The Centre for Landscape Regeneration attracts visionary researchers and staff all dedicated to restoring and revitalising landscapes through innovative, sustainable approaches.
We are a large interdisciplinary team from across the University of Cambridge and Partners. A map of the full team is here: KUMU Map
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This list includes past temporary, short term contract, or otherwise whom have had previously been part of the CLR team. Where possible we try to keep up to date with their whereabouts and contact details.
CLR TEAM
Our Team includes 34 Co-investigators, over 20 Postdoctoral Researchers, 4 PhD Students and Interns together with our Directors & Secretariat. You can find all team members below.
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Dr Oscar Aldred
Department of Archaeology, University of Cambridge
His research interests are in landscape archaeology, excavation, and archaeological method and theory, as well as the archaeology of the North Atlantic and the UK.
Email: ora20@cam.ac.uk
Prof Laura Diaz Anadon
Department of Land Economy, University of Cambridge
She is an engineer and economist and the Director of the Centre for Environment, Energy and Natural Resource Governance (CEENRG). She has research interests and projects in energy and environment-oriented technological innovation; public innovation institutions in the climate and energy space and how to improve their effectiveness; and the coupling between water and energy systems and its implications for policy-making.
Email: lda24@cam.ac.uk
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Prof Andrew Balmford
Dept of Zoology, University of Cambridge
His work focuses on how to reconcile biodiversity conservation with meeting human food needs and other land-demanding activities; the costs and benefits of retaining intact ecosystems; and identifying what works in conservation.
Email: apb12@cam.ac.uk
Mrs Lillian D N Bixler
Communications Coordinator, Centre for Landscape Regeneration & Conservation Research Institute
Lillian works in both the CRI and CLR offering communication support, newsletters, websites, and materials. With past expertise in Social Media Marketing and education, she has offered training to teams as well as providing her photographic expertise by taking professional portraits of staff and students. Her background includes a BA in Studio Art Photography & Art History.
Email: lb808@cam.ac.uk
Dr Rekha Bhangaonkar
Dept of Land Economy, University of Cambridge
She uses economic theories and statistical data as the basis for analysing resource-use behaviour towards applying a systems approach to understand sustainability. She previously worked on the TIGRESS project with rural communities in India.
Email: rab229@cam.ac.uk
Dr Richard Bradbury
Head of People Conservation Science, RSPB
His work involves understanding the human side of conservation issues, testing solutions to problems and evaluating whether actions work. His team has a particular interest in measuring and valuing nature’s contributions to people, in particular natural climate solutions and sustainable agriculture, and understanding the roles of nudges, perceptions, attitudes and connection to nature for influencing behaviour change.
Email: rbb31@cam.ac.uk
Prof Carol Brayne
Co-Director of the Cambridge Institute of Public Health, University of Cambridge
Her principal area of research concerns longitudinal studies of the health of older people, with a focus on the brain, from a public health perspective. Her research has informed national policy and underpin our wider understanding of dementia at a population level.
Email: cb105@cam.ac.uk
Dr David Brown
Dept of Sociology, University of Cambridge
He is working on developing a collaborative approach to adaptive change, co-creating proposals, tools, and techniques for implementing landscape change, and a community regeneration toolkit.
Email: dgb40@cam.ac.uk
Andre Butler
Dept of Land Economy, University of Cambridge
He is an applied economist whose work uses quasi-experimental methods to investigate drivers of economic growth and development in the agricultural sector, as well as their consequences on the environment and political economy.
Email: ajb385@cam.ac.uk
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Ella Carter
Fenland Biodiversity (Beetles) Project Assistant, Future Leaders Programme 2024
Ella's research is based in the Cambridgeshire Fens exploring the biodiversity of beetles on different land uses across the landscape. They are working with Neil Mahon (Dicks group) and they join us as part of the Future Leaders Programme 2024.
Email: ec798@cam.ac.uk
Hei Yeung (Aland) Chan
PhD Student, Dept of Plant Sciences, University of Cambridge
Email: hyc43@cam.ac.uk
Prof John Clarkson
Director of the Cambridge Engineering Design Centre and co-Director of Cambridge Public Health, University of Cambridge
His research interests are in the general area of engineering design, particularly the development of design methodologies to address, for example, process management, change management and inclusive design. He is the co-lead on Work Package I, which seeks to understand opportunities for landscape regeneration.
