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| Area of expertise | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| A | [back to top] | |
| Aeropollen | Katherine Selby | katherine.selby@york.ac.uk |
| Ageing | Katherine Brookfield | katherine.brookfield@york.ac.uk |
|
African cities |
Joshua Kirshner | joshua.kirshner@york.ac.uk |
| Agricultural systems | Sylvia Toet Mark Hodson |
sylvia.toet@york.ac.uk mark.hodson@york.ac.uk |
| Air pollution |
nicola.carslaw@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 |
| Architecture / Architectural theory | Louis D'Arcy-Reed | louis.darcy-reed@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 |
| Bat monitoring | Joana Cruz | joana.cruz@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 |
Joana Cruz |
joana.cruz@york.ac.uk andy.marshall@york.ac.uk jonathan.green@york.ac.uk rachel.pateman@york.ac.uk eleanor.jew@york.ac.uk jessica.thorn@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] | |
| Camera-trapping | Joana Cruz | joana.cruz@york.ac.uk |
| 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 |
| Carnivore conservation | Joana Cruz | joana.cruz@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 | Louis D'Arcy-Reed Katherine Brookfield |
louis.darcy-reed@york.ac.uk Katherine Brookfield |
| Citizen science |
Alison Dyke |
alison.dyke@york.ac.uk rachel.pateman@york.ac.uk sarah.west@york.ac.uk |
| Climate change | Richard Friend Roland Gehrels Rob Marchant Karen Parkhill Sylvia Toet Marco Sakai |
richard.friend@york.ac.uk roland.gehrels@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@york.ac.uk karen.parkhill@york.ac.uk lindsay.stringer@york.ac.uk jessica.thorn@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 Rachel Pateman Sarah West Katherine Brookfield |
steve.cinderby@york.ac.uk |
| Community resilience building | Steve Cinderby | steve.cinderby@york.ac.uk |
| Conservation planning |
Andy Marshall |
andy.marshall@york.ac.uk 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 Corridors | Jessica Thorn | jessica.thorn@york.ac.uk |
| Development policies and practice | 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 |
| 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 |
| Ecological restoration | Andy Marshall |
andy.marshall@york.ac.uk |
| Economics of invasive species | Julia Touza | julia.touza@york.ac.uk |
| Ecosystem conservation | Rob Marchant Jessica Thorn |
robert.marchant@york.ac.uk jessica.thorn@york.ac.uk |
| Ecosystem health | Andy Marshall | andy.marshall@york.ac.uk |
| Ecosystem services |
Andreas Heinemeyer |
andreas.heinemeyer@york.ac.uk laura.harrison@york.ac.uk piran.white@york.ac.uk lindsay.stringer@york.ac.uk jessica.thorn@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) | Karen Parkhill | karen.parkhill@york.ac.uk |
| Energy studies | Joshua Kirshner Marco Sakai |
joshua.kirshner@york.ac.uk marco.sakai@york.ac.uk |
| Environmental economics | Rosa Mato Amboage Julia Touza |
rosa.mato@york.ac.uk 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 |
| Eucalypt plantations impact | Joana Cruz | joana.cruz@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@york.ac.uk | |
| Flooding | marco.sakai@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 |
| Futures | Jessica Thorn | jessica.thorn@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 |
| 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 Joana Cruz Joshua Kirshner Jonathan Green |
steve.cinderby@york.ac.uk joana.cruz@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 | Joana Cruz Katherine Brookfield |
joana.cruz@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] | |
| Indoor air quality | Nic Carslaw |
nicola.carslaw@york.ac.uk david.shaw@york.ac.uk |
| Infrastructure | Jessica Thorn | jessica.thorn@york.ac.uk |
| Informal settlements | Jessica Thorn | jessica.thorn@york.ac.uk |
| International development | Richard Friend | richard.friend@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 |
| Low carbon transitions (public/stakeholder perceptions, policy) | Karen Parkhill | karen.parkhill@york.ac.uk |
