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 Senior 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

• Dealing with all Undergraduate general enquiries
• Supporting the welfare of students and administrating Exceptional Circumstances affecting Assessment (ECA) and Student Support Plans (SSP)
• First point of contact for teaching staff handling queries across all undergraduate matters
• General administrative duties including booking rooms, travel and accommodation
• Processing assessments

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 (PG)
Tel: 01904 324068
Fax: 01904 322998
maroula.hill@york.ac.uk

• First point of contact for postgraduate students and teaching staff handling queries across all postgraduate matters.
• Support for Postgraduate Staff Student Liaison Committee and internal Exam Boards.
• Joint support for departmental Teaching Committee.
• Work alongside admissions tutors to organise the administration of the postgraduate admissions process.
• Collation, input, production and distribution of an accurate draft and final postgraduate timetable.
• Overview of the full departmental timetable.
• Postgraduate module feedback.

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 Support

• 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

• Create and manage admin processes within dept.
• Manage the HR inbox
• Manage casual worker process
• Manage and cover for PA to the SLT

Lucy Orange 
PA / Administrator   
Tel: 01904 32 8640
lucy.orange@york.ac.uk

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

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

• 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

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.) 

• 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. 

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. 

SEI Admin
Tel: 07552 285885
lizzie.white@york.ac.uk