YESI Community Directory

The YESI Community is made up of the wide range of researchers working on environmental sustainability, across many disciplines, departments and institutions at the University of York.

This YESI Community Directory is designed to showcase the breadth of research in this area and help put you in touch with the right person. 

Please contact our researchers directly using their information below. For media enquiries please contact the University's Press Office on +44 (0)1904 322029 or email pressoffice@york.ac.uk.

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Obroma Agumagu

PhD Student

Dept of Environment & History

oa824@york.ac.uk

  • Climate change
  • Sea level rise
  • Adaptation
  • Policy

Hamed Ahmadi

Reader in Digital Engineering

School of Physics, Engineering & Technology

hamed.ahmadi@york.ac.uk

  • Green communications and networks
  • Artificial Intelligence (AI)
  • Internet of Things (IoT)

Anna Alessi

Project and Communication Manager

Biorenewables Development Centre (BDC)

anna.alessi@york.ac.uk

  • Biowastes in biorefining processes
  • Biological processes including anaerobic digestion
  • Adding value to food/agriculture waste

Michelle Alexander

Professor of Bioarchaeology

Dept of Archaeology

michelle.alexander@york.ac.uk 

  • Isotopic and biomolecular analysis
  • Food systems and sociocultural change during the Middle Ages
  • Urban provisioning in the medieval period 
  • Zooarchaeology, animal husbandry and agriculture

Henrice Altink

Professor in Modern History

Dept of History

henrice.altink@york.ac.uk

  • Caribbean Small Island Developing States
  • vulnerability
  • resilience
  • disaster

Orlagh Anderson

PhD Student

Dept of Biology

oha504@york.ac.uk

  • Microbiologyl
  • Anaerobic Cultivation
  • Metabolic Modelling
  • Bioinformatics

Oliver Andrews

Senior Lecturer

Dept of Environment & Geography

 oliver.andrews@york.ac.uk

  • Climate impacts
  • Numerical modelling
  • Marine biogeochemistry
  • Carbon cycle.

Rhys Archer

Research Fellow

SEI-York

  • Citizen Science
  • Mental Health
  • Air Quality
  • Materials Science
  • Equality

Chamley Ariyachandra

Post graduate researcher

Dept of Health Sciences

cla550@york.ac.uk
  • Sustainability
  • Planetary health
  • Consumer influence
 

Dr Kathryn Arnold

Professor in Ecology

Dept of Environment & Geography

kathryn.arnold@york.ac.uk

  • Environmental change
  • Chemical contaminants 
  • Habitat management

Elaine Azzopardi

Research Associate in Ecosystem and Culture Interrelations

Dept of Environment & Geography

elaine.azzopardi@york.ac.uk

  • Ecosystem and Culture Interrelations

  • Preserving and sustainably governing cultural heritage and landscapes in European coastal and maritime regions.

Gideon Baffoe

Lecturer

Dept of Environment & Geography

gideon.baffoe@york.ac.uk

  • Livelihood
  • Agricultural Systems
  • Climate adaptation

Geoff Bailey

Anniversary Professor of Archaeology (Emeritus)

Dept of Archaeology

  • Effects of rainforest fragmentation on plant communities and carbon stocks

Peter Ball

Professor of Operations Management

School for Business & Society

peter.ball@york.ac.uk

  • Operations,
  • Supply Chain
  • Practice sharing

Ian Bancroft

CNAP Chair of Plant Genomics

Dept of Biology

ian.bancroft@york.ac.uk

  • Genome evolution
  • Food security
  • Industrial biotechnology

Amy Barnes

Senior Research and Policy Fellow

Dept of Health Sciences

amy.barnes@york.ac.uk

  • Public health policy
  • Inequality
  • Living conditions
  • Community action to address wider determinants of health / improve living and environmental conditions, policy

Lauren Barnes

PhD Candidate

Dept of Biology/Leverhulme Centre for Anthropocene Biodiversity

rmz506@york.ac.uk

  • Rewilding
  • Human-animal coexistence
  • Socio-ecological systems

Iain Bate

Professor

Dept of Computer Science

Email via Web form Iain Baite

  • Anomaly detection of sensors
  • Sensor calibration
  • Robust environmental models
Colin Beale 

Professor, YESI Resilient Ecosystems Theme Co-Lead

Dept of Biology

colin.beale@york.ac.uk

  • Ecology
  • Conservation
  • Biodiversity

Stuart Bell

Professor

York Law School

  • Ecology of savannahs
  • Illegal wildlife trade and poaching, mostly East Africa

Ana Benavideslahnstein

Research Associate

Dept of Chemistry

ana.benavideslahnstein@york.ac.uk

  • Science education
  • environmental education

Sarah Bezan

Post Doctoral Researcher

Dept English/Leverhulme Centre for Anthropocene Biodiversity

sarah.bezan@york.ac.uk

  • Extinction studies

Karen Bloor

Professor of Health Economics and Policy

Dept of Health Sciences

karen.bloor@york.ac.uk

  • Economics of Health Policy
  • Labour Markets and Health

Claire Boardman

PhD Researcher

Dept of Archaeology

clb593@york.ac.uk

  • Coastal and island communities: managed loss and adaption
  • Heritage-led adaption and role of local/community GLAMs (Galleries, Libraries, Archives and Museums)
  • GIS & remote sensing in coastal heritage management particularly coastline/hinterland archaeology and large-scale, single-event loss of archaeology
  • Rewilding/Repeopling - business, politics and ethics
  • Sustainable rural/coastal/island enterprise.

Laura Bojke

Professor

Centre for Health Economics (CHE)

laura.bojke@york.ac.uk

  • Economics
  • Evaluation of climate change mitigation actions
  • Public-Health
  • System readiness for climate change environmental changes

Suranjana Bose

Green Chemistry Research Technician

Green Chemistry Centre of Excellence, Department of Chemistry

suranjana.bose@york.ac.uk

  • Bio-based mesoporous materials and food/ agricultural waste valorisation using green technologies
 

Carolyn Bowe

PhD Researcher

School of Arts and Creative Technologies & SEI York
  • Eco-Interation Design
  • Visualising problems,
  • Human-Nature relations

Alistair Boxall

Professor

Dept of Environment & Geography

alistair.boxall@york.ac.uk

  • Ecotoxicology
  • Environmental Chemistry
  • Pollution
  • Emerging Contaminants
  • Environmental Monitoring

Sarah Bridle 

Professor of Food, Climate and Society

Dept of Environment & Geography

sarah.bridle@york.ac.uk

 

Katherine Brookfield

Senior Lecturer

Dept of Environment & Geography

  • Age-friendly housing
  • Built environments
  • Planning policy and economic development strategies

Nik Brown

Professor 

Dept of Sociology

nik.brown@york.ac.uk

  • Public and Expert Understanding of Science
  • Sociology of Biotechnology
  • Animals in Medicine
  • AMR

