Environment and Geography

Sam Bayley 
Department Manager
Tel: 01904 32 4295
sam.bayley@york.ac.uk

• Overall responsibility for all business processes and professional services support
• Planning and financial management
• HR and recruitment processes
• Member of the Department Leadership Team

Student Services Team

 
Bryan Hughes
Student Services Manager
Tel: 01904 324787
bryan.hughes@york.ac.uk

Emma Boneham 
Student Services Coordinator
Tel: 01904 32 2998
emma.boneham@york.ac.uk

• Handling escalated student enquiries, welfare and student progress
• Oversight and continuous improvement of student administration processes, including assessment and module evaluation
• Coordination of the Department's VLE provision
• Deputy to the Student Services Manager and coordination of day-to-day office operations

Nadine Riley
Timetabling Administrator
timetabling@york.ac.uk

• Part of the Timetabling Services team
• Development and maintenance of the Department’s timetable

Tammy Connor 
Student Support Assistant 
tammy.connor@york.ac.uk 

• Dealing with general enquiries
• Supporting the welfare of students and administrating Exceptional Circumstances affecting
  Assessment (ECA) and Student Support Plans (SSP)
• Processing assessments
• General administrative duties including booking rooms, travel and accommodation 

Bryony Cox
Student Services Administrator (UG) 

bryony.cox@york.ac.uk

• Dealing with all Undergraduate general enquiries
• Supporting the welfare of students and administrating Exceptional Circumstances affecting Assessment (ECA) and Student Support Plans (SSP)
• General administrative duties including booking rooms, travel and accommodation
• Processing assessments
• Assisting with the Department's social media and communications

Toshiko Smith 
Student Services Administrator (Masters)
Tel: 01904 324769
environment-pgtstudents@york.ac.uk

• Maintaining the postgraduate student records
• Processing assessments and feedback
• Responding to queries in relation to the administration of the postgraduate programmes of study
• Administrating the Exceptional Circumstances affecting Assessment (ECA) and Student Support Plan (SSP) processes
• Processing staff and visitor expense claims
• Creating and booking Casual Workers
• Other Administrative duties including room booking, catering and accommodation arrangements 

Maroula Hill 
Student Services Administrator (PGR)
Tel: 01904 324068
maroula.hill@york.ac.uk

• First point of contact for postgraduate research students and teaching staff handling queries across all postgraduate research matters
• Maintenance of PGR student records, including admissions, enrolment, progression, examination and awards
• Oversight of scholarships, studentships and DTPs
• Support for internal exam boards
• Support for the Department's recruitment and admissions activity

Careers & Employability 

Tamsyn Kiss
Employability Assistant
environment-careers@york.ac.uk

Jenny Pollard
Industry Liaison Officer
Tel: 01904 322996
jenny.pollard@york.ac.uk

• External engagement
• Management of placement programmes 
• Careers Liaison Officer 
• Mental Health First Aider

Research Support

Laura Smith
Research Facilitator
Tel: 01904 32 4063
laura.smith@york.ac.uk

• Management of departmental research support
• Help with research grant proposals
• Management of current research and consultancy projects
• REF support

Andy Poyer
Research Administrator
Tel: 01904 32 6414
andy.poyer@york.ac.uk

• Support for research grant proposals and costings
• Support for current research and consultancy projects
• Secretary to the Department Research Committee

Technical Operations

Dave Hay 
Safety Officer and Technical Manager
Tel: 01904 324071
dave.hay@york.ac.uk

• Management of departmental technical teams and facilities
• Departmental Safety Officer
• Departmental Radiation Protection Supervisor
• Management of building, laboratory, security and IT operations
• Responsible for technical budget management and purchasing operations

• Providing field and surveying assistance to support the physical geography research group, specialising in spatial surveying techniques and processing,  data/sample collection and monitoring.
• Assisting with the installation, operation and maintenance of physical geography field equipment.
• Responsible for the storage and archiving of physical geography research samples.
• Assisting and supporting project students (undergraduate and postgraduate) in the course of their fieldwork and laboratory work.
• Supporting laboratory practical sessions.

• Providing field and laboratory assistance to support the  physical geography research group
• Preparation of samples for palaeo-ecological analysis (diatoms, pollen, foraminifera, testate amoebae)
• Assisting with the installation, operation and maintenance of physical geography field equipment
• Responsible for the storage and archiving of physical geography research samples
• Assisting and supporting project students (undergraduate and postgraduate) in the course of their laboratory and fieldwork
• Training students in the preparation and identification of microfossils
• Supporting laboratory practical sessions
• Maintaining a clean, safe and effective working environment for physical geography research
• Primary contact in the teaching laboratory for geography staff and students 

