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School of Natural and Environmental Sciences
Staff Profile
Dr Geoffrey Abbott
Reader in Organic Geochemistry
Dr Sanem Acikalin Cartigny
Senior Lecturer in Geology
Dr Helen Adamson
Director of Postgraduate Research, Lecturer in agri-ecosystems
Dr Mohamed ALGHANNOUM
Visiting Researcher
Carol Andrew
Education Assistant Manager
Dr Vasilios Andriotis
Lecturer in Metabolic Biochemistry and Plant Biology
Professor Lucy Asher
Professor of Behaviour Informatics
Dr Ibrahim Assaf
Visiting Researcher
Emeritus Professor Jerry Barnes
Professor of Environmental Biology
Dr Andrew Beard
Senior Lecturer in Animal Science
Professor Andrew Benniston
Head of School of Natural & Environmental Sciences; Professor of Photonic Energy Sciences
Professor Per Berggren
Chair of Marine Megafauna Conservation
Dr Richard Bevan
Senior Lecturer in Zoology
Ewelina Bien
Senior Biological Lab Technician, School of Natural and Environmental Sciences
Professor Neil Boonham
Chair of Applied Crop Science
Dr Timothy Boswell
Senior Lecturer
Professor Giles Budge
Director of Research and Innovation, School of Natural and Environmental Sciences; Professor
Professor John Bythell
Professor of Coral Reef Biology, School of Natural and Environmental Sciences
Dr Gary Caldwell
Senior Lecturer in Applied Marine Biology
Dr Celine Cano
Reader in Medicinal Chemistry
Dr Toni Carruthers
Lecturer in Physical Chemistry
Jess Chapman
Postgraduate Research Administrator
Dr Abdul Chaudhry
Senior Lecturer
Professor Tony Clare
Emeritus Professor of Marine Science
Dr Orla Collins
Degree Programme Director (DPD) BSc Food Business Management and Marketing
Victoria Coulson
Operations Manager
Dr Fiona Cuskin
Lecturer in Metabolic Biochemistry
Dr Hannah Davis
Lecturer in Ruminant Nutrition
Dr Simon Doherty
Senior Lecturer
Dr Catherine Douglas
Reader in Animal Welfare and Behaviour
David Earley
Senior Chemical UG/PGT Lab Technician
Dr Martin Edwards
Senior Lecturer in Biotechnology for Crop Protection
Emerita Professor Sandra Edwards
Emerita Professor
Professor Robert Edwards
Emeritus Professor
Dr Julien Eng
Research Associate
Dr Johan Eriksson
Lecturer in Chemistry
Dr John Errington
Reader Metalorganic Chemistry
Professor Darren Evans
Director of Expertise: Ecosystems, School of Natural and Environmental Sciences; Professor of Ecology and Conservation
Dr Shannon Flynn
Lecturer in Inorganic Geochemistry
Dr Richard Francksen
Research Associate
Dr Marina Freitag
Reader in Energy Materials
Professor Lynn Frewer
Professor of Food & Society
Dr Dave George
Reader in Precision Agronomy
Professor Elizabeth Gibson
Co Director of Post Graduate Research, School of Natural and Environmental Science, Professor of Energy Materials
Dr Menelaos Gkartzios
Reader in Planning & Rural Development
Emeritus Professor Morris Gosling
Emeritus Professor
Dr Jennyfer Goujon-Ricci
Research Associate
Emeritus Professor Neil Gray
Emeritus Professor
Dr Helen Gray
Lecturer in Pig and Poultry Welfare
Jane Grayson
Education Administrator
Gavin Hall
Senior Botanical Research Technician
Tom Harding
Head of School Operations
Emeritus Professor David Harvey
Professor Emeritus
Kerry Harvey
Executive Support Coordinator
Kate Henderson
School Education Team Leader
Dr Lee Higham
Senior Lecturer and SNES Academic Lead for Employability and Enterprise
Dr Ben Horrocks
Reader in Physical Chemistry
Dr Thomas Howard
Reader in Synthetic & Molecular Biology
Dr Carmen Hubbard
Reader in Agricultural Economics and Policy
Dr Mark Ireland
Senior Lecturer in Energy Geoscience and Associate Dean Global Partnerships, Faculty of Science, Agriculture and Engineering
Dr Keith Izod
Reader in Main Group Chemistry
Dr Evelyn Jensen
