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Professor Melissa Bateson
- Telephone:
- (0191) 222 5056 (work)
- e-mail:
- melissa.bateson@ncl.ac.uk
Specialist expertise:
- Animal behaviour, animal cognition especially mechanisms of decision-making
- Animal welfare, animal feelings.
- starlings, zebra finches, hummingbirds, domestic cats
- Animal training techniques
Professor Peter Clarke
- Telephone:
- (0191) 222 6351 (work)
- e-mail:
- peter.clarke@ncl.ac.uk
Specialist expertise:
- Global Positioning System (GPS); Global Navigation Satellite Systems (GNSS); satellite geodesy; radar interferometry
- Climate-driven changes in Earth's shape caused by changes in water/ice storage; ice sheets; sea level
- Earth deformation measurements from plate tectonics; earthquakes; engineering structure movement
- Ocean tide loading; internal structure of the Earth
Emeritus Professor William Clegg
- Telephone:
- (0191) 222 6649 (work)
- e-mail:
- bill.clegg@ncl.ac.uk
Specialist expertise:
- X-ray crystallography: use of X-rays to find detailed structure of chemical compounds in the solid state
- Synchrotron radiation facilities, use of, to allow study of small crystals less than 1/100 mm
- Commercial crystallography service for the chemical, pharmaceutical, and related sectors
- Training of researchers in crystallography and in synchrotron radiation science, through national and international courses
Professor Angharad Gatehouse
- Telephone:
- +44 (0) 191 246 4811 (work)
- x4836 (out of hours)
- e-mail:
- a.m.r.gatehouse@ncl.ac.uk
Specialist expertise:
- Genetic engineering of crops for enhanced levels of insect resistance
- Biochemical and molecular bases of plant/insect interactions
- Safety assessment of transgenic crops for human consumption.
- Environmental safety assessment of transgenic crops.
Dr Desa Lilic
- Telephone:
- +44 (0) 191 222 7244 (work)
- e-mail:
- desa.lilic@ncl.ac.uk
Specialist expertise:
- Immunity to fungi, Candida albicans, immunodeficiency diseases, Chronic mucocutaneous candidiasis
- Toll-like receptors, dendritic cells
- Auto-immunity in rheumatic diseases
- Infection; cytokine production in infection
Professor Elaine Martin
- Telephone:
- +44 (0) 191 222 6231 (work)
- e-mail:
- e.b.martin@ncl.ac.uk
Specialist expertise:
- Industrial statistics
- Multivariate statistical process performance monitoring in the process industries
- Development, application and technology transfer of multivariate statistical techniques for the enhanced monitoring of complex processes in the bioprocess, pharmaceutical, petrochemical, speciality chemicals and food areas
- The development of methodologies for the enhanced monitoring of processes through a multi-disciplinary approach that brings together analytical chemists, chemical and process engineers and statisticians
Dr Gerard McCartan
- Telephone:
- +44 (0) 191 222 7150 (work)
- e-mail:
- gerard.mccartan@ncl.ac.uk
Specialist expertise:
- Astronomy and planetary research
- Natural phenomena in the night sky
- Aurora
- Meteors
Dr Edward Okello
- Telephone:
- +44 (0) 191 222 5175 (work)
- e-mail:
- edward.okello@ncl.ac.uk
Specialist expertise:
- Medicinal plants
- Discovery and development of novel plant-based products for potential use in the symptomatic treatment of dementia.
Dr Peter Simmons
- Telephone:
- +44 (0) 191 222 6457 (work)
- e-mail:
- p.j.simmons@ncl.ac.uk
Specialist expertise:
- Neuroscience
- Zoology Animal behaviour
- Insects' movement control, especially flying. Insects' eyes, especially detection of various kinds of moving images. Insects’ use of secondary eyes (ocelli) as autopilot mechanism.
- Nervous systems of animals - mechanisms of cell to cell communication
Dr Ian Singleton
- Telephone:
- +44 (0) 191 222 3043 (work)
- e-mail:
- ian.singleton@ncl.ac.uk
Specialist expertise:
- Effects of pollutants on soil organisms and functions
- Bioavailability of soil contaminants
- Biological treatment of contaminated soil