Anthony Jones
Research Technician
Tel: 01904 324788
anthony.jones@york.ac.uk

• Carrying out field work at sites in the Yorkshire Dales including water sampling and greenhouse gas flux measurement
• Overseeing laboratory analysis of peat and water samples 
• Data input, writing standard operating procedures and risk assessing work associated with the project 
• Supporting project students (undergraduate and postgraduate) in their laboratory and fieldwork

Dr Matt Pickering
Experimental Officer
Tel: 01904 324788
matt.pickering@york.ac.uk

• Laboratory support of environmental analytical chemistry research.
• Providing technical support and training on analytical instrumentation to staff and students.
• Responsibility for gas chromatography (GC-MS and GC-FID), liquid chromatography (HPLC) and ion chromatography instruments including maintenance, troubleshooting and analytical method development.
• To assist the reporting of analytical data as a contribution to research reports.
• Stock control of chemicals, consumables and equipment relating to the chromatography facility. 

Rebecca Sutton
Senior Research Technician
Tel: 01904 324788
rebecca.sutton@york.ac.uk

• Support to departmental research staff
• Support of students engaged in research projects at BSc and MSc/PhD level
• Laboratory organisation including purchasing, instrument specification etc
• Provision of instruction and training to members of academic and research staff in detailed and safe usage of complex laboratory equipment
• Maintenance, operation and troubleshooting of key specialised analytical instrumentation
• Advice on the handling and disposal of hazardous laboratory chemicals. 

• To assist with operation and maintenance of lab equipment
• Preparation of experimental and stock solutions for teaching purposes
• General housekeeping of teaching labs.
• Disposal of chemical waste and glass
• Stock control of chemicals, consumables and lab equipment
• To assist in the operation of department field trips 

Mark Tolley
Departmental Computing Officer
Tel: 01904 324191
mark.tolley@york.ac.uk

• 1st and 2nd line IT support (at desk, telephone and remote support)
• Software installation and deployment
• New IT installations and upgrades of existing equipment
• Advice and guidance with all IT matters
• Asset management 
• Environment website management 

Zoe Fraser 
Departmental Administration Coordinator
Tel: 01904 326502
zoe.fraser@york.ac.uk

• Oversight, documentation and continuous improvement of general administrative processes across the Department
• Support for departmental HR processes and record-keeping
• Support for equality, diversity and inclusivity activity
• Support for sustainability activity
• Management of casual workers
• Executive support to the E&G Leadership Team

Lucy Orange 
PA / Administrator   
Tel: 01904 32 8640
environment-pa@york.ac.uk

• Booking meetings, travel and accommodation for EGLT members
• Diary management for EGLT members
• Email management for HoD and Department Manager
• Raising POs, processing expenses and documenting departmental spending
• Administrating GTA bookings
• Servicing the EGLT, DMT, and departmental staff meetings
• General administrative duties

• Management Accountant for Department of Environment & Geography and Stockholm Environment Institue 

Marcy Melis
Finance Assistant
environment-finance@york.ac.uk 

• Handling invoices, expenses claims, and general financial processing
• Ensures compliance with University financial regulations 

• Part of the Marketing, Admissions, Recruitment and Outreach (MARO) team
• Develops content for departmental webpages and news stories 

• Project manage the development of the long term vision and strategy
• Stakeholder management and engagement
• Internal communications associated with the development of the strategy
• Assisting in the development of core values for the department

Emma Holland 
Executive Assistant, SEI-Y
Tel: 07552 285885
emma.holland@york.ac.uk

• Executive support for SEI-Y Director
• Oversight of administrative functions within SEI-Y 

Sam Bland
Software Developer 

• Software development for a number of  environmental models and tools
• Data visualisation
• Interactive user interface design.
• Urban simulation 

Frances Dixon
Communications Specialist

• Designing and implementing communication strategies
• Content developer for infographics and videos
• Editing and copywriting content for different audiences
• Policy engagement
• Online event planning (seminars, workshops etc.) 

Anwen Hughes
Research Manager
Tel: 07552 285934
anwen.hughes@york.ac.uk

• Research facilitation and management for SEI-Y 

Howard Cambridge
Research Support Group Manager
Tel: 07552 285887
howard.cambridge@york.ac.uk

• Provision of IT, communications, software development and spatial mapping services to SEI researches at York.
• Developing creative approaches for engaging different stakeholders including focus groups and participatory mapping.
• Development of online tools, bespoke software and apps. 

Trudy Stapley
SEI-Y Administrative Assistant
Tel: 07552 285 895
trudy.stapley@york.ac.uk

Douglas Wang
Software Developer

• Software developer of user interfaces for research tools and management planning
• Agile development using programming (Python/Django) and server side scripting languages (PHP / JavaScript) both for local use and in online, cloud-based, environments.
• Full stack web development using HTML, CSS, JavaScript for web-based interface design and web-based GIS techniques using  GeoServer, OpenLayers, Leaflet/MapBox. 

Lizzie White 
SEI-Y Adminstrator
Tel: 07552 285885
lizzie.white@york.ac.uk