Skip to content Accessibility statement
Home>Department of Biology>People

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.

Cath Ainsworth

Student and Academic Services Administrator (Graduate School)

Jack Aked

Research technician

Zarema Albakova

Research Associate

Research interests:

  • Immunology, Haematology and Infection (YBRI)

Anna Alessi

Project Manager

Robbie Allen

Research Technician

Chair in Genetics

Research interests:

  • Health and Disease

Michelle Anderson

Senior Research Scientist

Joshua Ang

Postdoctoral Research Fellow

Research interests:

  • Cell and Developmental Biology

Dr Sergios Antoniou

Postdoctoral Research Associate

Research interests:

  • Immunology, Haematology and Infection (YBRI)

Lynda Armstrong

Student and Academic Services Administrator

Jenny Baker

York Tissue Bank Manager & HTA Person Designate

Kidney Research UK (KRUK) Fellow

Research interests:

  • Health and Disease
  • Cell Biology
  • Molecular Medicine

Chloë Baldreki

Technical Specialist

CNAP Chair of Plant Genomics

Research interests:

  • Plants, Microbes and Biotechnology
  • Plant Biology

Peter Bancroft

Technician

Research interests:

Plant Biology

Monica Bandeira

Student and Academic Services Coordinator (Graduate School)

Ethics Committee Officer

Professor of Prokaryotic Genetics

Research interests:

  • Plants, Microbes and Biotechnology
  • Microbiology
  • Industrial Biotechnology

Teaching and Scholarship Senior Lecturer

Director of GenerationResearch

Kim Barnes

Associate

James Barrett

Post-Doctoral Research Associate

Research interests:

  • Plant Biology

Lecturer

Research interests:

  • Plants, Microbes and Biotechnology
  • Biochemistry and Biophysics

Professor

Research interests:

  • Ecology, Evolution and Modelling
  • Ecology and Evolution

Caroline Bell

Receptionist

Ellie Bennett

Research Technician

Joyce Bennett

Business Manager

Anna-liese Bentley

Bioscience Technology Facility Administrator

Mark Bentley

Biology Research Workshop Manger

Research interests:

  • Industrial Biotechnology

Madeleine Berger

Senior Research Technician

Research interests:

  • Plant Biology

Jane Bertram

Project Coordinator

Katrin Besser

Research Associate

Research interests:

  • Industrial Biotechnology

Madhura Bhat

Research Technician

Research interests:

  • Plant Biology

Senior Lecturer

Research interests:

  • Health and Disease
  • Cell Biology
  • Molecular Medicine

Lucy Booth

CNAP Network Manager, Biomass Biorefinery

Carla Botelho Machado

Research Associate

Research interests:

  • Plant Biology

Lecturer

Research interests:

  • Health and Disease
  • Immunology, Haematology and Infection

Honorary Fellow

Emeritus Professor

Senior Lecturer in Biomedical Sciences

Research interests:

  • Health and Disease
  • Cell Biology
  • Molecular Medicine

Heather Bradley

Research Group Administrator

Juliana Brambilla Carnielli Trindade

Post Doctoral Research Associated

Research interests:

  • Immunology, Haematology and Infection (YBRI)

Kay Kendall Fellow

Research interests:

  • Health and Disease
  • Immunology, Haematology and Infection

Director of CNAP

CNAP Chair in Biotechnology

Research interests:

  • Plants, Microbes and Biotechnology
  • Plant Biology

Chair of Cell Biology

Research interests:

  • Health and Disease
  • Cell Biology
  • Molecular Medicine

Jorge Buenabad-Chavez

Cloud SPAN training lead

Honorary Visiting Fellow/Professor

Grant Calder

Experimental Officer

Caroline Calvert

BioYorkshire Programme Manager

Head of the Protein Production Laboratory

Theresa Catania

Postdoctoral Research Associate

Research interests:

  • Plant Biology

MRC Career Development Award Fellow

Research interests:

  • Health and Disease

Shinjini Chakraborty

Postdoctoral Research Associate / Associate Lecturer

Nicola Charlton

Laboratory Manager

Senior Lecturer

Research interests:

  • Health and Disease
  • Cell Biology
  • Molecular Medicine

Lecturer in Neuroscience

Research interests:

  • Health and Disease
  • Cell Biology
  • Molecular Medicine

Sophia Cheng

Senior research technician

Research interests:

  • Plant Biology

Professor

Research interests:

  • Plants, Microbes and Biotechnology
  • Microbiology
  • Industrial Biotechnology

Cath Cockeram

Research technician

C.cockeram@york.ac.uk

B/L0 corridor

Dr Martina Conti

Research Technician - Metabolomics and Proteomics

martina.conti@york.ac.uk

B/K/154 and B/K/140

Sir Henry Dale Fellow

Research interests:

  • Health and Disease
  • Immunology, Haematology and Infection

Professor

Research interests:

  • Health and Disease
  • Cell Biology
  • Molecular Medicine

Rob Critchlow

Post-Doctoral Research Associate

Research interests:

  • Ecology and Evolution

MRC Career Development Award Fellow

Research interests:

  • Health and Disease
  • Immunology, Haematology and Infection

Alyssa Cull

Postdoctoral research associate

Charles Cunningham

Postdoctoral Research Associate

Research interests:

Ecology and Evolution

Tomasz Czechowski

Senior Research Associate

Research interests:

  • Plant Biology

Jason Daff

Horticulture Manager

Research interests:

  • Plant Biology

Paulina Dani

Research Technician

Peter Danks

Research technician

peter.danks@york.ac.uk

B/L2 corridor

Research interests:

  • Plant Biology

Director of Postgraduate Research

Research interests:

  • Ecology, Evolution and Modelling
  • Ecology and Evolution

Lecturer in Palaeobiology

Research interests:

  • Palaeobiology and Macroevolution

Katy Davis

PDRA

Chair of Plant Biology

Research interests:

  • Plants, Microbes and Biotechnology
  • Plant Biology

Professor of Sustainable Crop Production

Research interests:

  • Plants, Microbes and Biotechnology
  • Plant Biology

Jodie Dixon

Research Trainee

Research interests:

  • Immunology, Haematology and Infection (YBRI)

Alexander Dodds

Mosquito Research Technician

Research interests:

  • Ecology and Evolution

Samantha Donninger

Senior Technician

Adam Dowle

Senior Experimental Officer

Sarah Dowsland

Cloud-SPAN Project Coordinator

sarah.dowsland@york.ac.uk

B/A032 / remote working

Alastair Droop

Head of Data Science

Research interests:

  • Bioinformatics and Mathematical Biology

Ros Duke

Senior Research Technician

Jen Dyson

Deputy Laboratory Manager

Matthew Edgington

Postdoctoral Research Scientist

Research interests:

  • Ecology and Evolution

Lecturer

Research interests:

  • Health and Disease
  • Cell Biology
  • Molecular Medicine

Stephanie Ellis

Student Engagement Manger

Leah Etheridge

Project Manager

Senior Lecturer

Chair of the Board of Studies

Research interests:

  • Health and Disease
  • Cell Biology
  • Molecular Medicine

Lecturer in Computational Biology

Research interests:

  • Ecology, Evolution and Modelling
  • Mathematics
  • Bioinformatics and Computing

Laura Faas

Senior research technologist

Juliana Fabiani Miranda

Postdoctoral Research Associate

Research interests:

  • Immunology, Haematology and Infection (YBRI)

Sam Farrell

Laboratory Technician

Alison Fenwick

Assistant Technician

Research interests:

Plant Biology

Senior Lecturer

Research interests:

  • Ecology, Evolution and Modelling
  • Ecology and Evolution

Rachel Fitzmaurice

Student Academic Services

Marie Fleming

Research Support Officer

Senior Research Fellow

Research interests:

  • Plants, Microbes and Biotechnology
  • Microbiology
  • Industrial Biotechnology

Michelle Foggin

Student and Academic Services Administrator

Alexandra Fox

Student and academic services administrator

James Fox

Deputy Operations Manager, Biology

Sara Franco Ortega

Research Associate

Research interests:

  • Plant Biology

Professor

Research interests:

  • Ecology, Evolution and Modelling
  • Mathematics
  • Bioinformatics and Computing

Honorary Fellow

Former Reader of Evolutionary Biology at University of York, currently Professor of Microbiology at the University of Helsinki