Neil Bruce

Director of CNAP and Chair of Biotechnology

CNAP/Dept of Biology

neil.bruce@york.ac.uk

  • Environmental and Industrial Biotechnology

Daniel Bryant

Postdoctoral researcher

Dept of Chemistry

daniel.bryant@york.ac.uk

  • Air pollution
  • Analytical Chemistry

Sari Budisulistiorini

Post Doctoral Research Associate

Dept of Chemistry

sari.budisulistiorini@york.ac.uk

  • Aerosol,
  • Biomass burning,
  • Microplastic

Lindsey Buster

Post Doctoral Research Associate

Dept of Archaeology

lindsey.buster@york.ac.uk

  • Material culture
  • prehistory, deposition
 

Fanta Camara

Research Fellow

Institute for Safe Autonomy

fanta.camara@york.ac.uk

  • Robotics
  • Artificial Intelligence
  • Digital Twins

Howard Cambridge

Research Technical Support Manager

SEI York

howard.cambridge@york.ac.uk

  • Geography
  • Transport
  • Technology
  • Communication

Lucy Carpenter

Professor

Dept of Chemistry

Lucy.carpenter@york.ac.uk

  • Atmospheric chemistry
  • Ozone
  • Air pollution
  • Biogeochemical cycles

Jamie Carr

Postdoctoral Research Associate

Dept of Environment & Geography

jamie.carr@york.ac.uk

  • Biodiversity
  • Climate change
  • Governance
  • Sustainable development
 

Tadhg Carroll

Postdoctoral Research Associate

Leverhulme Centre for Anthropocene Biodiversity

tadhg.carroll@york.ac.uk

  • Applied Bayesian Statistics 
  • Biodiversity change in Anthropocene environments
  • Community ecology

Nic Carslaw

Professor in Indoor Air Chemistry

Dept of Environment & Geography

nicola.carslaw@york.ac.uk

  • Indoor air quality

Neil Carter

Professor of Politics

Dept of Politics & International Relations

neil.carter@york.ac.uk

  • Party politics of the environment
  • climate policy
  • environmental policy and polititics
  • climate
  • How political parties develop positions

Rosie Chance

Research Fellow

Department of Chemistry

rosie.chance@york.ac.uk

  • Biogeochemical cycles
  • Analytical Chemistry
  • Marine chemistry
  • Horticulture

Paul Chappell

Research Associate

Department of Sociology

paul.chappell@york.ac.uk

  • Sociology of Food, Health, and Research Methods

Sangeeta Chattoo

Associate Professor/Senior Research Fellow

Dept of Health Sciences

sangeeta.chattoo@york.ac.uk

  • Inequalities and health
  • Social policy
  • Citizenship;

Quinn Chen

PhD Student

Dept of Environment & Geography

qc788@york.ac.uk

  • Gender,
  • Climate Change
  • Urban

James Chong

Professor

Dept of Biology

james.chong@york.ac.uk

  • Anaerobic Digestion
  • Resource Recovery
  • Microbial Communities
 

Sonal Choudhary

Professor in Sustainable Management

School for Business & Society

sonal.choudhary@york.ac.uk

  • Food Systems Innovation
  • Digital Transformation
  • Resilient and Sustainable Supply Chains
  • Process Efficiency
  • Lean-Green
  • Circular Economy

Banki Chunwate

PhD Researcher

Dept of Environment & Geography

btc512@york.ac.uk

  • Land use change
  • Forest conservation
  • Ecoystem Sustainability
  • Environment and people

Steve Cinderby

Senior Researcher

SEI York & Dept of Environment & Geography

steve.cinderby@york.ac.uk

 

Lisa Clark

Lecturer

School for Business & Society

lisa.clark@york.ac.uk

  • HRM,
  • HRD,
  • Mental Health,
  • Green social prescribing
 

James Clarke

Professor 

Dept of Chemistry

james.clark@york.ac.uk

  • Green Chemistry
  • Waste Minimisation
  • Bioeconomy

Sabine Clarke

Senior Lecturer in Modern History

Dept of History

sabine.clarke@york.ac.uk

  • History of science
  • Technology and medicine
  • Empire

David Clayton

Senior Lecturer

Dept of History

David.clayton@york.ac.uk

  • Water Governance
 

Liam Clegg

Lecturer

Dept of Politics & International Relations

liam.clegg@york.ac.uk 

  • Sustainable development
  • local government
  • climate change
 

Martina Conti

Post Doctoral Research Associate

Dept of Chemistry

martina.conti@york.ac.uk

  • Amino acid racemisation dating, protein diagenesis
  • Understanding the impact of major cultural transitions on marine ecosystem functioning and biodiversity

Louise Cooke

Lecturer

Dept of Archaelogy

louise.cooke@york.ac.uk

  • Built Heritage
  • Conservation
  • Sustainability
 

Colin Courtney-Mustaphi

Researcher

Dept of Environment & Geography

  • Ecological responses to climate change
  • Human land-use modifications
  • Impacts of human activities as populations continue to rise

Peter Coventry

Senior Lecturer in Health Services Research

Dept of Health Sciences

peter.coventry@york.ac.uk

  • Mental health
  • natural environment
  • long term conditions

Cat Cowie

Research Associate

Dept Environment & Geography

catherine.cowie@york.ac.uk

  • Ecology and environmental management
  • Interdisciplinary research (social, economic, health, etc!)
  • Natural capital and ecosystem services

Kevin Cowtan

Professor

Dept of Chemistry

kevin.cowtan@york.ac.uk

  • Data analysis problems in molecular biology and climate science
  • Science communication and the motivated rejection of science

Oliver Craig

Professor of Archaeological Science, Deputy Head of Department

Dept of Archaeology

oliver.craig@york.ac.uk

  • Biomolecular archaeology
  • Paleodiet

Rob Critchlow

Post Doctoral Research Associate

Dept of Biology

rob.critchlow@york.ac.uk 

  • Spatial Ecology
  • Conservation Biology
  • Savanna ecosystems
 

Simon Croft

Research Fellow

SEI-York

simon.croft@york.ac.uk 

  • Supply chains
  • Agri-commodities
  • Food systems
  • Environmental impact assessment
 

Trish Darcy

Research Associate

Dept of Health Sciences

trish.darcy@york.ac.uk

  • Natural Environments and Health
  • Nature-Based Interventions
  • Mental Health and Multi-morbidity

Darpan Das

Lecturer

Dept of Environment & Geography

darpan.das@york.ac.uk

  • Air Pollution
  • Energy, Health
  • Exposure
 

Kanchon Dasmahapatra

Professor

Dept of Biology

kanchon.dasmahapatra@york.ac.uk

  • Ecology
  • Evolution
  • Butterflies

Bipasa Datta

Senior Lecturer

Dept of Economics & Related Studies

bipasa.datta@york.ac.uk

  • Climate Change
  • Regulation
  • R&D
  • Industrial Organisation
  • Environmental Economic issues
  • Gender inequality
  • Sustainable development

Helen Davies

Research Associate

Dept of Environment & Geography

helen.davies@york.ac.uk

  • Indoor Air Quality
  • Modelling of Indoor Air Chemistry

Katie Davis

Lecturer in Palaeobiology

Dept of Biology

katie.davis@york.ac.uk

  • Macroevoluntionary scale responses of tropical ecosystems to climate change
  • Past biodiversity change
  • Past climate change, ecological transitions, and biotic interactions as drivers of diversification.