Email: pjc10@cam.ac.uk
Prof David Coomes
Director of the Centre for Landscape Regeneration and the Conservation Research Institute (CRI), University of Cambridge
He is leading efforts to conserve the world’s dwindling biological diversity. Alongside his role as Director of the CRI, he is also Head of the Forest Ecology and Conservation Research Group in the Department of Plant Sciences. His group's research uses high-resolution remote sensing to understand how forests are responding to global change and contributes to international efforts to protect these ecosystems.
Email: dac18@cam.ac.uk
Dr Joshua Copping
Conservation Scientist, RSPB
His work consists of spatially explicit land use scenario modelling and quantitative ecology, with his wider interest in exploring the synergies and trade-offs surrounding conservation and land-based climate.
Email: Joshua.copping@rspb.org.uk
Alex Cristobal
Scottish Forests (Root Biomass) Project Assistant, Future Leaders Programme 2024
Alex's research is based in Scotland exploring the dynamics of below ground carbon in forest landscapes. He is working with Liam Wakefield (Coomes group) and he join us as part of the Future Leaders Programme 2024.
Email: ec798@cam.ac.uk
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Dr Brenda D'Acunha
Centre for Ecology and Hydrology (UK CEH)
She is interested in quantifying water, energy and greenhouse gas fluxes from natural and managed peatlands. Her work seeks to improve GHG and water accounting, provide data for validating remote sensing products and hydrological and land-surface models, and inform climate change mitigation strategies.
Email: brenha@ceh.ac.uk
Dr Thomas David
Dept of Land Economy, University of Cambridge
He uses data characterising socioeconomic variables to investigate suitable policy instruments for landscape regeneration, conducting policy analysis to determine the effectiveness and distributional benefits to landscapes and communities.
Email: td493@cam.ac.uk
Prof Lynn Dicks
Department of Zoology, University of Cambridge
She is a conservation scientist focused on insect conservation, biodiversity in agricultural landscapes and high quality evidence synthesis. Her group conducts research at the interface between agro-ecology, policy and the food and farming industry. She is the co-lead on Work Package 2, which seeks to measure and map ecosystem services including biodiversity.
Email: lvd22@cam.ac.uk
Dr Helen Driver
Research Programme Manager, Centre for Landscape Regeneration
She joined the CLR in summer 2022. She was previously the Research Development Manager for the School of Biological Sciences in the University of Cambridge Research Office, and in previous roles worked as a programme manager at the Royal Society for Chemistry, UKRI India and EPSRC.
Email: hvd23@cam.ac.uk
Prof Paul Dupree
Dept of Biochemistry, University of Cambridge
He is a biochemist who uses genetic, biochemical, microbiological techniques and structural biology methods to study cell wall polysaccharides. His work has the potential to improve biomaterial utilisation downstream applications, like biofuel production, plastic alternatives and improving the properties of wood for building construction.
Email: pd101@cam.ac.uk
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Prof Christopher Evans
Peatland and Coastal Biogeochemistry Group, Centre for Ecology and Hydrology (UK CEH)
His key research interests encompass semi-natural and managed uplands and peatlands, and the biogeochemistry, including carbon and nitrogen cycling, greenhouse gases and water quality, process modelling, long-term and large-scale data analysis.
Email: cev@ceh.ac.uk
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Dr Katy Faulkner
Dept of Plant Sciences, University of Cambridge
Her project involves quantify greenhouse gas fluxes and soil organic matter stability across a network of farms with varying agricultural management legacies. Specifically, Katy is interested in exploring soil organo-mineral associations and how these effect Fenland ecosystem processes.
Email: kf426@cam.ac.uk
Prof Shailaja Fennell
Dept of Land Economy, University of Cambridge
She is a land economist with research interests in institutional reform and regional transformation. She focuses on national and local decision-making, rural development, and agricultural sustainability; employment aspirations; and the provision of public goods in education and health.
Email: ss141@cam.ac.uk
Dr Rob Field
RSPB
He is Principal Conservation Scientist at the RSPB, focusing on ecosystem-based climate change mitigation through improved land management and conservation, particularly in protected areas and sustainable agriculture.