Richard Gawne

Bioinformatics Specialist

richard.gawne@york.ac.uk

B/M0 corridor

Research interests:

  • Bioinformatics and Mathematical Biology

Professor

Research interests:

  • Health and Disease
  • Cell Biology
  • Molecular Medicine

Lesley Gilbert

Technical Specialist - Genomics

Alison Gilday

Senior Research Technician

Research interests:

  • Plant Biology

Martyn Gill

Technician

Senior Research Fellow

Research interests:

  • Plants, Microbes and Biotechnology

Weston Chair of Biochemical Genetics

Research interests:

  • Plants, Microbes and Biotechnology
  • Plant Biology

Erin Gray

CNAP Research Administrator

Liz Greensted

Research Administrator

Evelyn Greeves

Cloud-SPAN Training and FAIR Lead

MRC Career Development Award Fellow

Research interests:

  • Health and Disease
  • Immunology, Haematology and Infection

Thomas Grimes

Computational Research Trainee

Research interests:

  • Bioinformatics and Mathematical Biology

Dave Grimshaw

Horticultural Technician

Aimee Grundy

Student and Academic Services Administrator

aimee.grundy@york.ac.uk

+44 (0)1904 32 8544

Biology Reception, T Block

Jane Güleç

YESI Coordinator

Libby Hagston

YBRI Coordinator

Lecturer in Biomedical Science

Research interests:

  • Health and Disease

Lecturer in Biomedical Sciences

Research interests:

  • Health and Disease

Martin Hardgrave

Stores Technician

Senior Lecturer in Plant Biology

Research interests:

  • Plants, Microbes and Biotechnology
  • Plant Biology

Honorary Professor

Former Professor of Ecology and Director of the York Environmental Sustainability, now Vice-President for Research at the University of Sheffield

Jack Hatfield

Postdoctoral Research Associate, Data Analyst

Research interests:

  • Ecology and Evolution

Lecturer in Microbiology

Research interests:

  • Microbes and Biotechnology
  • Microbiology
  • Industrial Biotechnology
  • Biochemistry and Biophysics

Jenny Hayes

Research Technician

Honorary Professor. Former Deputy Head of Department (Teaching and Staff), now Head of School, School of Biological Sciences at the University of Edinburgh.

Lecturer in Biomedical Sciences

Research interests:

  • Health and Disease
  • Immunology, Haematology and Infection

Michael Hicks

Lab Technician

Research interests:

  • Immunology, Haematology and Infection (YBRI)

Sir Henry Dale Fellow

Research interests:

  • Plants, Microbes and Biotechnology
  • Biochemistry and Biophysics

Professor

Research interests:

Ecology, Evolution and Modelling Ecology and Evolution

Professor of Experimental Haematology

Research interests:

  • Health and Disease
  • Immunology, Haematology and Infection

Anita Ho

Post-doc

anita.ho@york.ac.uk

B/F1 corridor

Research interests:

  • Molecular and Cellular Medicine

Reader

Research interests:

  • Ecology, Evolution and Modelling
  • Ecology and Evolution

Karen Hodgkinson

Senior Technician

Michael Hodgkinson

Senior Research Technician

Research interests:

  • Biochemistry and Biophysics

Alexander Hogg

Research Technician

Research interests:

  • Immunology, Haematology and Infection (YBRI)

Dr Jim Hoggett

Former Deputy Head of Department

Senior Lecturer in Biomedical Science

Research interests:

  • Health and Disease
  • Cell Biology
  • Molecular Medicine

Deputy Head of Department (Teaching)

Gelayol Holme

Administrator

Stephen Howarth

Senior Electronics Technician

Sally Howlett

LCAB Centre Manager

Janina Hoßbach

Research Technician

Research interests:

  • Industrial Biotechnology

Lucy Hudson

Technical Operations Manager

Charlotte Hughes

Research Technicain

Research interests:

  • Immunology, Haematology and Infection (YBRI)

Claire Hughes

Administration Manager

Catherine Hyde

Infrastructure Technician

Emeritus Professor

Richard Ingram

Research associate

Research interests:

  • Cell and Developmental Biology

Sally James

Head of Genomics

Lecturer

Research interests:

  • Ecology, Evolution and Modelling
  • Mathematics
  • Bioinformatics and Computing

Lavinia Jenkins-Villa

Research Trainee

Carol Jones

PA and DMT Administrator

Nathaniel Jones

Research Fellow in Drug Discovery

Research interests:

  • Immunology, Haematology and Infection (YBRI)

Vytaute Jurgeleviciute

Research technician

Dr Siji Kavil

Postdoctoral Research Associate

Alasdair Kay

Postdoctoral Research Associate

Research interests:

  • Immunology, Haematology and Infection (YBRI)

Emeritus Professor

Deputy Head of Department (Research)

Research interests:

  • Health and Disease
  • Immunology, Haematology and Infection

Dimitrios Kioumourtzoglou

Research associate

Research interests:

  • Molecular and Cellular Medicine

Talia Kirkbride

Research Technician

Alana Kluczkovski

Research Associate in urban agriculture - FixOurFood Programme

Research interests:

  • Plant Biology

Melis Konno

Research Technician

Marie-Christine Labarthe-Last

Laboratory manager for H&Q blocks and Skin Research Centre

Phil Lang

Placements Coordinator

Alexandra Lanot

Senior Research Associate

Research interests:

  • Plant Biology

Lianne Lansink

PDRA

Research interests:

  • Immunology, Haematology and Infection (YBRI)

Head of the Metabolomics and Proteomics Laboratory

Research interests:

  • Plant Biology

Justin Lau

Research Trainee

justin.lau@york.ac.uk

B/M2 corridor

Research interests:

  • Plant Biology

Emeritus Professor

Daniel Leadbeater

PDRA

Research interests:

  • Industrial Biotechnology

Anniversary Chair of Biological Physics

Research interests:

Plants, Microbes and Biotechnology Biochemistry & Biophysics

Head of the Molecular Interactions Laboratory

Professor Ottoline Leyser CBE, FRS

Honorary Professor

Former Chair of the Research Committee, now Director of the Sainsbury Laboratory and Professor of Plant Development at the University of Cambridge

Yi Li

CNAP bioinformatician

Research interests:

  • Bioinformatics and Mathematical Biology

Senior Research Fellow

Research interests:

  • Plants, Microbes and Biotechnology
  • Plant Biology

Angela Lipscomb

Deputy Head of Faculty Operations

Sarah Lock

Research Associate

Research interests:

  • Bioinformatics and Mathematical Biology

Angelo Lopez

Research Associate in Haematology

Jakub Lukaszonek

Research Technician

Research interests:

  • Immunology, Haematology and Infection (YBRI)

Emeritus Professor

Colombe Mabboux-Fort

Lab Technician

Senior Research Fellow

Research interests:

  • Health and Disease
  • Cell Biology
  • Molecular Medicine

Sandy Macdonald

Technical Specialist - Bioinformatics

CNAP Chair in Algal Cell and Molecular Biology

Research interests:

  • Plants, Microbes and Biotechnology
  • Plant Biology

Emeritus Professor

Deb Malley

Teaching Technician

Sukhveer K Mann

Flow Cytometry Technical Specialist

Joanne Marrison

Technical Specialist

Lecturer

Research interests:

  • Health and Disease
  • Cell Biology
  • Molecular Medicine

Ann Mathe

Student and Academic Services Manager

Jane McCarthy

Research Facilitator

Kayla McCarthy

Research Technician and postdoctoral researcher

Research interests:

  • Plant Biology

Helen McLeish

Receptionist

BBSRC Discovery Fellow

Research interests:

  • Plants, Microbes and Biotechnology

Dr Christopher Adam Middleton

Honorary Visiting Fellow/Professor

Former Head of Human Biology Department, University of Leeds

Joanna Milek

Research Technician

Research interests:

  • Immunology, Haematology and Infection (YBRI)

Dr Lisa M Miller

Emeritus Professor

Judith Mitchell

Senior Research Administrator

Head of Department

Research interests:

  • Plants, Microbes and Biotechnology
  • Microbiology
  • Industrial Biotechnology

Professor of Pathogen Biology

Director of the York Biomedical Research Institute (YBRI)

Research interests:

