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William Barrop (né Jessop)

Biography

I am a PhD student working on afforested peatlands in Scotland, specifically the creation of low density native woodland or ‘Peatland Edge Woodland’. I have an ecological background and a particular interest in botany.

Before starting my PhD, I studied for a BA in Biological Science at the University of Oxford. My Dissertation was on the palaeoecology of an enigmatic sponge group, the Archaeocyatha – a group which makes up some of the oldest known animal fossils and went extinct over half a billion years ago. During my undergraduate degree my interests shifted to modern ecology and I completed an MSc at the University of Edinburgh in the Biodiversity and Taxonomy of Plants. My MSc dissertation investigated the extent of hybridisation of the Crab Apple (Malus sylvestris) with the non-native domesticated apple (Malus domestica) in Scotland and Northern England.

I was drawn to my PhD due to its applied nature and the need for the project to take a comparatively broad and holistic approach.

Career

 

  • PhD Environmental Geography (ongoing)
    2017 - present, University of York
  • MSc Biodiversity and Taxonomy of Plants (Distinction)
    2016 - 2017, University of Edinburgh
  • BA (Hons) Biological Sciences (First)
    2013 - 2016, University of Oxford

Contact details

William Barrop
Department of Environment & Geography
University of York
York
YO10 5DD