Email: rob.field@rspb.org.uk
Dr Tom Finch
RSPB
He is a Senior Conservation Scientist at the RSPB, researching the impact of land use on nature, climate, and food. His main interest is in conservation in working landscapes, improving the environmental credentials of farmland, and minimizing the physical footprint of farmland to spare wild habitats and ecosystems.
Email: Tom.Finch@rspb.org.uk
Dr Shaun Fitzgerald OBE
Centre for Climate Repair and Cambridge Zero, University of Cambridge
He works at the intersection of academic research, business, government policy, and public engagement. He supported the UK government in rewriting policy documents for building standards. Prior to joining Cambridge, he was Director of the Royal Institution, overseeing public engagement with science and engineering.
Email: sdf10@cam.ac.uk
Ben Freeman
UK Centre for Ecology and Hydrology
Ben is an agricultural peatland ecologist at the UK Centre for Ecology and Hydrology. He studies the relationships between peatland hydrology and greenhouse gas fluxes. His research aims to identify responsible management strategies for agricultural peatlands, balancing environmental outcomes with economic productivity.
Email: bwjfreeman@ceh.ac.uk
Dr William Flynn
Dept of Plant Sciences, University of Cambridge
He uses remote sensing methods to measure forest carbon in Cairngorms National Park, employing sensors from the ground to the air – terrestrial laser scanning, aerial laser scanning, and UAV laser scanning – to quantify individual-tree and whole-forest biomass and carbon storage. His interests include fine-scale ecological signals in recovering landscapes, and the fusion of spectral and structural data for disease detection and biodiversity analysis.
Email: wrmf2@cam.ac.uk
Dr Jérémy André Fonvielle
Dept of Plant Sciences, University of Cambridge
He is a biogeochemist investigating how the transformation of organic matter by microbes affects ecosystem function. His work involves characterizing ecosystems using geospatial tools and measuring carbon fluxes in the field, along with sampling environmental DNA and organic molecules.
Email: jaf91@cam.ac.uk
Dr Laurie Friday
Research Programme Manager, Centre for Landscape Regeneration
With a background in freshwater and fenland ecology, she has worked extensively with Cambridge Zero and has strong connections to stakeholders across the Fens landscape. She is also the Director of the Isaac Newton Trust.
Email: laurie.friday@admin.cam.ac.uk
Dr Andrew Friend
Department of Geography, University of Cambridge
His research interests include the controls on terrestrial vegetation type, structure, and productivity, and the effects of vegetation on atmospheric processes through land surface energy partitioning and carbon fluxes. He develops numerical models to test our understanding of global-scale dynamics of biogeochemistry-climate interactions.
Email: adf10@cam.ac.uk
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Prof Jennifer Gabrys
Department of Sociology, University of Cambridge
She leads the Planetary Praxis research group, investigating the intersections between digital technology, environments, social life, and citizen participation. Her work explores theories and practices of citizenship, action, and engagement with environmental issues.
Email: jg899@cam.ac.uk
Rachel Georgiou
Field Studies Coordinator, Centre for Landscape Regeneration
She coordinates the fieldwork of interdisciplinary teams, supporting the technical work of the Dept of Chemistry and UKCEH. She has extensive fieldwork experience in marine and terrestrial projects, including research on Atlantic marine biodiversity and plastics, and recent work on Arctic pollution in West-Greenland.
Email: rhg36@cam.ac.uk
Rebecca Gillett
Administrative Assistant, Centre for Landscape Regeneration
Her support areas include secretarial and financial support, communications, publicity, and organizing meetings and activities. Rebecca was previously the HoD Secretary in the Dept of Physiology, Development, and Neuroscience and Postgraduate Secretary at Robinson College.
Email: rg473@cam.ac.uk
Dr Chiara Giorio
Department of Chemistry, University of Cambridge
Her research interests are around the formation pathways, processes, and impacts of atmospheric aerosols; and analysis of contaminants in remote, rural, and urban environments. Her work in the CLR is focussed on developing low-cost sensors to make measurements of GHGs in the rural environment.
Email: cg525@cam.ac.uk
Dr Annette Green
Department of Geography, University of Cambridge
Dr Annette Green is a postdoctoral researcher in the Department of Geography. She is a political ecologist interested in how beliefs about society and nature shape conservation decision-making processes. At CLR, she will employ social science methods to research the diverse (and often competing) perspectives on restoration and land management held by the range of stakeholders across the three CLR landscapes of interest.