  • Health and Disease
  • Immunology, Haematology and Infection

Dr Adrian Mountford

Emeritus Professor

Mihris IS Naduthodi

Research Fellow

Research interests:

  • Plant Biology

Onyou Nam

Postdoctoral Research Associate

Research interests:

  • Plant Biology

Edward Nay

Postdoctoral Research Associate

David Neale

Laboratory Support

david.neale@york.ac.uk

B/M2 Corridor

David Nelson

Health & Safety Advisor

Y Romina Nievas

Research Associate

Research interests:

  • Immunology, Haematology and Infection (YBRI)

Mike Nolan

Student and Academic Services Coordinator

Aroshini Y H Nugawela

Post-Doctoral Research Associate

Research interests:

  • Immunology, Haematology and Infection (YBRI)

Head of Imaging and Cytometry

Frances Oliver

Student Engagement Manager

Victoria Ott

Administrator

Dr Geoff Oxford

Honorary Fellow

Fabiano Pais

Technical Specialist - Bioinformatics

Research interests:

  • Bioinformatics and Mathematical Biology

Chonthicha Pakwan

Support Technician

Dimitra Papatziamou

Postdoctoral researcher

Research interests:

  • Biochemistry and Biophysics

Graeme Park

Senior Research Technician

Debbie Pears

Laboratory technician

Joanna Pearson

senior research technician

Research interests:

  • Molecular and Cellular Medicine

Abi Perrin

Postdoctoral Research Associate in Cyanobacterial Cell Biology

Research interests:

  • Microbiology

Professor

Research interests:

  • Ecology, Evolution and Modelling
  • Mathematics
  • Bioinformatics and Computing

Senior Lecturer

Research interests:

  • Plants, Microbes and Biotechnology
  • Biochemistry and Biophysics

Honorary Professor

Former Chair of Molecular Biophysics and Head of Department, now Head of School, Life and Environmental Sciences at The University of Sydney

Deputy Head of Department (Staff)

Research interests:

  • Health and Disease
  • Cell Biology
  • Molecular Medicine

Rebecca Preece

Senior Research Technician

Liv Pritchard

Student and academic support administrator

olivia.pritchard@york.ac.uk

Biology reception

Jo Quinton

Project Manager/Coordinator (YBRI)

joanne.quinton@york.ac.uk

Home-based/B/Q Block

Eden Ramalho de Araujo Ferreira

Post doctoral research associate

Research interests:

  • Immunology, Haematology and Infection (YBRI)

Nicholas Read

Research Technician

Lecturer

Research interests:

  • Ecology, Evolution and Modelling
  • Ecology and Evolution

EPSRC Innovation Fellow

Research interests:

  • Plants, Microbes and Biotechnology
  • Microbiology
  • Industrial Biotechnology

Jennifer Rippingale

Teaching Lab Technician

Professor in Ecology

Research interests:

  • Ecology, Evolution and Modelling
  • Ecology and Evolution

Bianca Rodrigues Lima Ferreira

Postdoctoral Research Associate

Research interests:

Immunology, Haematology and Infection (YBRI)

Adam Rogerson

Research Technician

Research interests:

  • Immunology, Haematology and Infection (YBRI)

Alexandra Roof

Research Technician

alex.roof@york.ac.uk

B/D1 corridor

Susanna Rose

Research Technician

Honorary Professor

Senior Lecturer

Research interests:

  • Plants, Microbes and Biotechnology

Juliana Sanchez Alponti Millar

Research Associate

Professor Dale Sanders FRS

Honorary Professor

Former Head of Department, now Director of the John Innes Centre

Inês Santos Martins

Fellow in Anthropocene Biodiversity and Societal Change

Research interests:

  • Ecology and Evolution

Nikki Savvas

Project Laboratory Manager

Fiona Scaife

Senior Finance Officer

Paul Scott

Horticulture Technician

Research interests:

  • Cell and Developmental Biology

David Sherlock

Research Technician

Hamid Anees Siddiqui

Mosquito Research Technician

Amy Simpson

Post-doctoral Research Associate

Research interests:

  • Cell and Developmental Biology

Louise Simpson

Management Team Administrator

Stephanie Simpson

BioYorkshire & HVB Network Administrator

Raphael Slip

Technical Team Manager

Research interests:

