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People Involved in DICE
One of the strengths of DICE is our fantastic network of staff, honorary colleagues, students and alumni who work together to achieve the DICE mission.
DICE is part of the School of Anthropolgy and Conservation at the University of Kent. The full list of SAC staff can be found here.
Academic Staff
Dr Peter Bennett
Reader in Biodiversity and Evolutionary Ecology
Evolution, ecology and conservation of birds; biodiversity hotspots; life history evolution and extinction risk; marine mammals; wildlife disease
Dr Richard Bodmer
Reader in Conservation Ecology
Population dynamics and community ecology of rainforest mammals; community-based conservation, sustainable use, wildlife management in tropical ecosystems
Dr Ian Bride
Lecturer in Biodiversity Management
Conservation education; biodiversity management; PA and visitor management; nature tourism; guiding and interpretation; community-based conservation; and restoration ecology
Dr Zoe Davies
Lecturer in Biodiversity Conservation
Conservation planning & practice; conservation financial & investment; urban ecology & human-wildlife interactions; biodiversity & ecosystem service relationships; species & assemblage responses to environmental change
Professor Rosaleen Duffy
Professor of Conservation Politics
Political ecology of wildlife trade and conservation issues
Professor Richard Griffiths
Professor of Biological Conservation
Population, community and behavioural ecology. Global amphibian declines and extinctions. Conservation of reptiles. Survey and monitoring protocols for biodiversity
Dr Jim Groombridge
Reader in Biodiversity Conservation
Conservation of highly threatened bird species; conservation genetics of small populations; parrot conservation, genetics and biogeography
Dr Nigel Hardiman
Lecturer in Conservation Business
Social and biophysical impacts of ecologically sustainable tourism & the potential for private plus public sector sustainable development initiatives to contribute to biodiversity conservation
Dr Tatyana Humle
Lecturer in Primate Conservation
Primate conservation and behavioural ecology; ethnoprimatology; cultural primatology; primate rehabilitation and reintroduction; human wildlife conflict and resource competition
Professor Douglas MacMillan
Professor of Conservation and Applied Resource Economics
Economics and wildlife conservation; environmental modelling; economics of collaboration in land and wildlife management; forest resource economics
Dr Helen Newing
Lecturer in Conservation Social Science
The effects of conservation and protected areas on rural development; participatory approaches to natural resource use; the role of NGOs; conservation and tourism
Dr Dave Roberts
Senior Lecturer in Biodiversity Conservation
Species detectability and extinction, and orchid ecology; the response of orchids to climate change; epiphyte community ecology and modelling epiphyte seed dispersal
Dr Thomas Roberts
Research Associate
Inter relationships between various stakeholder groups and the natural environment
Dr Bob Smith
Senior Research Fellow
Designing conservation landscapes and protected area networks, especially as part of long-term projects in southeast Africa and the English Channel
Dr Freya St. John
Research Associate
Interface between biodiversity conservation and human populations who use natural resources
Dr Matt Struebig
Research Fellow
Ecology and management of tropical mammals; species responses to climate change; biodiversity impacts of land-use change, disturbance and fragmentation; conservation value of degraded lands; oil palm and biodiversity.
Dr Joseph Tzanopoulos
Lecturer in Biodiversity Conservation
Biodiversity conservation using a landscape approach to assess impacts of policy scenarios; Reconciling biodiversity conservation and sustainable development on rural areas; Landscape ecology and GIS; Conservation policy and governance; Agro-ecology and agricultural landscapes