Seth Davis

Professor in Biology; Chair of Plant Biology

Dept of Biology

seth.davis@york.ac.uk 

  • Genetics of climate movement of plants
  • Genomics of a industrial algae work water 
  • Waste remediation
 

Dan Day

Post-Doctoral Research Associate

Dept of Chemistry

dan.day@york.ac.uk

  • Green Chemistry
  • Polymer Synthesis

Gustav Delius

Senior Lecturer

Dept of Mathematics

gustav.delius@york.ac.uk

  • Sustainable fishing
  • Size-based ecosystem modelling
 

Katherine Denby

Professor of Sustainable Crop Production

Dept of Biology

katherine.denby@york.ac.uk

  • Crop improvement
  • Plant disease resistance
  • Vertical farming
  • Sustainable food systems
  • Plant-based proteins
 

Sebastian Deterding

Professor of Digital Creativity

School of Arts & Creative Technologies

sebastian.deterding@york.ac.uk

  • Gaming
  • Citizen Science

Alexandra Dias

Senior Lecturer in Actuarial Science

School for Business & Society

alexandra.dias@york.ac.uk

  • Dependence modelling
  • Extreme events
  • Insurance

Terry Dillon

Lecturer

Dept of Chemistry

terry.dillon@york.ac.uk

  • Gas-phase chemistry in both indoor and outdoor atmospheres
  • Impacts of cooking and cleaning on indoor air
  • Degradation of new “green” solvents
  • Photolysis of atmospheric carbonyl species

Frances Dixon

Communications Manager

SEI-York

frances.dixon@york.ac.uk

  • Communications
 

Bob Doherty

Dean of the School for Business and Society

School for Business & Society

bob.doherty@york.ac.uk 

  • Food Systems
  • Supply Chains
  • Fair Trade 
  • Social Enterprise
 

Tim Doran

Professor of Health Policy

Dept of Health Sciences

tim.doran@york.ac.uk

  • Health inequality

Truzaar Dordi

Lecturer

Dept of Environment & Geography

truzaar.dordi@york.ac.uk

  • Climate Finance
  • Energy Policy
  • Sustainability Transitions

Dusana Dorjee

Senior Lecturer in Psychology in Education

Dept of Education

dusana.dorjee@york.ac.uk

  • Mental health in schools
  • Wellbeing in schools
  • Mindfulness
 

Andy Dougill

Professor of Environmental Sustainability

Dept of Environment & Geography

andy.dougill@york.ac.uk

  • Food Systems
  • Drylands
  • Climate Adaptation
  • Land Degradation
 

Tom Dugmore

Lecturer

Dept of Chemistry

tom.dugmore@york.ac.uk

  • Green Chemistry
  • Food Waste
 

Lynda Dunlop

Senior Lecturer in Science Education

Dept of Education

lynda.dunlop@york.ac.uk

  • Climate change education
  • Environmental & sustainability education
  • Youth
  • Political participation
 

Barnaby Dye

Lecturer

Dept of Politics & International Relations

barnaby.dye@york.ac.uk

  • Electricity
  • Infrastructure
  • Political Economy
  • Political Ecology
 

Alison Dyke

Research Fellow

SEI York

alison.dyke@york.ac.uk

  • Sustainable Communities
  • Citizen Science

Calvin Dytham

Professor

Dept of Biology

calvin.dytham@york.ac.uk

  • Habitat Destruction
  • Biological Invasions
  • Ecological Modelling
  • Species Extinctions

Rhian Ebrey

Project Coordinator

SEI-Y

rhian.ebrey@york.ac.uk

 

Pete Edwards

Independent Research Fellow

Dept of Chemistry

pete.edwards@york.ac.uk

  • Soils and land degradation
  • Climate Services.

Ulrike Ehgartner

Research Associate

School for Business & Society

ulrike.ehgartner@york.ac.uk

  • Food Systems
  • Sustainable Consumption and Production
  • Sustainable Futures
  • Discourse Analysis
 

Helen Elsey

Professor of Public Health

Health Sciences/Hull York Medical School

helen.elsey@york.ac.uk

  • urbanisation,
  • health systems
  • inequities
  • wider determinants

Lisa Emberson

Professor

Dept of Environment & Geography

l.emberson@york.ac.uk

  • Air pollution
  • Climate change
  • Crop productivity
  • Forest productivity
  • Emissions

Jon Ensor

Professor

SEI York/Dept of Environment & Geography

jon.ensor@york.ac.uk

  • Climate change adaptation
  • Social justice
  • Rights-based approaches
  • Political capability

Mat Evans

Professor

Dept of Chemistry

mat.evans@york.ac.uk

  • Atmospheric Chemistry
  • Pollution
  • Numerical modelling of atmospheric chemistry
  • Climate change
 

Thomas Farmer

Dr

Dept of Chemistry

thomas.farmer@york.ac.uk

  • Green Chemistry
  • Clean synthesis
  • Bio-based chemicals
  • Sustainable chemistry
  • Heterogeneous catalysis
  • Microwave, flow and ultrasound reactors
  • Polymer synthesis and characterisation.

Bobby Farnan

Research Associate

SEI York

bobby.farnan@york.ac.uk

  • Environmental governance
  • Urban resilience
  • Technopolitics of infrastructure in South/Southeast Asia

Nicola Favretto

Research Associate

Dept of Environment & Geography

nicola.favretto@york.ac.uk

  • Sustainable and climate-resilient land management
  • Sustainable livelihoods development
  • Environmental policy and governance
  • Multi-stakeholder engagement
 

Ioan Fazey

Professor Social Dimensions of Environment and Change

Dept of Environment & Geography

ioan.fazey@york.ac.uk

  • Societal transformation
  • futures, resilience
 

Ambrose Field

Pro-Vice-Chancellor (Global Strategy)

VC's Department

ambrose.field@york.ac.uk

  • Arts and Humanities methodologies
  • Interdisciplinary creativity

Bryden Fields

Post Doctoral Research Associate

Dept of Biology

bryden.fields@york.ac.uk

  • evolutionary microbiology
  • rhizospheres
  • symbiosis
  • biocontrol
 

Jonathan Finch

Professor of Archaeology

Dept of Archaeology

jonathan.finch@york.ac.uk

  • Historical landscape
  • Rural poverty
  • Slavery
  • Commemoration

Sarah Foster

PhD Student

Department of Environment & Geography/Stockholm Environment Institute

sarah.foster@york.ac.uk

  • Arts-Based Environmental Education

Maria Franco Gavonel

Lecturer in Global Social Policy and International Development

School for Business & Society

maria.francogavonel@york.ac.uk

  • Migration;
  • Sustainable development
  • Human capital
 

Mark Freeman

Professor of Finance

School for Business & Society

mark.freeman@york.ac.uk

  • Intergenerational Discounting
  • Social Cost of Carbon
  • Cost-Benefit Analysis of Climate Change Mitigation
 

Richard Friend

Senior Lecturer

Dept of Environment & Geography

richard.friend@york.ac.uk

  • Climate change adaptation and resilience
  • Environment conflict and peace-building
  • Poverty and vulnerability
  • Social and environmental change 
  • Urbanisation
  • Water resource management

Philip Garnett

Senior Lecturer in Systems and Organisation

School for Business & Society

philip.garnett@york.ac.uk

  • Complex systems
  • Food systems
  • Food security
 

Ed Garrett

Lecturer

Dept of Environment & Geography

ed.garrett@york.ac.uk

  • Carbon storage in intertidal environments
  • Sea level studies

Roland Gehrels

Professor, Head of Department

Dept of Environment & Geography

roland.gehrels@york.ac.uk

  • Blue carbon storage
  • Carbon storage in intertidal environments
  • Sea level rise