  • Molecular and Cellular Medicine

Cobus Smit

Research Associate

Research interests:

  • Plant Biology

Emeritus Professor

Lecturer (Teaching & Scholarship)

Emeritus Professor

Peter Smithson

Horticulture Technician

Research interests:

  • Plant Biology

Kate Snell

Biology Stores Technical Manager

Director, Jack Birch Unit for Molecular Carcinogenesis

York Biomedical Research Institute theme lead for Molecular and Cellular Medicine

Research interests:

  • Health and Disease
  • Cell Biology
  • Molecular Medicine

Professor John Sparrow

Emeritus Professor

Teresa Spayne

Assistant Technician

Vicki Springthorpe

Postdoctoral Associate in Bioinformatics

Research interests:

  • Bioinformatics and Mathematical Biology

Stephen Spyers Ashby

Technician

Research interests:

  • Ecology and Evolution

Dr Jens Stahlschmidt

Honorary Visiting Fellow/Professor

Dept of Histopathology, St James's Institute of Oncology, Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust

Clare Steele-King

Technical Specialist in Electron Microscopy

Harry Stevens

Senior Horticulture Technician

Research interests:

  • Plant Biology

Associate Lecturer

Rebecca Stokes

Apprentice Lab Technician

Richard Stokes

Stores Technician

Research interests:

  • Industrial Biotechnology

Sandesh Swamidatta

Post Doctoral Research Associate

Research interests:

  • Plant Biology

Professor in Neuroscience

Research interests:

  • Health and Disease
  • Cell Biology
  • Molecular Medicine

Chris Taylor

Senior Research Technician

Research interests:

  • Biochemistry and Biophysics

Danielle Taylor

Research Technician

Research interests:

  • Plant Biology

Professor

Research interests:

  • Ecology, Evolution and Modelling
  • Ecology and Evolution

Chair in Microbiology

Research interests:

Plants, Microbes and Biotechnology Microbiology/ Industrial Biotech

Honorary Professor

Former Director of YESI, now Professor and Director at the Invasion Science Research Institute and Department of Entomology and Nematology, University of Florida

CNAP ART Lecturer in Algal Biology

Research interests:

  • Plants, Microbes and Biotechnology
  • Plant Biology

Jane Turner

Accounts Assistant

Professor

Research interests:

  • Ecology, Evolution and Modelling
  • Mathematics
  • Bioinformatics and Computing

Matthew Tyreman

Research Technician

Professor

Research interests:

  • Health and Disease
  • Cell Biology
  • Molecular Medicine

Daniel Upton

Research Associate

Research interests:

  • Industrial Biotechnology

Fabian E Vaistij

Researcher

Research interests:

  • Plant Biology

Claire Varley

Senior Research Technician

Research interests:

  • Molecular and Cellular Medicine

Research Fellow

Research interests:

  • Plants, Microbes and Biotechnology

Hannah Walker

Senior Research Technician

Research interests:

  • Molecular and Cellular Medicine

Dr Pegine Walrad

Research interests:

  • Health and Disease
  • Immunology, Haematology and Infection

Katie West

Post Doctoral Research Associate

Research interests:

  • Immunology, Haematology and Infection (YBRI)

Chair of Biochemistry

Research interests:

  • Health and Disease
  • Biochemistry and Biophysics

Caragh Whitehead

Senior Research Technician

Research interests:

  • Plant Biology

Franklin Whiteman

Infrastructure Technician

David Willey

Courier / Technician

Gemma Williams

DMT Hub Administrator

Emeritus Professor

Emeritus Professor

Ray Wilson

Mosquito Research Scientist

Thilo Winzer

Senior Research Associate

Research interests:

  • Plant Biology

Helen Wood

Centre Administrator

Professor

Research interests:

  • Ecology, Evolution and Modelling
  • Mathematics
  • Bioinformatics and Computing

Kathryn Wood

Finance Assistant

Professor

Research interests:

  • Health and Disease
  • Immunology, Haematology and Infection

Rakshana Yenamantra Ramachandran

Research Technician

Research interests:

  • Molecular and Cellular Medicine

Emeritus Professor

Weiye Zhao

Postdoctoral Research Associate

Research interests:

  • Molecular and Cellular Medicine