Academic staff
DICE has 9 core academic staff who both run research programmes and undertake teaching. Additional research staff have appointments based on research grants. 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.
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.
Research staff
Dr Simon Black
Research Associate
Research interests: Genetics of small populations.
Rachel Bristol
Research Associate, Darwin Initiative Project
Research interests: Seychelles Paradise Flycatcher Project.
Dr Samit Kundu
Research Associate
Research interests: Molecular Evolution of immune systems and Bioinformatics
Jeanne McKay
Research Associate
Research interests: Natural resource use patterns of indigenous communities in developing countries
Dr Susanna Paisley
Honorary Research Fellow
Research interests: Culture, perception and narrative in large carnivore conservation.
Sharon Phillip
Research Assistant
Research interests: The role of collaboration in deer management in the Scottish Highlands.
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.
Teaching staff
Dr Martin Griffiths
Research interests: Ornithology, UK conservation and migratory bird research.
Honorary and Emeritus staff
Dr Mark Bowler - Honorary Research Associate
Dr Pete Goodman - Honorary Research Fellow
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 Tony Martin - Honorary Professor of Marine Mammal Science
Dr Noah Sitati - 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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