People

Supervisors and mentors - along with the Directorate a range of other academics from across disciplines form our staff and student supervision teams

Professor Colin Beale - I work on a wide range of ecological problems from population dynamics and distributions to fire ecology in the African savannah. Mentor to Tabitha Kabora, supervisor to Molly Brown.  

Professor Neil Carter - I am interested in all aspects of environmental politics and policy, with a particular interest in climate policy and politics. Supervisor to Megan Tarrant.

Dr Sabine Clarke - My research considers the relationship between scientific research and visions of economic and social development in the British colonies after 1940. Supervisor to Theo Tomking.

Dr Peter Coventry -  I work across all elements of applied health services research, using evidence synthesis, qualitative methods and trials with a focus on evaluating complex interventions for people with mental health problems and long term conditions.  Supervisor to Nikki Paterson.

Dr Simon Croft - I work predominantly on the modelling of supply chains of agri-goods and food, linking activities to impacts and risks at the point of origin. Supervisor to Tyler Gaines.

Dr Kanchon Dasmahapatra - I apply genetic and genomic data to understand interesting evolutionary questions, in particular the causes of speciation. Supervisor to Alex Payne.

Professor Maria Dornelas - My research focuses on quantifying biodiversity and understanding the processes that shape it. Mentor to Tadhg Carroll.

Dr Alison Dyke - I work on nature-society relations, particularly focused on interactions between humans and trees, biosecurity, plant health and wild harvest. Supervisor to Katie Noble.

Dr Jon Green - I work to trace the impacts of consumption on biodiversity, via often-complex chains of trade in agricultural commodities. Supervisor to Katie Noble.

Professor Jane Hill - I study the impacts of climate change and habitat loss on species to understand their responses to environmental change. Mentor to Tabitha Kabora.

Dr Luisa Huaccho Huatuco - My expertise in manufacturing systems' complexity, contextualises my current research interests including sustainable supply chains. Supervisor to Katie Noble.

Dr Teresa Kittler - My research focuses on artistic practices from 1945 to present day, with a special interest in Italian post-war art, primarily on issues related to art and the environment and feminism. Supervisor to Nikki Paterson.

Professor Nicky Milner - My research mainly focuses on the Mesolithic period; palaeodiet and consumption practices are among my interests, along with settlement, mobility and the analysis of seasonality information. Supervisor to Jonathan Gordon.

Dr Jon Pitchford - I use mathematical models and apply methods from dynamical systems and stochastic processes together with computer simulations to study challenging biodiversity problems. Mentor to Brennen Fagan, supervisor to Tyler Gaines.

Dr Amanda Rees - My research areas include the sociology of human/animal relation, field science, the public presentation of scientific knowledge and the representation of science in fiction. Supervisor to Chantal Berry.

Professor Helen Smith - My current research includes tracing the liveliness of matter and making the case for literature as a means of engaging with and assaying the world around us. Mentor to Sarah Bezan.

Professor Susan Stepney - A major strand of my research is computational simulation of complex systems, in particular, biological systems. Mentor to Brennen Fagan.

Professor Lindsay Stringer - My research is conceptually anchored in areas including global environmental governance, political ecology and socio-ecological systems science. Supervisor to Megan Tarrant and Lara Queiros.

Dr Daryl Stump - My research interests focus on the development of agricultural landscapes, with a particular emphasis on sustainability and on the use of historical perceptions within development and conservation narratives. Mentor to Tabitha Kabora.

Professor Jacco Thijssen - My main research interests are in mathematical models of dynamic decision making in general, and investment under uncertainty (real options) in particular. Supervisor to Hien Luong. 

Dr Julia Touza - My research explores environmental problems driven by economic factors, and evaluates the strategic behaviour of natural resource users/managers in a temporal-spatial context. Supervisor to Hien Luong.

Professor Mark Vellend - My research focuses on plant population and community responses to environmental change. Mentor to Tadhg Carroll.

Dr Elizabeth Wandrag - I use experimental, observational and quantitative techniques to understand the causes and consequences of alterations to plant communities, and address more general questions on the factors that control the distribution of plant species.  Mentor to Lara Queiros.

Professor Victoria Wells - I am interested in the role the environment plays in consumers’ behaviour whether it is how the environment affects consumer choices or how consumers’ behaviour affects the physical environment. Supervisor to Molly Brown.

Professor Michael White - I work chiefly on the interwar avant-gardes.  Supervisor to Jonathan Cane.

Professor Piran White - I lead the University of York’s involvement in the Australian-based Co-operative Research Centre on Invasive Animals.  Supervisor to Nikki Paterson.