Senior Lecturer
Dr Martin Jones
Guest Member of Staff
Dr Maxim Kapralov
Senior Lecturer
Professor Akane Kawamura
Professor of Chemical Biology
Dr James Knight
Lecturer in Radiochemistry
Dr Hanno Kossen
Lecturer in Chemistry
Dr Matthew Leach
Director of the CBC
Deborah Leitch
INE Project Coordinator
Dr Samuel Logan
Plant Research Team Leader/Deputy Technical Manager
Dr Andrew Temple
Research Associate
Fiona Maclachlan
Senior Biological UG/PGT Lab Technician
Dr Louise Mair
NUAcT Research Fellow
Emma Malcolm
Animal Science Technical Team Leader
Yassir Malik
Marketing Manager
Professor David Manning
Professor of Soil Science
Dr Sara Marsham
Dean of Education, Faculty of Science, Agriculture and Engineering; Reader in Bioscience Education
Dr Tom McAllister
Royal Society University Research Fellow
Professor Philip McGowan
Professor of Conservation Science and Policy
Dr Kirsty McInnes
Research Fellow
Professor Aileen Mill
Professor in Modelling, Evidence and Policy
Dr Amy Miller
Senior Research Associate
Duncan Miller
Principal Research Associate
Professor Pip Moore
Professor of Marine Science
Dr Miguel Morales Maqueda
Senior Lecturer in Oceanography
Dr Simone Mordue
Research Associate
Dr Ellen Moss
Research Associate in Biostatistics
Dr Pawel Palmowski
Research Associate
Simon Parker
Senior Lecturer
Dr Magda Pascual-Borras
Research Associate
Barry Pearson
First Mate/Standby Skipper Res. Vessel
Professor Marion Pfeifer
Professor of Forest Landscape Restoration
Dr Cecilia Piergentili
Research Associate
Dr Andrew Pike
Director of Expertise - Chemistry
Dr Thomas Pope
Research Associate
Marion Prieri
Research Associate
Dr Amy Proctor
Senior Lecturer
Dr Caroline Rhymer
Research Associate
Amy Roberts
Chemical Lab Team Leader
Michael Robinson
Greenhouse and Research Technician
Dr James Sanderson
Research Associate
Dr Roy Sanderson
Senior Lecturer in Biological Modelling
Katy Sawyer
School Operations Coordinator (Events and Communications)
Dr Mark Shirley
Lecturer
Professor Sally Shortall
Duke of Northumberland Professor of Rural Economy
Dr Nicola Simcock
Research Culture Manager
Sheralyn Smith
Senior Biological Teaching Technician
James Standen
Director of Farms
Dr Gavin Stewart
Reader in Interdisciplinary Evidence
Dr Hannah Stewart
Senior Post Doctoral Research Associate, CRUK Drug Discovery Unit
Dr Tahar Taybi
Teaching Fellow
Professor Yit Arn Teh
Professor of Soil Science
Dr Jon Telling
Reader in Biogeochemistry
Dr Sophie Tindale
Research Associate
Dr Barbara Tocco
Principal Research Associate and NICRE Centre Manager
Professor Robert Upstill-Goddard
Emeritus Professor of Marine Biogeochemistry
Dr Cees van der Land
Senior Lecturer in Carbonate Geoscience, School of Natural and Environmental Sciences
Dr Miguel Velazquez
Lecturer in Reproductive Physiology
Dr Nick Walker
Degree Programme Director (Undergraduate Programmes in Chemistry); Senior Lecturer
Professor Mike Waring
Chair of Medicinal Chemistry
David Whitaker
Technical Manager
Professor Mark Whittingham
Professor of Applied Ecology
Dr Benjamin Wigham
Lecturer in Marine Biology
Andrea Wilkinson
Research Associate in Global Challenges, UNSDGs and Small Island Developing States
Professor William Willats
Prof of Molecular Agri-Diagnostics
Dr Kirsty Wilson
Research Associate
Dr Siji Kavil
Research Associate
Dr Catriona Anderson
NU Academic Track Fellow (NUAcT)
Dr Amelia Magistrali
Research Associate National Innovation Centre for Rural Enterprise
Juliet Goss
Education Administrator
Linzi Mackay
Education Team Leader, School of Natural and Environmental Sciences
Dr Roly Armstrong
Lecturer
Dr Sarah Coulthard
Senior lecturer in marine social science
Professor Sam Wilson
Professor of Biogeochemistry
Dr Mark Booth
