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Our staff

SEI York has over 50 members of staff and students located within the University of York.

All staff are employed by the University.

In addition, there are a number of joint appointments with various other university departments. York staff also participate in teaching as well as PhD and Post-Doc/MSc/MRes supervision.

Academic staff

Dr Rhys Archer

Research Fellow

Research interests:

Sustainable Materials Engineering, Citizen Science and Participatory Methods, Diversity, Equity and Inclusion, Outreach and Public Engagement

Dr Elizabeth Carper

Research Associate

Research interests:

energy geography, solar energy and agriculture, community resilience, human mobility, air pollution and health, sustainable consumption.

Ananya Choudhury

Research Associate

Research interests:

Sustainable transportation, supply-chain decarbonization, urban planning (NBS)

Professor Steve Cinderby

Senior Research Fellow

Research interests:

Pro-environmental behaviours, mobility and road safety, air pollution and health, urbanisation, community resilience.

Dr Jo Cook

Research Associate

Research interests:

Food systems, supply chain mapping, crop modelling, air pollution, climate impacts

Dr Simon Croft

Research Fellow

Research interests:

Supply chain mapping; Material Flow Analysis; MRIO modelling; Food systems; Impact assessments; Stochastic modelling

Dr Alison Dyke

Research Fellow

Research interests:

Nature-society relations, governance of trees and water, sociocultural values associated with trees.

Professor Jon Ensor

Senior Research Fellow and Director of Interdisciplinary Global Development Centre

Research interests:

Social scientist, participatory and 'bottom-up' development processes.

Dr Bobby Farnan

Research Associate

Research interests:

Environmental governance, technopolitics of infrastructure in South/Southeast Asia

Dr Luke Gooding

Research Associate

Research interests:

energy transitions, smart local energy systems, community engagement, decarbonization, sustainability, qualitative research methods

Dr Jonathan Green

Senior Research Fellow

Research interests:

biodiversity; conservation planning; material flow analysis; food systems; indicator development; corporate sustainability; geospatial analyses, supply chain mapping; nature-based solutions; dietary transitions

Dr Gary Haq

Senior Research Associate

Research interests:

Urban air pollution, climate change and ageing, transport, community resilience, behavioural change, public engagement and environmental assessment

Dr Andreas Heinemeyer

Senior Research Fellow and Research Group Leader

Research interests:

carbon stock and flux measurements, soil carbon dynamics modelling, greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions.

Professor Kevin Hicks

Senior Research Fellow

Research interests:

Air pollution impacts

Research interests:

air pollution, climate change, national/urban planning, private sector emissions, housing and retrofit emissions, multiple benefits of actions on emissions

Dr Bing Liu

Postdoctoral Researcher

Research interests:

Peatlands; vegetation management; carbon emissions monitoring

Dr Chris Malley

Senior Research Fellow

Research interests:

Atmospheric chemistry, emission inventories, future scenarios, cost-benefit analysis

Dr Jean McKendree

Research Fellow

Research interests:

Invasive species, nitrogen management, sustainability innovation

Dr Eleni Michalopoulou

Research Associate

Research interests:

Greenhouse gas emissions estimates, modelling, atmospheric chemistry, oceanography, microplastics, policy and sustainable development

Dr Amy Molotoks

Research Associate

Research interests:

Conservation biology, biodiversity indicators and monitoring, environmental modelling, geospatial analysis, food systems

Dr Joanne Morris

Researcher

Research interests:

Agricultural water management

Connie O'Neill

Research Associate

Research interests:

Climate change, air pollution and sustainable development in developing countries

Dr Jenniffer Pedraza

Research Associate

Research interests:

Emission inventories, energy transition, future scenarios & cost-benefit analysis, mitigation measures for national planning and public policies

Caroline Sawe

Research Associate

Research interests:

Implementation of air pollution and climate change mitigation strategies, renewable energies, circular economy, and e-mobility.

Joe Simpson

Research Trainee

Research interests:

environmental footprinting, network analysis, supply chain modelling

Emilie Stokeld

Research Associate

Research interests:

GIS, food systems, supply chain mapping, transboundary climate risk

Dr Daniel Vorbach

SEI Affiliated Researcher

Research interests:

Transdisciplinary collaboration, community-based adaptation, resilience, participatory methods, qualitative research

Professor Chris West

Deputy Centre Director (Research)

Research interests:

MRIO and material flow modelling, indicator development, corporate sustainability and governance, food systems, trade.

Professor Sarah West

Centre Director

Research interests:

Citizen science, participatory research, diversity and inclusion, community engagement

Administration, Finance and Research Support

Communications

Jennifer Aghaji

Communications Specialist

Jana Busch

Communications Specialist

Toto Reissland Lichman

Research Communications and Engagement Manager

Project Management and Technical Experts

Sam Bland

Technical Specialist Software Engineer (RSE)

Research interests:

Research Software Engineer (RSE)

Howard Cambridge

Research Support Group Manager

Research interests:

Transport and sustainability, information communication technology and behavioural change, digital storytelling, well-being, resilience.

Dr Tom Holmes

Research Technician

Lucy Way

Project Coordinator

Postgraduate researchers

Carolyn Bowe

PhD Researcher

Research interests:

Visual tools for environmental narratives, information physicalization, interactive design

Quinn Chen

PhD Researcher

Research interests:

urban poor, adaptive capacity and agency

Sarah Foster

PhD Researcher

Research interests:

Environmental education, arts-based research, climate action.

Marco Franzoi

PhD Researcher

Research interests:

Marine biodiversity and fisheries consumption

Sarah Laptain

PhD Researcher

Research interests:

Diversifying participation in citizen science

Georgina Mitchell

PhD researcher

Research interests:

Urban rewilding, participatory GIS

Cassilde Muhoza

PhD Researcher

Research interests:

Sustainable urbanization, urban air pollution, biodiversity conservation, off-grid electrification

Katie Noble

PhD Researcher

Research interests:

Cultured meat, meat production, meat supply chains

Victor Zanchi

PhD Researcher

Research interests:

Green & sustainable chemistry, consumer goods industry