Team Leader
Current Members

Francesca Fehblerg (PhD Student)
I'm a PhD student based at the University of Edinburgh. My research uses passive acoustic monitoring to understand how various restoration and vegetation types impact avian species richness in the West Sudanian Savannas of Africa.

Tani Hackney (PhD Student)
I'm a PhD student based primarily at the University of Bristol. My research uses large global datasets to understand the efficacy of protected areas in promoting functional diversity and resilience of waterbird populations, especially in facilitating their ability to resist and recover from current and future threats.

Iona Selman (Masters Student)
Project Title - "How will climate change affect snowshoe hare-lynx population cycles?" (Not actually a red squirrel)

Felipe Espinoza (PhD Student)
I'm an engineer and ecologist, former species manager currently doing a PhD. My research focuses on the estimation of per-unit-effects of invasive species worldwide and everything in between. Fun.

Niamh Gurrin (PhD Student)
I’m a chemistry PhD candidate in the University of Edinburgh. My research focuses on biogeochemical cycles in peaty streams, particularly using high resolution analyses to assess the fluctuating composition of dissolved organic matter.

Eve Anthoney (PhD Student)
I’m a PhD student based at the University of Edinburgh. My research involves modelling the distribution of invasive plant species across the French Polynesian Islands and investing the role of climatic, geographic, and socioeconomic factors in driving plant invasion.
Past Members

Joe Everest (PhD)
Now a Conservation Scientist at RSPB! (During my PhD I used novel approaches and datasets to better understand and characterise vegetation functional diversity throughout the Arctic and alpine tundra).

Ciaran (Masters)
Project Title - "Did early civilisations determine how tree species spread through Europe?" (Not actually a toucan)

Olivia (Masters)
Project Title - "Factors affecting protected area performance for UK waterbirds" (Not actually an anteater)