Email: ag912@cam.ac.uk
Chloe Griffiths
Fenland Biodiversity (Pollinators) Project Assistant, Future Leaders Programme 2024
Chloe's research is based in the Cambridgeshire Fens exploring the biodiversity of pollinators (bees and butterflies) on different land uses across the landscape. She is working with Neil Mahon (Dicks group) and she joins us as part of the Future Leader Programme 2024.
Email: cg868@cam.ac.uk
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Dr Manoj Hari
Dept. of Geography, University of Cambridge
Working with Prof Andrew D Friend, at the CLR, his work will focus on assessing the impact of alternative land management practices on greenhouse gas fluxes. His key research areas include the terrestrial carbon cycle and biosphere-atmosphere interactions.
Email: manojhari026@gmail.com
Prof Jennifer Howard-Grenville
Judge Business School, University of Cambridge
Her research focuses on how people generate and navigate change within and beyond their organizations. She has an applied interest in issues of business strategy and environmental sustainability, focusing her research on how organizations seek to change their practices to improve sustainability performance.
Email: jah429@cam.ac.uk
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Dr Liliana Janik
Department of Archaeology & Cambridge Heritage Research Centre, University of Cambridge
She looks at the use of archaeological sites, including rock art, by contemporary communities in the construction of their identities in the process of their re-inhabiting the landscape, in particular through the creation of spiritual links between the physical landscape and religious expression.
Email: Lj102@cam.ac.uk
Prof Rod Jones
Yusuf Hamied Department of Chemistry, University of Cambridge
He Professor of Atmospheric Science who studies atmospheric structure and photochemistry, using a wide range of measurement and modelling techniques to study the chemical composition and physical structure of the atmosphere. He developed low-cost air quality sensors to probe urban pollution, and these sensors are being developed in order to make measurements of GHGs in the rural environment.
Email: rlj1001@cam.ac.uk
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Prof Srinivasan Keshav
Department of Computer Science, University of Cambridge
His research focus is on reducing the carbon footprint of energy generation, transportation, and buildings. He has also been studying carbon sequestration and biodiversity potential of forests, looking at both conservation and restoration activities.
Email: sk818@cam.ac.uk
Ellie Kent
Department of Geography, University of Cambridge
Ellie is a PhD student in the department of Geography and working within the CLR team. Their research aims to understand the relationship between biodiversity and forest structure in naturally regenerating woodlands in the Scottish Highlands. Previously Ellie worked for a species reintroduction and translocation project in Cumbria and received and MSc from the University of Exeter.
Twitter/X: @EllieCKent | Email: eck38@cam.ac.uk
Dr Timoleon Kipouros
Dept of Engineering, University of Cambridge
He researches the impact of change propagation in complex systems made up of components, activities or people. His role is to understand the complex web of stakeholder organisations and projects taking place in the Fens, and helping to rethink the drainage system in partnership with water industry and engineering professionals.
Email: tk291@cam.ac.uk
Dr Nazneen Khan
Department of Land Economy and Centre of South Asian Studies, University of Cambridge
She is a visiting researcher at the Department of Land Economy and the Center of South Asian Studies at the University of Cambridge, UK. Her research is broad and interdisciplinary, with a particular focus on policy, intersectionality, development, and their intersections with gender, climate change, SRHR (sexual and reproductive health and rights), and mental well being. She is currently based at the International Center for Climate Change and Development (ICCCAD) in Dhaka, Bangladesh, where she serves as the Program Coordinator for Climate Change and Health.
Email: nk659@cam.ac.uk
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Emily Lines
Department of Geography, Cambridge University
Emily is University Associate Professor in Physical Geography and UKRI Future Leaders Fellow, Turing Fellow in the Department of Geography. She is particularly interested in new generation forest dynamics modelling using remote sensing data
Email: erl27@cam.ac.uk
Veronika Ljungberg
Landscape Scenario Modelling Project Assistant (Scotland), Future Leaders Programme 2024
Veronika is conducting a survey of Landowners in Scotland to collect vital data and perspectives from across the landscape. She is working with Dr Catherine Waite and Alix Syder (nee Zelly). She joins us as part of the Future Leader Programme 2024.
