Academic staff
DICE has 10 core academic staff who both run research programmes and undertake teaching. Additional research staff have appointments based on research grants and additional teaching staff convene modules on certain teaching programmes.
Dr Peter Bennett
Reader in Biodiversity and Evolutionary Ecology
Research interests: Evolution, ecology and conservation of birds; global biodiversity hotspots; evolution and ecology of extinction risk; causes of mortality in cetaceans and amphibians.
Dr Richard Bodmer
Reader in Conservation Ecology
Research interests: Population dynamics and community ecology of rainforest mammals; community-based conservation, sustainable use, wildlife management in tropical ecosystems.
Dr Zoe Davies
Lecturer in Biodiversity Conservation
Range edge population dynamics; species responses to climate change; conservation finance and investment; urban ecology; ecosystem service provision; landscape and spatial ecology
Prof Richard Griffiths
Professor in Biological Conservation
Research interests: Ecology and conservation of amphibians and reptiles; effects of environmental change on threatened species; survey and monitoring protocols for biodiversity.
Dr Jim Groombridge
Senior Lecturer in Biodiversity Conservation
Research interests: Conservation of highly threatened bird species; conservation genetics of small populations; parrot conservation, genetics and biogeography.
Professor Stuart Harrop
Professor of Wildlife Management Law
Research interests: Law and policy relating to conservation, biodiversity and genetic resources; rights of indigenous people; intellectual property.
Professor Douglas MacMillan
Professor in Conservation and Applied Resource Economics
Research interests: Economics and wildlife conservation; environmental modelling; economics of collaboration in land and wildlife management; Forest Resource Economics.
Dr Helen Newing
Lecturer in Biodiversity Conservation
Research interests: The effects of conservation and protected areas on rural development; participatory approaches to natural resource use; the role of NGOs; conservation and tourism.
Dr David Roberts
Lecturer in Biodiversity Conservation
Research interests: Species detectability and extinction, and orchid ecology; the response of orchids to climate change, epiphyte community ecology and modelling epiphyte seed dispersal.
Dr Joseph Tzanopoulos
Lecturer in Biodiversity Conservation
Research interests: Landscape approaches to biodiversity conservation; conservation and sustainable development; vegetation ecology;the study of pollination networks
Research staff
Dr Simon Black
Research Associate
Research interests: Genetics of small populations.
Jeanne McKay
Research Associate
Research interests: Natural resource use patterns of indigenous communities in developing countries
Dr Tom Roberts
Research Associate
Public Perceptions and understanding of Environmental Interventions; marine conservation Policy; participatory approaches to natural resource management; risk and the development of new low carbon energy technologies
Dr David Sewell
Research Associate
Research interests: Monitoring amphibians and reptiles
Dr Bob Smith
Research Fellow
Research interests: Designing protected area networks; developing conservation landscapes; human-wildlife conflict; marketing and conservation; governance and conservation.
Dr Matt Struebig
Research Fellow
Research interests: Mammal responses to environmental change; oil palm and biodiversity; identifying areas of High Conservation Value.
Teaching staff
Dr Ian Bride
Research interests: Conservation education and communication; conservation and tourism.
Dr Martin Griffiths
Research interests: Ornithology, UK conservation and migratory bird research.
Honorary and Emeritus staff
Professor Pat Gregory - Honorary Professor of Herpetological Conservation
Professor Jon Hutton - Honorary Professor of Sustainable Resource Use
Professor Nigel Leader-Williams - Honorary Professor of Biodiversity Management
Dr Matthew Linkie - Honorary Research Fellow
Professor Ian Swingland OBE - Emeritus Professor of Conservation Biology
Professor Dick Vane-Wright - Honorary Professor of Taxonomy
Dr Mike Walkey - Honorary Research Fellow
Dr Matt Walpole - Honorary Research Fellow
Dr Tim Woodfine - Honorary Research Associate
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