Andrew Gibson

PhD Student

Leverhulme Centre for Anthropocene Biodiversity/Dept of Environment & Geography

bwm517@york.ac.uk

  • Environmental philosophy
  • Complex systems
  • Agricultural governance

Anna Gilbert

PhD Student

Dept of Environment & Geography

aerg500@york.ac.uk

  • Microplastic pollution in salt marshes

Graham Gill

Research Associate

Dept of Environment & Geography

 graham.gill@york.ac.uk

  • Governing for Urban Sustainability

Esther Githumbi

PhD Student

Dept of Environment & Geography

  • Wetland conservation
  • Wetland ecological studies
  • Temporal, spatial and social dynamics of human-landscape interaction in East Africa

Luke Gooding

Research Associate

SEI York

luke.gooding@york.ac.uk

  • Community engagement 
  • Transitions to net zero

Hilary Graham

Professor of Health Science

Dept of Health Sciences

hilary.graham@york.ac.uk

  • Climate change
  • Public health
  • Public perceptions
 

Ian Graham

Professor

CNAP/Dept of Biology

ian.graham@york.ac.uk

  • Plant Biology
  • Biochemical Genetics
  • Agricultural Biotechnology
  • Medicinal Crops
  • Synthetic Biology

Catherine Graves

Research Fellow

School of Arts & Creative Technologies

catherine.graves@york,ac.uk

  • Pro-environmental behaviour change
  • Environmental communication
 

Adam S Green

Lecturer in Sustainability

Dept of Archaeology/Dept of Environment & Geography

adam.green@york.ac.uk

  • Inequality
  • Agriculture
  • Water Management
  • Governance
 

Alex Green

Lecturer

York Law School

alex.green@york.ac.uk

  • Public International Law
  • Political Philosophy
  • Indigenous Justice

Jonathan Green

Senior Lecturer

SEI-York

jonathan.green@york.ac.uk

  • Bioidversity indicators
  • Metrics
  • Trade
 

Jean Grugel

Professor

Dept of Politics & International Relations/IGDC

jean.grugel@york.ac.uk

  • Governance
  • Human rights
  • Political Economy
  • Democracy
  • Citizenship

Jacqui Hamilton

Professor

Dept of Chemistry

 jacqui.hamilton@york.ac.uk

  • Tropical forest fragmentation, loss and degradation
  • Measuring VOCs in the atmosphere
  • Measuring VOC emissions from different sources

Shane Hamilton

Reader in Strategy, Management and Society

School for Business & Society

shane.hamilton@york.ac.uk 

  • History of agribusiness
  • Technological innovation and maintenance
  • Regulation
  • International business
  • Agrifood and environmental sustainability
 

Anika N. Haque

Lecturer

Dept of Environment & Geography

anika.haque@york.ac.uk

  • Climate change adaptation
  • Gender inequality/vulnerability
  • Global South Cities
  • Energy transition

Laura Harrison

Research Associate

Dept of Environment & Geography

laura.harrison@york.ac.uk

  • Ecosystem services
  • Nature Connection
  • Mental Health
  • Food systems

Jack Hatfield

Postdoctoral Research Associate

Dept of Biology/Leverhulme Centre for Anthropocene Biodiversity

jack.hatfield@york.ac.uk

  • Biodiversity
  • Global change
  • Ecology
 

Lenka Havlickova

Research Associate

Dept of Biology

lenka.havlickova@york.ac.uk

 

Andreas Heinemeyer

Associate Professor (Senior Researcher SEI-Y)

SEI-Y/Dept of Environment & Geography

andreas.heinemeyer@york.ac.uk

  • Peatlands
  • Ecosystem services
  • Carbon storage
  • GHG emissions
 

Tony Heron

Professor of International Political Economy

Dept of Politics & International Relations

tony.heron@york.ac.uk

  • Political economy of trade
  • global food systems
  • global value chains
  • UK trade policy
  • Environmental governance

Fiona Hibbert

Research Associate

Dept of Environment & Geography

fiona.hibbert@york.ac.uk

  • Sea-level change
  • Palaeoenvironments 
  • Palaeoclimates

Kevin Hicks

Senior Researcher

SEI York

kevin.hicks@york.ac.uk

  • Air Pollution
  • Climate Change
  • Integrated Nitrogen Management

Jane Hill

Professor of Ecology, Associate Dean for Research (Sciences)

Dept of Biology

jane.hill@york.ac.uk

  • Biodiversity,
  • Climate change
  • Tropical ecology
 

Jon Hill

Senior Lecturer

Dept of Environment & Geography

jon.hill@york.ac.uk

  • Tsunami risk to the UK
  • Environmental impacts of marine tidal devices
  • Ancient epicontinental seas

Eric Hoddy

Lecturer

Dept of Politics & International Relations/Centre for Applied Human Rights

eric.hoddy@york.ac.uk

  • Climate
  • Development
  • Human rights
  • Post-conflict
 

Mark Hodson

Professor

Dept of Environment & Geography

mark.hodson@york.ac.uk

  • Soil
  • Earth surface geochemistry
  • Earthworms
 

Ceri Holman

PhD Student

Dept of Education

crh560@york.ac.uk

  • Environmental education
  • Sustainability
  • Deliberative democracy
  • Youth climate activism
 

Naomi Holmes

Lecturer in Environmental Education

Depts of Education/Environment & Geography

 naomi.holmes@york.ac.uk

  • Environmental education
  • Climate change education
  • Citizen science / science accessibility
  • Outdoor learning
  • Past environmental change
Zheng-Hong Kong

Postgraduate Research Student

Dept of Environment & Geography

zk674@york.ac.uk

  • Restoration ecology
  • Environmental management
  • Rural sustainable development
 

Jonathan Hook

Senior Lecturer in Interactive Media

School of Arts & Creative Technologies

jonathan.hook@york.ac.uk

  • Responsive video,
  • Immersive technology, and its application for social good
 

Janina Hossbach

Research Technician

Dept of Biology

janina.hossbach@york.ac.uk

  • Lignocellulose
  • Enzymology
  • Biotechnology

Bailey House

Lecturer

Dept of Psychology

bailey.house@york.ac.uk

  • Social Norms
  • Cooperation and Prosocial Behaviour
  • Cross-cultural studies

Sally Howlett

Centre Manager

Leverhulme Centre for Anthorpocene Biodiversity

sally.howlett@york.ac.uk

 

Luisa Huatuco

Reader in Operations Management

School for Business & Society

luisa.huatuco@york.ac.uk 

  • Complexity
  • Supply Chains
  • Sustainability, Resilience
 

Paul Hudson

Lecturer in Environmental Economics

Dept of Environment & Geography

paul.hudson@york.ac.uk

  • Climate Change Adapation
  • Disaster risk management
  • Flooding
  • Nature-based solouions/blue carbon
 

Liz Hurrell

Associate Lecturer

Dept of Environment & Geography

liz.hurrell@york.ac.uk

  • Teaching and learning (climate education)
  • EDI in Env Sciences
  • Palaeoscience in East Africa
 

Glenn Hurst

Associate Prof Green Chemistry Education

Dept of Chemistry

glenn.hurst@york.ac.uk

  • Systems thinking
  • Sustainability Education
  • Green Chemistry
 

Phil Ineson

Professor

Dept of  Biology

  • Role of soils in global change 
  • Application of stable isotope approaches to ecological research
  • Carbon cycling in forests

Samarul Islam

Research Associate

Dept of Health Sciences

samarul.islam@york.ac.uk

  • Air Pollution
  • Climate Change 
  • Health

Rowena Jacobs

Professor of Health Economics

Centre for Health Economics (CHE)

rowena.jacobs@york.ac.uk

  • Mental health economics
  • Relationship between environment and mental health
 

Anthonia James

Head of the York Policy Engine (TYPE)