Email: vl354@cam.ac.uk
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Neil Mahon
PhD Student, Dept of Zoology, University of Cambridge
His interests are in ecological interaction networks, agroecology, and entomology. He is particularly interested in addressing key knowledge gaps surrounding the historic and ongoing impacts of human activity on pollinator, beetle, and dragonfly communities. He completed his MSc in Wildlife Conservation and Management at University College Dublin.
Email: nm785@cam.ac.uk
Tom Marquand
PhD student, Dept of Earth Sciences, University of Cambridge
He is using measurements of stable isotope ratios in Fenland soil cores to quantify the subsurface rates of greenhouse gas production and consumption. As his project progresses, Tom aims to measure the effects of changing water table depth and seasonality on important soil carbon cycle processes.
Email: tim24@cam.ac.uk
Sachin Mathew
Research Assistant, Dept of Computer Science, University of Cambridge
He works alongside the Zoology Department to study applications of computer systems for conservation work, more specifically the usage of computer vision for biodiversity monitoring. Currently Sachin is working on a system for measuring the biomass of flying insects using video and LIDAR data.
Email: sjm319@cam.ac.uk
Dr Ross Morrison
Land Surface Science Group, Centre for Ecology and Hydrology (UK CEH)
His research quantifies energy, water and greenhouse gas (GHG) fluxes between the land surface and the atmosphere. He aims to improve the evidence base for GHG mitigation and GHG accounting and provide data for improving and evaluating land models and remotely sensed data products. He leads work to evaluate the GHG abatement potential of optimized water management in lowland agricultural peatlands, and novel wetland agriculture systems ('paludiculture').
Email: rosrri@ceh.ac.uk
Henry Moss
Departmental Early Career Advanced Fellow (DECAF), Institute of Computing for Climate Science, Department of Applied Mathematics and Theoretical Physics
His primary focus is on developing scalable Bayesian ML models that help scientists understand the world around us and he has worked on applications in engineering, biology, chemistry, and physics.
Email: h.moss@damtp.cam.ac.uk
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Dr Jerome Neufeld
Dept of Earth Sciences, University of Cambridge
His research couples thermodynamics and fluid dynamics within geophysical settings using analytical, numerical and experimental techniques. Current research is focused on the areas of subglacial hydrology, geological carbon storage, the coupling of aquifer flow with river erosion, and the solidification of early planetary magma oceans.
Email: jn271@cam.ac.uk
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Dr Nancy Ockendon
Science Coordinator, Endangered Landscapes & Seascapes Programme (ELSP)
Her role is to support the projects funded by the ELP to make effective use of science, deciding what restoration actions to implement, to creating well-designed monitoring programmes that collect useful data, and testing interventions to generate new scientific evidence.
Email: no200@cam.ac.uk
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Dr Adam Pelligrini
Dept of Plant Sciences, University of Cambridge
He is interested in how ecosystems respond to changes in disturbance regimes and the fundamental processes that govern the responses of ecosystems to these changes. His work is grounded in experimental research, taking advantage of the diverse sets of fire manipulation experiments across the globe combined with the advances in ecosystem models.
Email: ap2188@cam.ac.uk
Nik Petek Sargeant
Dept of Archaeology, University of Cambridge
Nik is a Leverhulme/Isaac Newton Trust Early Career Fellow in Archaeology, working with Prof Matt Davies as part of the Future Fenscapes programme. He is interested in the history of farming in the Fens
Email: np569@cam.ac.uk
Dr Olalekan Popoola
Yusuf Hamied Department of Chemistry, University of Cambridge
His main interests include air quality, the development and deployment of portable air quality sensors, and data analysis methodologies. As part of the CLR he is working on novel, low cost sensors for monitoring greenhouse gases across landscapes.
Email: oamp2@cam.ac.uk
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Dr Hamidreza Rahimi
Dept of Plant Sciences, University of Cambridge
He holds a Ph.D. in Engineering with a specialisation in Hydrology and Water Engineering, demonstrating expertise in hydraulic and fluid mechanics.His primary research interest lies in flow modelling through vegetation, while remaining open to diverse aspects within the broader field of water-related studies.