| M | [back to top] | |
| Mangroves | lindsay.stringer@york.ac.uk | |
| Marine biology | bryce.stewart@york.ac.uk | |
| Marine conservation | bryce.stewart@york.ac.uk | |
| Marine protected areas | 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 |
| Mountains | Jessica Thorn | jessica.thorn@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 |
| Natural resource economics | Rosa Mato Amboage | rosa.mato@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 |
katherine.selby@york.ac.uk andreas.heinemeyer@york.ac.uk |
| Participatory Geographic Information Systems (GIS) | Annemarieke de Bruin Steve Cinderby |
annemarieke.debruin@york.ac.uk steve.cinderby@york.ac.uk |
| Participatory research methods |
Annemarieke de Bruin |
annemarieke.debruin@york.ac.uk richard.friend@york.ac.uk karen.parkhill@york.ac.uk sarah.west@york.ac.uk jessica.thorn@york.ac.uk katherine.brookfield@york.ac.uk |
| Peatlands | Andreas Heinemeyer Sylvia Toet |
andreas.heinemeyer@york.ac.uk sylvia.toet@york.ac.uk |
| Peri urban settlements | Jessica Thorn | jessica.thorn@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 |
| 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, vulnerability and rights | Richard Friend Jessica Thorn |
richard.friend@york.ac.uk jessica.thorn@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 | joshua.kirshner@york.ac.uk karen.parkhill@york.ac.uk katherine.brookfield@york.ac.uk |
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| Quantitative ecology | Joana Cruz | joana.cruz@york.ac.uk |
| Quaternary science | ||
| 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 | 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 |
| 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 livelihoods | Richard Friend Jessica Thorn |
richard.friend@york.ac.uk jessica.thorn@york.ac.uk |
| S | [back to top] | |
| Salt marshes | Roland Gehrels Sylvia Toet |
roland.gehrels@york.ac.uk sylvia.toet@york.ac.uk |
| Scenario planning | Jessica Thorn | jessica.thorn@york.ac.uk |
| Sea-level change |
roland.gehrels@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 |
| Social and cultural values of tree landscapes | Annemarieke de Bruin | annemarieke.debruin@york.ac.uk |
| Social-ecological systems | Jessica Thorn | jessica.thorn@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 | Joana Cruz David Shaw |
joana.cruz@york.ac.uk 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 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 | Rob Marchant | 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 |
| 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 |
| Toxicodynamics | Roman Ashauer | roman.ashauer@york.ac.uk |
| Toxicokinetics | Roman Ashauer | roman.ashauer@york.ac.uk |
| Trace chemical analysis | Matt Pickering | matt.pickering@york.ac.uk |
| Tracking wild birds | Kathryn Arnold | kathryn.arnold@york.ac.uk |
| Tracking wild vertebrates | Joana Cruz | joana.cruz@york.ac.uk |
| Trade and supply chain modelling | Chris West | chris.west@york.ac.uk |
| Tropical Ecosystems | Rob Marchant | robert.marchant@york.ac.uk |
| Tropical forest | Andy Marshall | andy.marshall@york.ac.uk |
| Tsunami | Jon Hill | jon.hill@york.ac.uk |
| U | [back to top] | |
| UK/EU Referendum and Environmental Policy | Charlotte Burns | charlotte.burns@york.ac.uk |
| Unmanned aerial vehicle (UAVs) | David Rippin | david.rippin@york.ac.uk |
| Urban pollution | Alistair Boxall | alistair.boxall@york.ac.uk |
| Urbanisation | Richard Friend Jessica Thorn |
richard.friend@york.ac.uk jessica.thorn@york.ac.uk |
| V | [back to top] | |
| Veterinary medicines | Alistair Boxall | alistair.boxall@york.ac.uk |
| Vertebrate monitoring | Joana Cruz | joana.cruz@york.ac.uk |
| W | [back to top] | |
| Water (resource) governance | Annemarieke de Bruin Richard Friend |
annemarieke.debruin@york.ac.uk 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 |
| Z | [back to top] | |
| Zoos | Andy Marshall | andy.marshall@york.ac.uk |