TYPE

type@york.ac.uk

 

Juliet James

PGR Officer

SAS

juliet.james@york.ac.uk

 

Mark Jenner

Professor

Dept of History

mark.jenner@york.ac.uk

  • C16-C19 History
  • Pollution
  • Water
  • Health
 

Eleanor Jew

Lecturer in Environment and Development

Dept of Environment & Geography

eleanor.jew@york.ac.uk

  • Agriculture
  • Land use change
  • Biodiversity conservation
  • Livelihoods

Jeff Jia

Professor

School for Business & Society

fu.jia@york.ac.uk

  • Food Policy
  • Supply Chains

Steven Johnson

Professor

School of Physics, Engineering & Technology

steven.johnson@york.ac.uk

  • Analytical technologies;
  • Equitable/ appropriate technology

Tom Johnston

Research Fellow

Dept of Health Sciences

tom.johnston@york.ac.uk

  • Using routine health data for epidemiology
  • Global patterns of cancer incidence
  • Infection-related malignancies

Matthew Jones

Research Associate

Dept of Chemistry

matthew.jones@york.ac.uk

  • Marine chemistry
  • Ocean Acidification
  • Nutrient Biogeochemistry
  • Analytical Chemistry

Mohammed Kamal Jibril

PhD Student

Dept of Politics & International Relations

mj1293@york.ac.uk

  • Climate change
  • Communal conflict 
  • Poverty

Ariadne Kapetanaki

Senior Lecturer in Marketing

School for Business & Society

ariadne.kapetanaki@york.ac.uk

  • Food consumption
  • Food policies
  • Food practices
  • Social marketing
 

Dimitar Kazakov

Senior Lecturer

Dept of Computer Science

dlk2@york.ac.uk

  • Artificial Intelligence
  • Machine Learning
  • Natural Language Processing

Lina Khattab

Doctoral Researcher

School for Business & Society

lk911@york.ac.uk

  • Water demand management
  • Households' water efficiency/conservation 
  • Social marketing interventions

Danson Kimani

Senior Lecturer in Accounting and Finance

School for Business & Society

danson.kimani@york.ac.uk

  • Biodiversity Accounting
  • Extinction Accounting
  • Social and Environmental Accounting
  • Corporate Governance
 

Joshua Kirshner

Senior Lecturer

Dept of Environment & Geography

joshua.kirshner@york.ac.uk

  • Energy transition,
  • Resources extraction,
  • Urban and regional planning,
  • Commodity frontiers
 

Alana Kluczkovski

Research Associate

Dept of Biology

alana.kluczkovski@york.ac.uk

  • Food system
  • Hybrid business
  • Indoor farming
  • Education and sustainability
 

Marina Knight

Professor

Dept of Mathematics

marina.knight@york.ac.uk

  • Multiscale methods
  • Nonparametric statistics
  • Analysis and forecasting of non-stationary time series

Sarah Knight

ESRC Postdoctoral Fellow

Dept of Environment & Geography

sarah.knight@york.ac.uk

  • Greenspace
  • Biodiversity
  • Well-being
  • GIS
 

Judith Krauss

Lecturer

Dept of Politics & International Relations/IGDC

judith.krauss@york.ac.uk

  • Sustainable value chains
  • Decolonising conservation
  • Political ecology
  • Human-wildlife interactions
 

Thomas Krauss

Professor of Photonics

School of Physics, Engineering & Technology

thomas.krauss@york.ac.uk

  • Photonic Crystals & Nanostructures
  • Optical Biosensors
  • Semiconductor Nanofabrication
  • Metasurfaces

Melanie Kreye

Professor of Operations and Supply Chain Management

School for Business & Society

melanie.kreye@york.ac.uk

  • Service operations
  • Manufacturing
  • Circular supply chains
  • Sustainable supply chains
 

Johan Kuylenstierna

Reader / Research Leader

SEI York

  • Multiple beneifts of mitigiation strategies
  • Health and crop impacts of air pollution
  • Linkages with SDG goal attainment
  • Integrated tools for emissions and impact assessment
  • Urban scale and national scale mitigation/benefit studies 
  • Capacity building

Katie Lamb

Postdoctoral Research Associate

Green Chemistry Centre of Excellence, Dept of Chemistry

katie.lamb@york.ac.uk

  • Carbon dioxide utilisation
  • Carbon capture and storage
  • Green chemistry
  • catalysis, homogenous and heterogeneous catalysts, metal catalysis
  • Clean organic synthesis 
  • Sustainable chemistry.

Richard Law

Emeritus Professor

Dept of Mathematics/Dept of Biology

richard.law@york.ac.uk

  • Ecology
  • Evolution
  • Fisheries
 

Mark Leake

Professor and Anniversary Chair of Biological Physics

School of Physics, Engineering & Technology

mark.leake@york.ac.uk

  • Biophysics
  • Single-molecule microscopy

Katie Lee

PhD Student

Dept of Enviroment & Geography

kl909@york.ac.uk

  • Tidal dynamics (Great Barrier Reef)
  • Coral reef ecology

Alastair Lewis

Professor of atmospheric chemistry

Dept of Chemistry

  • Chemical metrology
  • Gas phase atmospheric chemistry
  • Air pollution

Tonghua Li

PhD Student

Department of Politics and International Relations/ Stockholm Environment Institute

tonghua.li@york.ac.uk

  • Food security
  • Geopolitics
  • Political economy of international relations
  • Environmental sustainability

Philip Linsley

Professor of Accounting & Risk

School for Business & Society

philip.linsley@york.ac.uk

  • SROI, social return on investment,
  • Social value

Felicia Liu

Lecturer in Sustainability

Dept of Environment & Geography

felicia.liu@york.ac.uk

  • Sustainable finance
  • Green fintech
  • Seasonality
  • Southeast Asia

Hien Luong

PhD Student

Dept of Biology

hvl511@york.ac.uk

  • Biodiversity credit
 

Jean McKendree

Research Fellow

SEI York

jean.mckendree@york.ac.uk

  • Citizen science and participatory research projects
  • Engaging industry with communities
  • Innovative approaches to sustainability

Simon Mair

Lecturer in Sustainability

Dept of Environment & Geography

simon.mair@york.ac.uk

  • Post-growth
  • Ecological economics
  • Heterodox economics
  • Post-capitalism
 

Andy Maneffa

PhD candidate, 

Green Chemistry Centre for Excellence (GCCE), Dept of Chemistry

ajm617@york.ac.uk 

  • Food waste
  • Natural Humectants and Plasticisers

Rob Marchant

Professor of Tropical Ecology

Dept of Environment & Geography

robert.marchant@york.ac.uk

  • Ecosystems,
  • Conservation,
  • Palaeoecology,
  • Scenarios
 

Daryl Martin

Senior Lecturer

Dept of Sociology

daryl.martin@york.ac.uk

  • Architecture
  • Health
  • Urban

Inês Martins

Fellow in Anthropocene Biodiversity and Societal Change

Dept of Biology

ines.martins@york.ac.uk

  • Macroecology
  • Biodiversity change
  • Trait ecology
  • Spatio-temporal patterns
  • Land-use change

Amanda Mason-Jones

Senior Lecturer in Global Health

Dept of Health Sciences

amanda.mason-jones@york.ac.uk

  • Violence prevention
  • Sexual and Reproductive health
  • Health systems

Avtar Matharu

Deputy Director of the Green Chemistry Centre of Excellence (GCCE)