Email: hr501@cam.ac.uk
Dr Matteo Redana
Dept of Zoology, University of Cambridge
He works on the use of remote sensed data (satellite, UAV, fixed camera) and computer vision techniques to enhance habitat monitoring. Matteo is currently collaborating with the Department of Computer Science and Technology to develop an autonomous method to produce continuous measures of flying insects’ identification and biomass.
Email: mr998@cam.ac.uk
Ms Francesca Re Manning
Dept of Plant Sciences, University of Cambridge
An international development lawyer by training, she is the Programme Manager of the Global Food Security Interdisciplinary Research Centre which aims to connect researchers and stimulate collaborations with external partners (including policy makers and industry) on every aspect of the entire food system.
Email: fr224@cam.ac.uk
Gabriel Rowland
Landscape Scenario Modelling Project Assistant (Scotland), Future Leaders Programme 2024
Gabriel is conducting a survey of landowners in Scotland to collect vital data and perspectives from across the landscape. He is working with Dr Catherine Waite and Alix Syder (nee Zelly). He joins us as part of the Future Leader Programme 2024.
Robert Edwin Rouse
Department of Computer Science and Technology, University of Cambridge
Robert’s research interests lie in pattern recognition and the design of mathematical models for multidisciplinary problems, occurring at the intersection of meteorology, hydrology, biology, ecology, and sociology.
Email: rer44@cam.ac.uk
Dr Chris Sandbrook
Dept of Geography, University of Cambridge
His current research investigates (i) the relationship between conservation and development in theory and practice, (ii) the values and viewpoints of conservationists and how these influence conservation practice, and (iii) the social and political implications of new technologies for conservation.
Email: cgs21@cam.ac.uk
Prof Emily Shuckburgh OBE
Co-Director of the Centre for Landscape Regeneration and Director of Cambridge Zero, University of Cambridge
She is the Professor of Environmental Data Science at the University's Department of Computer Science and Technology. She also leads the UKRI Centre for Doctoral Training on the Application of AI to the study of Environmental Risks (AI4ER). She is a climate scientist and a Fellow of Darwin College, a Fellow of the Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership, an Associate Fellow of the Centre for Science and Policy, a Fellow of the British Antarctic Survey and a Fellow of the Royal Meteorological Society. She is also Co-Director of the Centre for Landscape Regeneration.
Email: efs20@cam.ac.uk
Dr Jack Shutt
Dept of Zoology, University of Cambridge
He is interested in how biodiversity and food-webs respond to human pressures, such as different land management practices, and working on conservation solutions that promote coexistence. As part of the CLR he is working to assess biodiversity in the Fens and other landscapes, under different land use management types.
Email: jds83@cam.ac.uk
Issy Stuart
Scottish Peatlands Project Assistant, Future Leaders Programme 2024
Issy's research is based on Scotland, exploring the dynamics of peatlands with Dr Hei Aland Chan (Coomes group). She joins us as part of the Future Leader Programme 2024.
Email: is615@cam.ac.uk
Dr Elizabeth Stockdale
Head of Farming Systems Research, NIAB
She focuses on applied soil and nutrient management research, nutrient cycling in soils, and the environmental impact of farming systems. She has been developing farmer-focussed approaches to measuring soil health and developing on-farm toolkits for improved soil management.
Email: elizabeth.stockdale@niab.com
Prof Bill Sutherland CBE
Dept of Zoology, University of Cambridge
He has a particular focus on improving the processes by which conservation decisions are made and the industrial-scale collation of Conservation Evidence to determine the effectiveness of conservation actions and to establishing processes for embedding evidence in decision making.
Email: w.sutherland@zoo.cam.ac.uk
Poppy Szaybo
Education and Inclusion Manager, Centre for Landscape Regeneration
She is an inclusion and community engagement specialist, with a career spanning over 30 years which includes working as a refugee and Romany Gypsy expert for the UNHCR in war zones, an international consultant for 24 years with the British Council, and most recently as Senior Inclusion and Diversity Advisor at Historic England. Poppy works closely with museums and archives, and is a textile artist whose work focuses on archival collections – she has African-American and Polish-Jewish heritage, and her work and practice reflects the diversity and complexity of her diasporic background.
Email: ps982@cam.ac.uk
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Dr Andrew Tanentzap
Northern Ecosystems at Trent University, Canada
He was previously based at the University of Cambridge where he was Professor of Global Change Ecology. His research searches for solutions to protect benefits people receive from nature, including carbon sequestration, drinking water and food production from environmental change.
