Staff by Role

Head Of School

Dr Heather Finlayson
Head of School of Biology

Academic Staff

Professor Jerry Barnes
Prof of Environ Biology

Dr Gordon Beakes
Reader in Dev. Mycology

Dr Richard Bevan
Lecturer

Dr Anne Borland
Reader in Molecular Plant Physiology

Dr Timothy Boswell
Lecturer

Professor John Bythell
Prof of Coral Reef Biology

Dr Peter Garson
Senior Lecturer

Professor Angharad MR Gatehouse
Professor of Invertebrate Molecular Biology

Dr Alison Graham
Teaching Fellow

Dr Ethan Hack
Senior Lecturer

Dr Simon Peacock
Plant Biology Teaching Fellow

Dr Gordon Port
Senior Lecturer

Dr Christopher Redfern
Reader in Retinoid Molecular Biology

Dr Claire Rind
Reader in Invertebrate Neurobiology

Professor Stephen Rushton
Prof of Biological Modelling

Dr Roy Sanderson
Lecturer

Dr Peter Simmons
Reader in Neurobiology & Behaviour

Dr Ian Singleton
Marie Curie International Outgoing Fello

Dr James Stach
Senior Lecturer

Dr Mark Whittingham
Reader in Applied Ecology

Dr Kirsten Wolff
Reader in Evolutionary Genetics

Dr Geraldine Wright
Reader in Neuroethology

Administrative Staff

Heather Martin
Administrator - Taught Programmes

David Moir
School Administrator - Research and Outreach

Clerical Staff

Deborah Bond
Finance Secretary

Jan Fife
Personal Assistant

Liam Fisher
Academic Secretary (PG Support)

Kat Harding
Receptionist

Susan Winship
Academic Secretary (Undergrad Support)

Visitors And Associates

Professor Andrew Cockburn
Visiting Professor

Emeritus Professor Alasdair Edwards
Professor of Coral Reef Ecology

Dr Kaveh Emami
Guest Member of Staff

Matthew Grainger
Guest Member of Staff

Arthur Leewis
Guest Member of Staff

Dr Philip McGowan
Guest Member of Staff

Dr Christophe Noel
Guest Member of Staff

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Laura Owens
Guest Member of Staff

Professor Francesco Pennacchio
Visiting Professor

Dr Stephen Quarrie
Visiting Professor

Professor Chris Tapsell

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Dr Gabriel Uguru
Guest Member of Staff

Professor Linda Walling
Visiting Professor

Technical Staff

Clive Barr
Moorbank manager

George Bell
Outstation Technician

Mark Bendall
Technical Services Manager

Dr Barry Brogan
Entomology Research Technician

Ros Brown
Teaching & Project Laboratory Manager

Alan Craig
Senior Outstation Technician

Gillian Davison
Research Technician

Miriam Earnshaw
Teaching & Project Laboratory Tech

Roger Furness
ICT Officer

Anne Genner
Senior Teaching Lab Tech

Donald Keir
Research & Maintenance Technician

Helen Martin
Research Technician

Dr Matthew Peake
Research Technician

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Research Staff

Dr Alasdair Blain
Research Associate

Dr Andrew Close
Research Associate

Dr Martin Edwards
Research Fellow in Molecular Agriculture

Dr Nicholas Levsen
Research Associate

Dr Ailsa McKenzie
Research Associate

Dr Aileen Mill
KTP Associate

Dr Mark Shirley
Research Associate

Dr Michael Sweet
Research Associate

Helen Talbot
Opal Education Officer

Dr Tahar Taybi
Senior Research Scientist

Dr Colin Tosh
NERC Fellow