Dept of Chemistry

avtar.matharu@york.ac.uk

  • Green and Sustainable Chemistry
  • Waste valorisation
  • Renewable Resources

Debbie Maxwell

Lecturer

School of Arts & Creative Technologies

debbie.maxwell@york.ac.uk

  • Participatory design
  • User experience design
  • Interactive media
 

Colin Mclean

Senior Lecturer

Dept of Environment & Geography 

colin.mcclean@york.ac.uk

  • Spatial analysis
  • Geography
  • Ecology
 

Lucy McMahon

PhD researcher/ Associate Lecturer

Dept of Environment & Geography

lm1536@york.ac.uk

  • Blue carbon
  • Nature-based solutions
  • Coastal restoration
  • Marine science

Jon Mee

Professor of Eighteenth Century Studies

Dept of English/Centre for Eighteenth Century Studies

jon.mee@york.ac.uk 

  • Romanticism;
  • Industrial revolution;
  • Medical and environmental history
 

Eleni Michalopoulou

Research Associate

SEI York

  • Air quality
  • Climate Change
  • Policy

Lisa Miller

Postdoctoral Research Associate

School of Physics, Engineering & Technology

lisa.miller@york.ac.uk 

  • Biosensor surface chemistry

Paul Mitchell

Professor

Physics, Engineering & Technology

paul.mitchell@york.ac.uk 

  • Wireless communications
  • Underwater networks
 

James Moir

Professor of Microbiology

Dept of Biology

james.moir@york.ac.uk

  • Microbiology
  • Bioremediation
  • Nitrogen cycling

Sarah Moller

Knowledge Exchange and Senior Research Fellow

Dept of Chemistry

sarah.moller@york.ac.uk

  • Air pollution
  • Interface between air quality research and policy

Alfred Moore

Senior Lecturer

Dept of Politics & International Relations

alfred.moore@york.ac.uk

  • Democracy
  • Politics of expertise
  • Science
  • Governance
 

Joanne Morris

PhD Student

SEI York

  • Managing Water and Food Systems in the Volta and Niger basins
  • Sustainable agricultural development for future livelihood resilience and food security

Nils Morozs

Research Associate

School of Physics, Engineering & Technology

nils.morozs@york.ac.uk

  • Underwater sensor networks

Jeremy Moutlon

Lecturer

Dept of Politics & International Relations

jeremy.moulton@york.ac.uk

  • European Union
  • China
  • Climate change
  • Renewables
 

Damian Murphy

Professor of Sound and Music Computing

School of Physics, Engineering & Technology

damian.murphy@york.ac.uk

  • Acoustic Environments
  • Acoustic Modelling
  • Music Synthesis
  • Spatial Audio

Peg Murray-Evans

Lecturer

Dept of Politics & International Relations

  • Global governance including global climate governance
  • The role of 'rising powers' (especially south africa) in global governance

Ellie Nelson

PhD Student

Dept of Chemistry

efn509@york.ac.uk

  • Amino acid geochronology
  • Ocean biodiversity
  • Biogeochemistry

Rob Newton

Professor in Clinical Epidemiology

Dept of Health Sciences

Robert.Newton@york.ac.uk

  • Infections and cancer
  • Immune suppression and cancer
  • Cancer in developing countries

Stella Nwawulu Chiemela

Postgraduate researcher

Interdisciplinary Global Development Centre

snc517@york.ac.uk

  • Agroecosystems, adaptation
  • Human security (environmental security, livelihood and food security)
  • Food systems

Olufemi Olayiwola

Research Fellow

Institute for Safe Autonomy

olufemi.olayiwola@york.ac.uk

  • Energy
  • Sustainability
  • Photovoltaics
  • Infrastructure

Bethan O'Leary

Research Associate

Dept of Enviroment & Geography

bethan.oleary@york.ac.uk

  • Marine environmental management
  • Policy
  • Marine protected areas
  • Spatial planning

Kennedy Osuka Edeye

Research Associate

Dept of Mathematics

kennedy.osuka@york.ac.uk

  • Fish ecologist
  • Pyramid of Life
  • Marine Ecosystem models
  • Interactions between marine habitats, fish communities and humans
  • Coral reef resilience, management and conservation 
  • Policies on small-scale fisheries.

Gracia Paramitha

PhD Student

Dept of Politics & International Relations

gp791@york.ac.uk

  • Bilateral climate change partnership in Indonesia

Simon Parker

Professor

Dept of Politics & International Relations

  • Cities
  • Migration
  • Inequality

Karen Parkhill

Reader

Dept of Environment & Geography

karen.parkhill@york.ac.uk

  • Energy
  • Environment
  • Attitudes
  • Emergent Technology
 

Joy Parvin 

Director of CIEC

Dept of Chemistry

joy.parvin@york.ac.uk

  • Primary School Sustainable Education
 

Dr Rachel Pateman

Researcher

SEI York

rachel.pateman@york.ac.uk

  • Citizen science
  • Greenspaces,
  • Wellbeing

Ruth Penfold-Mounce

Professor

Dept of Sociology

ruth.penfold-mounce@york.ac.uk

  • Death studies - the dead body as waste (necrowaste)

Kirsty Penkman

Professor in Analytical Chemistry

Dept of Chemistry

kirsty.penkman@york.ac.uk

  • Palaeoclimate
  • Corals
  • Shells
 

Abi Perrin

PDRA in cyanobacterial cell biology

Dept of Biology

abi.perrin@york.ac.uk

  • Microalgae
  • Photosynthesis
  • Communication/education

Robin Perutz

Emeritus Professor

Dept of Chemistry

Robin.Perutz@york.ac.uk

  • Solar energy conversion
  • Solar fuels

Hanna Pettersson

Post Doctoral Research Associate

Leverhulme Centre for Anthropocene Biodiversity

hanna.pettersson@york.ac.uk

  • Conservation,
  • Human-wildlife interactions,
  • Rewilding
 

Sagarmoy Phukan

PhD Student

SEI York

sagarmoy.phukan@york.ac.uk

  •  Citizen Science in India
  • Climate change mitigation and adaptation in urban areas
  • Air Pollution monitoring

Andrew Pickering

Reader

Dept of Economics & Related Studies

andrew.pickering@york.ac.uk

  • Political economics
 

Kate Pickett

Professor of Epidemiology

Dept of Health Sciences

kate.pickett@york.ac.uk

  • Social determinants of health and wellbeing
 

Toby Pillatt

Research Associate

Dept of Archaeology

toby.pillatt@york.ac.uk

  • Trees
  • Landscape History
  • Community Engagement
 

Stephanie Piper

Associate Lecturer

Dept of Archaeology

stephanie.piper@york.ac.uk 

  • Coasts
  • Hunter gatherers
  • Prehistory

Jon Pitchford

Professor

Depts of Biology/Dept of Mathematics

jon.pitchford@york.ac.uk

  • Mathematics
  • Ecology
  • Uncertainly
  • Marine systems
 

Michael Plevin

Senior Lecturer

Dept of Biology

michael.plevin@york.ac.uk

  • Proteins
  • Nucleic Acids

Andrew Pomfret

Senior Lecturer

School of Physics, Engineering & Technology

andrew.pomfret@york.ac.uk

  • Avionics
  • Cognitive Networking
  • Control Engineering
  • Multi-Agent Systems