Email: ajt65@cam.ac.uk
Dr Nigel Taylor
Dept of Zoology, University of Cambridge
He has a particular interest in wetlands and aquatic systems. His work with the CLR focuses on synthesising evidence for the effects of conservation and environmental management interventions, to support landscape restoration decision-making.
Email: nt461@cam.ac.uk
Dr David Thomas
Endangered Landscapes & Seascapes Programme (ELSP)
The ELP funds landscape-scale restoration projects and aims to develop and share lessons that will help to attain large-scale restoration of habitats that are rich in biodiversity and resilient to environmental change. His interests lie in local engagement and empowerment and the linkages between biodiversity conservation, human rights, equity, livelihoods and well-being.
Email: d.thomas@jbs.cam.ac.uk
Dr Lawrence Tom
Yusuf Hamied Department of Chemistry, University of Cambridge
He is an experimental fluid dynamic scientist with interest in developing processes and tools needed to solve flow challenges. He is leading the development and deployment of low cost monitors for greenhouse gases flux measurements based on the principle of relaxed eddy-covariance.
Email: lt563@cam.ac.uk
Angus Tufnell
MPhil student, Department of Land Economy, University of Cambridge
He has a particular interest in peatland restoration and specifically its integration into the voluntary carbon market. His work seeks to gauge different stakeholder’s perceptions towards the restoration practices and the Peatland Code.
Email: at2097@cam.ac.uk
Prof Alexandra Turchyn
Dept of Earth Sciences, University of Cambridge
She is interested in changes in biogeochemical cycles in response to perturbations to Earth’s climate and how different biogeochemical cycles are coupled. This coupling leads to the study of the interface between geochemistry and microbiology and how these interplay in biogeochemical cycling, including the impact of microbial processes in peat soils.
Email: avt25@cam.ac.uk
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Dr Catherine Waite
Dept of Zoology, University of Cambridge
Dr Catherine Waite is a Postdoctoral Research Associate in the Department of Zoology. She is a quantitative ecologist with an interest in integrating remote sensing and field-based data collection techniques to examine ecosystem functioning. Her current research focuses on land-use scenario modelling to identify management regimes and interventions to meet human and biodiversity needs.
Twitter/X | ResearchGate | Google Scholar | Email: cw871@cam.ac.uk
Liam Wakefield
PhD student, Dept of Plant Sciences, University of Cambridge
They are working in partnership with Cairngorms Connect to model native woodland regeneration in the Scottish Highlands. Their research interests include landscape-scale approaches to conservation management and the effects of plant community change. Prior to this they achieved their MSc from the University of Aberdeen.
Email: ltw30@cam.ac.uk
Prof Andy Woods
Institute for Energy and Environmental Flows, University of Cambridge
His research interests concern the development of mathematical and experimental models of complex fluid flow processes covering a wide range of phenomena from the dynamics of explosive volcanic eruptions, to geothermal power generation and carbon sequestration.
Email: aww1@cam.ac.uk
Elif Yildirim
Scottish Forests (Room Biomass) Project Assistant, Future Leaders Programme 2024
Elif's research is based in Scotland exploring the dynamics of deadwood and woody debris in forest landscapes. She is working with Dr Will Flynn (Coomes group). She joins us as part of the Future Leader Programme 2024.
Email: ey274@cam.ac.uk
Alix Syder (nee Zelly)
RSPB
Alix Syder (nee Zelly), a social scientist at RSPB Conservation Science, will be supporting work package 3 in the Cairngorms Summer 2024. They will be conducting landowner surveys and integrating local stakeholder preferences into future land use scenario modelling. Alix is interested in the complex values attributed to land use and how local stakeholders perceive systems of future change. They have previously conducted scenario co-design in the context of future treescapes and have also spent time as a farm cluster facilitator looking at the practical side of delivering landscape-scale collaboration.
Email: Alix.Zelly@rspb.org.uk
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Joanna Bellett-Travers
Farmer Survey Research Assistant 2023-2024
A specialist in sustainable farming systems, farm diversification, paludiculture and agroforestry; Jo has over 20 years’ experience in senior management and agri-tech. She studied plant nutrition and soil science at Leeds University and MSc.(TAD) in agricultural economics at Reading University. She has experience of working in data management and technology integration. She is also a trained arable journalist and event manager with stakeholder links to many areas of agriculture. Since leaving the CLR Jo' has started a PHD with the University of East London at the Sustainability Research Institute (SRI).