Senior Lecturer
Dr Jordan Cuff
NUAcT Fellow
Dr Matt Hopkinson
Senior Lecturer in Organic Chemistry, Admissions Tutor for Chemistry Undergraduate Programmes
Louise Bartsch
Chemical Teaching Technician
Sarah Greener
Biological Teaching Technician
Carolyn Hunter
Senior Chemical UG/PGT Lab Technician
Dr Mark Stevenson
Visiting Researcher
Daniel Hinds
Executive Support Administrator, School of Natural and Environmental Sciences
Dr Isabel Smallegange
Senior Lecturer in Population Biology
Dr Patricia Lopez-Calcagno
Lecturer in Plant Biology
Dr Tony Baker
Biological Research Technician
Geraldine Crimmens
NICRE Operations Coordinator
Dr Thao Nguyen
Research Associate in Quantitative Data
Jaclyn Curry
Communications manager, National Innovation Centre for Rural Enterprise (NICRE)
Dr John Edgar
Research Associate
Dr Marie McIntyre
NU Partnership Academic Track (NUPAcT)/FSA Fellow in Translational Food Safety, Modelling, Evidence and Policy (MEP) group, School of Natural and Environmental Sciences
Rachel Barnett
Assistant Operations Manager
Dr Fritha Langford
Senior Lecturer in Livestock Welfare. Deputy lead: Agriculture and Animal Science Group
Dr Jessica Martin
Reader in Animal Welfare and Innovation
Paul Wilson
Operations Coordinator
Dr Theresa Rueger
Senior Lecturer in Tropical Marine Biology
Amy Angus
School Events & Comms Administrator
Professor Anne Borland
Emerita Professor
Dr Jasmine Clarkson
Research Associate
Professor Nick Polunin
Emeritus Professor of Marine Environmental Science
Dr Ioan-Bogdan Magdău
Lecturer in Computational Data Driven Chemistry
Dr Alison Hutchinson
Research Associate Species Conservation
Dr Albert Boaitey
Lecturer in Global Agrifood Supply Chains
Rosie Brown
School Operations Assistant
Terri Scott
Operations Assistant
Emeritus Professor Bernard Golding
Emeritus Professor
Dr Aron Mazel
Associate Researcher (previous: Reader in Heritage Studies)
Dr Simon Maddock
Senior Lecturer in Ecology and Evolution
Dr Fabrice Stephenson
NUAcT Fellow: One Planet
Karina Lee
Deputy School Manager (Education)
Dr Salvatore Barillà
Social Science Research Associate
Adam Carrick
Senior Chemical Labs Technician
Dr Tracey Stevenson
Senior Plant Research Technician
Kyle Carr
Botanical and Lab Support Technician
David McLauchlin
Assistant Laboratory Technician
Dr Peter Evans
Senior Chemical Teaching Lab Technician
Dr Matthew Peake
Biological Teaching Technician
Avril Bennie
Education Assistant
Carmen Sanchez Pablo
Education Assistant
Josh Caroline
Education Administrator
Fearn Britton
Operations Assistant, School of Natural and Environmental Sciences
Alison Crooks
Operations Coordinator, Infrastructure
Nicola Luk
Executive Support Administrator, School of Natural and Environmental Sciences
Mitchell Ferguson
Executive Support Administrator, School of Natural and Environmental Sciences
Clare Weir
Business Support Manager, School of Natural and Environmental Sciences
Judith Gibson
Postgraduate Research Administrator
Ruth Nicholson
People Services Administrator
Craig Walker
Accountancy Assistant, School of Natural and Environmental Sciences
Ruth Hedley
Research Finance Business Partner, School of Natural and Environmental Sciences
Tegan Davison
Research Funding Development Manager
Dr Tim Blackburn
Business Development Manager
Dr Sarah Smith
Business Development Manager
Dr Arlete Simoes Barneze
Senior Research Technician
Dr Cijo Xavier
Senior Analytical Technician
Bill Guthery
Senior Analytical Technician
Dr Paul Waddell
Crystallography Officer
Dr Owen Woodford
Technical Scientific Officer
Dr Tom Reershemius
Lecturer in Soil Science
Dr Femke van den Berg
Senior Lecturer
Dr Matt Bawn
Senior Lecturer Microbial Genomics
Dr Francesca Ridley
Research Associate in Ecology