika Haque
Gideon Baffoe
richard.friend@york.ac.uk
anika.haque@york.ac.uk
gideon.baffoe@york.ac.uk
V   [back to top
Veterinary medicines Alistair Boxall alistair.boxall@york.ac.uk
W   [back to top
Water (resource) governance Richard Friend richard.friend@york.ac.uk
Water quality Andreas Heinemeyer
Sylvia Toet
andreas.heinemeyer@york.ac.uk
sylvia.toet@york.ac.uk
Weathering Mark Hodson mark.hodson@york.ac.uk
Wellbeing and Behaviour Change Steve Cinderby steve.cinderby@york.ac.uk
Wetlands for wastewater treatment (constructed wetlands) Sylvia Toet sylvia.toet@york.ac.uk
X   [back to top
Xenophobia studies Joshua Kirshner joshua.kirshner@york.ac.uk