Ben Powell

Lecturer in statistics

Dept of Mathematics

ben.powell@york.ac.uk

  • Bayesian Analysis
  • Statistics
  • Probability

Maddy Power

Wellcome Trust Research Fellow

Dept of Health Sciences

madeleine.power@york.ac.uk

  • Food charity
  • Food insecurity
  • Poverty
  • Participatory research

Shainur Premji

Research Fellow

Centre for Health Economics

Shainur.premji@york.ac.uk

  • Costs and benefits of climate change adaptation and mitigation efforts for whole populations and sub populations
 

Lluis Puig Gonzalez

Postgraduate Researcher

Dept of Environment & Geography

lluis.puiggonzalez@york.ac.uk

  • Environmental economics
  • Game theory
  • Industrial organisation
  • Design mechanisms and institutions
  • Network economics

Ruth Purvis

Research Fellow

Dept of Chemistry

 ruth.purvis@york.ac.uk

  • Oil and gas emissions both onshore and offshore
  • Air quality

Dmitri (Mitya) Pushkin

Senior Lecturer

Dept of Mathematics

mitya.pushkin@york.ac.uk

  • Fluid Dynamics, 
  • Soft Matter in Physics and Biology

Katie Pybus

Lecturer in Mental Health

Dept of Health Sciences

katie.pybus@york.ac.uk

  • Mental health and social security
  • Socioeconomic context of mental health and stigma
  • Structural forms of stigma
  • Public attitudes towards mental illness and experiences of stigma 

Deborah Quilgars

Senior Research Fellow

Centre for Housing Policy

deborah.quilgars@york.ac.uk

  • Homelessness and Supported Housing
  • Young People and Housing
  • Housing Services for Veterans

Raeni Raeni

Research Associate

Stockholm Environment Institute - York

raeni.raeni@york.ac.uk

  • Climate finance
  • accountability
  • transparency,
  • traceability infrastructure
  • climate governance.

Juan Ramon Candia

PhD Researcher, Research Assistant

School for Busines & Society

jr.candia@york.ac.uk

  • Business and Climate Change
  • Digital Solutions
  • New Business Models
 

Kelly Redeker

Lecturer

Dept of Biology

kelly.redeker@york.ac.uk

  • Sustainable land use change
  • Sustainable agriculture
  • Waste and water
  • Climate change
 

Ethan Redmond

PhD Student

Dept of Biology

er1068@york.ac.uk

  • Plant science
  • Mathematical biology
  • Transcriptomics
  • Environmental responses

Darren Reed

Senior Lecturer

Dept of Sociology

darren.reed@york.ac.uk

  • Technology Design
  • Embodied Interaction
  • Environmental sensors

Paul Revill

Professor

Centre for Health Economics

paul.revill@york.ac.uk

  • Resource allocation in health
  • HIV
  • Public health
 

Andrew Rickard

Senior Research Fellow

Dept of Chemistry

andrew.rickard@york.ac.uk

Elva Robinson

Professor in Ecology

Dept of Biology

elva.robinson@york.ac.uk

  • Behavioural ecology,
  • Social insects,
  • Ants,
  • Invasive species

Laura Robinson

Professor of Oceans, Climate and Society

Dept of Environment & Geography

laura.f.robinson@york.ac.uk

  • Deep sea exploration
  • Biodiversity
  • Aquaculture
  • Past Climate Change
  • Chemical Oceanography

Harry Robson

Postdoctoral Research Associate

Dept of Archaeology

harry.robson@york.ac.uk

  • Freshwater and marine resource exploitation

Alberto Roca Florido

Postdoctoral Fellow

Dept of Environment & Geography

alberto.rocaflorido@york.ac.uk

  • Socioeconomic and environmental impact assessment

Jo Rose

Senior Lecturer

Dept of Health Sciences

jo.rose@york.ac.uk

  • Humanitarian,
  • Conflicts,
  • Disasters and poverty
 

Julie Rugg

Senior Lecturer

School for Business & Society

julie.rugg@york.ac.uk

  • Deathscapes
 

Liz Rylott

Lecturer

Dept of Biology

liz.rylott@york.ac.uk

  • Phytoremediation
  • Phytomining
  • Metals
  • Pharmaceuticals
 

Smriti Safaya

Postdoctoral Fellow

Depts of Environment & Geography/Dept of Education 

ss2843@york.ac.uk

  • Citizen Science
  • Environmental Education
  • Youth Participatory Action Research

Marco Sakai

Lecturer

Dept of Environment & Geography

marco.sakai@york.ac.uk

  • Climate change economics
  • Mitigation and adaptation
  • Energy-economy modelling

Paulo Santos Monteiro

Senior Lecturer

Dept of Economics & Related Studies

paulo.santosmonteiro@york.ac.uk

  • Applied econometrics
  • Macroeconomic policy,
  • International economics, and labour economics
  • Macroeconomic stabilization policies, trade and business cycles
  • Automatic stabilizers and social insurance programs.

John Schofield

Professor

Dept of Archaeology

john.schofield@york.ac.uk

  • Heritage
  • Contemporary Archaeology
  • Material Culture

Sarah Scriven

Postdoctoral Research Associate

Dept of Biology/Leverhulme Centre for Anthropocene Biodiversity

sarah.scriven@york.ac.uk

  • Conservation
  • Habitat Fragmentation
  • Tropical Ecology

Katherine Selby

Senior Lecturer in Physical Geography, Director of the School of Natural Sciences

Dept of Environment & Geography/School of Natural Sciences

katherine.selby@york.ac.uk

  • Sea level change,
  • Coastal environments
 

Kexin Shao

Postgraduate Researcher 

Dept of Economics & Related Studies

ks1912@york.ac.uk

  • Environment Economics
  • Microeconomics theory

Rebecca Shepherd

PhD Student

Dept of Environment & Geography

qrd512@york.ac.uk

  • Gender
  • Development
  • Climate Change

James Sherwood

Research Fellow

Dept of Chemistry

james.sherwood@york.ac.uk

  • Sustainability metrics
  • Bioeconomy
 

Kamran Siddiqi

Professor

Dept of Health Sciences

  • Non-communicable diseases in low- and middle-income countries 
  • Tobacco control
  • Developing and evaluating public health interventions

Freya Sierhuis

Senior Lecturer

Dept of English

freya.sierhuis@york.ac.uk

  • Ecocriticism
  • Climate fiction

Joe Simpson

Research Assistant

SEI-York/Department of Environment & Geography

joe.simpson@york.ac.uk

  • Sustainable Consumption and Production
 

John Slattery 

Senior Lecturer

Dept of Chemistry

john.slattery@york.ac.uk

  • Sustainable solvents
  • Ionic liquids
  • Catalysis

Stephen Smith

Professor in Electronic Engineering/Deputy Head of School (Research)

School of Physics, Engineering & Technology

stephen.smith@york.ac.uk

  • Interpretable Machine Learning
  • Biomedical Data Analysis

Sharvini Siva Raman

Research Fellow

Dept of Environment & Geography

sharvini.sivaraman@york.ac.uk

  • Energy
  • Policy
  • Environment
  • Waste

Jessica Slater

Research Associate

SEI York

jessica.slater@york.ac.uk

  • Climate and air quality

Carolyn Snell

Reader in Social Policy

School for Business & Society

carolyn.snell@york.ac.uk

  • Net Zero transition
  • Fuel poverty
  • Climate policy
  • Environmental crime
 

Bryce Stewart

Senior Lecturer (Associate Professor)