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Will Crook
Fieldwork Coordinator for Cumbria, Centre for Landscape Regeneration
Will initially joined the CLR as a Summer Project Assistant through the Future Leader Programme in 2023. He was also part of the Fenland Farm Survey Team in 2023/24, before taking on the role of Fieldwork Coordinator. A graduate of ecology from The University of Stirling, his background is in agroecology, focussing on how pollinators, specifically bumblebees, are affected on Fenland farms.
Dr Vanessa Cutts
Dept of Zoology, University of Cambridge
She synthesises existing evidence about conservation interventions for aquatic vegetation to aid evidence-based decision making in wetland restoration in peatlands.
Twitter/X | Email: vc427@cam.ac.uk
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Michael Durance
RSPB
Michael was a Monitoring Officer working in a collaborative role between Centre for Landscape Regeneration, Cairngorms Connect and the RSPB. He undertook a range of surveys within the Cairngorms National Park and established General Ecosystem Monitoring (GEM) plots to inform landscape scale models.
Email: Michael.durance@rspb.org.uk
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Rachel Hammond
Farmer Survey Research Assistant 2023-2024
Rachel worked with the CLR in Summer 2023 as part of the Future Leader Programme. She worked with Jeremy Fonville and Prof David Coomes on soil and water in the Cambridgeshire Fens. Since leaving the CLR she has completed her Plant Science degree from the University of Cambridge.
Toby Hibbert
Research Assistant 2023-2024
Toby worked with the CLR in Summer 2023 as part of the Future Leader Programme. He worked with Tom Marquand and Prof Sasha Turchyn in the Dept of Earth Sciences exploring the mechanisms of methane production from soils. He is currently studying for a degree in Chemistry at Imperial College
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Dr Rick Lewis
Research Programme Manager, Centre for Landscape Regeneration
Rick was one of the Programme Managers from 2022-24 alongside his other role in managing the conservation science fundraising work of the RSPB. He was previously an academic at the University of Newcastle.
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Amelia Bennett Margrave
RSPB
Amelia is a Seasonal Research Assistant for RSPB Conservation Science Department, working in partnership with CLR. Conducting Breeding Bird Surveys in the Cairngorms National Park. Interested in all areas of natural history!
Email: amelia.margrave@rspb.org.uk
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Dr Valeria Pannunzio
Dept of Engineering, University of Cambridge
She has a background in health systems design and previously worked both in industry and in academia in the Netherlands. Her work with the CLR focused on interdisciplinary stakeholders engagement and coordination, co-creation and participatory design approaches. Since leaving Cambridge Valeria is now based at the Delft University of Technology in The Netherlands.
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Rosa Pollard Smith
Farmer Survey Research Assistant 2023-2024
Rosa worked with the CLR in Summer 2023 as part of the Future Leader Programme. She worked with Jack Shutt, Neil Mahon and Prof Lynn Dicks. Her research related to biodiversity of insects in the Cambridgeshire Fens
Hannah Porcher
Research Assistant 2023-2024
Hannah was a research assistant working with Prof David Coomes, Beth Stroud and Jonathan Graham on ditch flora and fauna in the Fens.
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Ed Smith
Farmer Survey Research Assistant 2023-2024
Ed is a recent philosophy graduate. He is fascinated how various people and cultures are connected to the land and their natural environments, and he is eager to learn more about ecology, forestry, climate change and biodiversity. He is currently in traveling in Central & South America, hoping to learn from the experience of indigenous peoples and their connections to the land, and will eventually seek opportunities in conservation and environmental projects.
Rebekah Smith
Farmer Survey Research Assistant 2023-2024
A qualitative researcher, Becca's interests lie in the anthropology of farming in Britain and in particular how farmers navigate changes and challenges to agricultural practice.
Beth Stroud
Research Assistant 2023-2024
Elizabeth (Beth) worked with the CLR in Summer 2023 as part of the Future Leader Programme. Beth was a research assistant working with Prof David Coomes, Hannah Porcher and Jonathan Graham on ditch flora and fauna in the Fens