Dept of Environment & Geography

bryce.stewart@york.ac.uk

  • Fisheries
  • Marine Conservation
  • Marine Protected Areas

James Stockdale

Associate Lecturer

Dept of Biology

james.stockdale@york.ac.uk

  • Biogeochemical cycles of carbon and nitrogen
  • Novel technologies and green house gases

Emilie Stokeld

Research Trainee

SEI-York/Dept of Environment & Geography

emilie.stokeld@york.ac.uk

  • Climate change
  • Agriculture
  • Trade
 

Lindsay Stringer

Professor in Environment and Development; YESI Director

Dept of Environment & Geography

lindsay.stringer@york.ac.uk

  • Drylands
  • Policy
  • Human-environment links
 

Daryl Stump

Lecturer in Sustainability

Dept of Archaeology/Dept of Environment & Geography

daryl.stump@york.ac.uk

  • Sustainable agriculture
  • Historical ecology
  • Africa
 

Raveena M.  Tamoria

Research Student

Dept of Archaeology

rmt537@york.ac.uk

  • Cultural Heritage
  • Marine debris
  • Plastic pollution

Megan Tarrant

PhD Student

Dept of Politics & International Relations, Dept of Environment & Geography/ LCAB

mrt537@york.ac.uk

  • Human rights
  • Conservation
 

Dr Samarthia Thankappan

Senior Lecturer

Dept of Environment & Geography

samarthia.thankappan@york.ac.uk

  • Sustainability and the agri-food sector
  • Sustainability and the automotive sector
  • Environment, society & governance

Chris Thomas

Director of the Leverhulme Centre for Anthropocene Biodiversity

Leverhulme Centre for Anthropocene Biodiversity/Dept of Biology

chris.thomas@york.ac.uk

  • Biodiversity
  • Ecology
  • Evolution
  • Conservation
 

Maya Thomas

PhD Student

Dept of Education

mbt523@york.ac.uk 

  • Environmental Activism
  • Citizenship
  • Education
 

Sean Thomas

Reader

York Law School

sean.thomas@york.ac.uk

  • Circular Economy
  • Smart Technology
  • Waste
 

Dr Simon Thomas

Research Associate

Dept of Environment & Geography

 simon.f.thomas@york.ac.uk

  • Fisheries science for data limited species
  • Stakeholder engagement
  • Elasmobranch research
  • Environmental modelling

Jacco Thijssen

Professor

Dept of Mathematics

  • Investment under Uncertainty
  • Applications of Optimal Stopping Theory
  • Timing Games
  • Theory of Incomplete Markets

Michael Thornton

Professor, Head of Department

Dept of Economics & Related Studies

michael.thornton@york.ac.uk

  • Time series econometrics
 

Sylvia Toet

Senior lecturer in Environmental biogeochemistry

Dept of Environment & Geography

sylvia.toet@york.ac.uk

  • Climate change
  • Pollution
  • Carbon and nutrient cycling
  • Automated field equipment for greenhouse gas fluxes

Thierry Tonon

Lecturer in Algal Biology

Dept of Biology

thierry.tonon@york.ac.uk

  • Algae
  • Biology
  • Biomass
  • Valorisation
 

Julia Touza

Reader in Environmental Economics

Dept of Environment & Geography

julia.touza@york.ac.uk

  • Economics of Biodiversity
  • Conservation
  • Natural Resource Management
  • Trade and Invasive Species

Agnieszka Trzeciakiewicz

Lecturer in Accounting and Finance

School for Business and Society

a.trzeciakiewicz@york.ac.uk

  • Corporate finance
  • Esg reporting

Rebecca Tunstall

Professor

Centre for Housing Policy

becky.tunstall@york.ac.uk

  • Social Housing
  • Neighbourhoods
  • Inequality

Daniel Turk

PhD Student

Dept of Biology

djt550@york.ac.uk

  • Ecosystem Services
  • Biodiversity
  • Ecological Restoration

Richard Tutton

Senior Lecturer and Co-Director of Science & Technology Studies Unit (SATSU)

Dept of Sociology

richard.tutton@york.ac.uk

  • Social Studies of Outer Space
  • Sociology of the Future

Roddy Vann

Professor

School of Physics, Engineering & Technology

roddy.vann@york.ac.uk

  • Plasma Physics & Fusion

Alison Wallace

Senior Lecturer in Social Policy and Housing

Centre for Housing Policy

alison.wallace@york.ac.uk

  • Homeownership

Pegine Walrad

Senior Lecturer

Dept of Biology

pegine.walrad@york.ac.uk

  • Parasite lifecycle trans-regulators that promote virulence

Abba Waziri Ngurno

PhD researcher

Dept of Environment & Geography

awn505@york.ac.uk

  • Climate Smart Agriculture
  • Climate resilience Development
  • Smallholder farmers

Helen Weatherly

Professor

Centre for Health Economics (CHE)

helen.weatherly@york.ac.uk

  • Economic evaluation
  • Social care
  • Public health
 

Victoria Wells

Professor of Sustainable Management

School for Business & Society

victoria.wells@york.ac.uk

  • Consumer sustainability
  • Social sustainability
  • Sustainable marketing
  • Employee environmental behaviour
 

Chris West

Deputy Director (Research)

SEI York

chris.west@york.ac.uk

  • Trade
  • Deforestation
  • Biodiversity
  • Climate
 

Sarah West

Director

SEI York

sarah.west@york.ac.uk

  • Citizen science
  • Air pollution
  • Participation
  • Transdisciplinary
 

Piran White

Professor

Dept of Environment & Geography

piran.white@york.ac.uk

  • Ecology and management of wildlife populations
  • Environment and health economics of wildlife management
  • Wildlife diseases
 

Oliver Wilson

Knowledge Exchange Fellow

Dept of Environment & Geography

oliver.wilson@york.ac.uk

  • Biogeography
  • Ecology
  • Palaeoecology
  • Archaeology
 

Gavin Wright

Professor

Dept of Biology

gavin.wright@york.ac.uk

  • Host-pathogen interactions
  • Cell surface receptors
  • Malaria
  • Trypanosomiasis
 

Jerome Wright

Associate Professor 

Dept of Health Sciences

  • Mental health and wellbeing
  • Culture and health
  • Biomedicine and its relationship with indigenous knowledge
  • Social interventions and community engagement

Stephanie Wynne-Jones

Professor

Dept of Archaeology

stephanie.wynne-jones@york.ac.uk

  • Africanist Archaeology
  • Urbanism
  • Material culture
  • Community archaeology
  • East African heritage

Takashi Yamagata

Professor

Dept of Economics & Related Studies

takashi.yamagata@york.ac.uk

  • High-dimensional space-time statistical models
 

Amber Yeoman

Postdoctoral Research Associate

Dept of Chemistry

amber.yeoman@york.ac.uk

  • Indoor air quality
  • Volatile organic compounds
  • Inhalation exposure

Jacqueline You

Lecturer (Assistant Professor)

School for Business & Society

Jacqueline.jingyou@york.ac.uk

  • Organisational Resilience & Sustainability
  • Innovation
  • Strategy 
  • Business ecosystems

Jun Yuan

Professor 

School of Physics, Engineering & Technology

jun.yuan@york.ac.uk

  • Nanophysics and Nanomaterials
  • Electron Energy Loss Spectroscopy
  • Aberration-Free Electron Microscopy

Xun Zhou

Lecturer in Environmental Economics

Dept of Environment & Geography

xun.zhou@york.ac.uk

  • Environment and climate policy
  • Eco-efficiency
  • Ecosystem valuation
 

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