People

We have a wealth of experience in many diverse areas such as plant and soil biology, waste prevention in supply chains, and food justice. If you aren’t sure who to contact then get in touch using our general contact details.

Director

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Professor Peter Jackson

Professor of Geography
Department of Geography

Professor Peter Jackson is the Co-Director of the University of Sheffield Institute for Sustainable Food. His research focuses on social and cultural geography and consumption and identity.

Email address: P.A.Jackson@Sheffield.ac.uk
Telephone: +44 114 222 7908

Executive

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Dr Sam Amsbury

Discovery Fellow
School of Biosciences

Email address: s.amsbury@sheffield.ac.uk

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NERC Independent Research Fellow, Stuart Campbell

Dr Stuart Campbell

NERC Independent Research Fellow
School of Biosciences

Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
Academic Lead for Volatile Metabolomics
Expertise: Volatile Metabolomics
Plants, Photosynthesis and Soil

Email address: stuart.campbell@sheffield.ac.uk
Telephone: +44 114 222 0074

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Dr Samantha Caton

Senior Lecturer
Population Health, School of Medicine and Population Health

Email address: s.caton@sheffield.ac.uk
Telephone: +44 114 222 4198

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Dr Gregory Cooper

Postdoctoral Research Fellow
Department of Geography

Greg's research focuses on the use of systems modelling to tackle sustainability issues in food and natural resource systems.

Email address: g.s.cooper@sheffield.ac.uk

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Dr Holly Croft

UKRI Future Leaders Fellow
School of Biosciences

Plants, Photosynthesis and Soil

Email address: h.croft@sheffield.ac.uk

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Dr Jill Edmondson

Senior Lecturer
School of Biosciences

Plants, Photosynthesis and Soil

Email address: j.edmondson@sheffield.ac.uk
Telephone: +44 114 222 0065

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Katie Pruszynski

PhD research student
Department of Politics and International Relations

PhD Title: Trump Priming: the anatomy of a Wedge Lie and its impact on democratic health

Governance and Public Policy

Email address: k.m.pruszynski@sheffield.ac.uk

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Professor Tony Ryan

Professor in Nursing
Nursing and Midwifery, School of Allied Health Professions, Nursing and Midwifery

Email address: t.ryan@sheffield.ac.uk
Telephone: +44 114 222 2062

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Professor Bhavani Shankar

Professorial Research Fellow in Food Systems, Nutrition and Sustainability
Department of Geography

Email address: b.shankar@sheffield.ac.uk

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Professor Jurriaan Ton

Professor of Plant Environmental Signalling
School of Biosciences

Plants, Photosynthesis and Soil

Email address: j.ton@sheffield.ac.uk
Telephone: +44 114 222 0081

Members

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Dr Panayiota Alevizou

Lecturer in Marketing
Management School

Email address: P.J.Alevizou@Sheffield.ac.uk
Telephone: +44 114 222 3423

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Dr Moaed Ali Al Meselmani

Visiting Researcher
School of Biosciences

A plant scientist with a particular interest in understanding the influence of environmental fluctuations on crop species; hydroponics expert.

Email address: m.almeselmani@sheffield.ac.uk

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Dr Robert Akparibo

Senior University Teacher in Global Health and Nutrition
Population Health, School of Medicine and Population Health

Robert is based in the Section of Public Health.

Email address: R.Akparibo@sheffield.ac.uk
Telephone: +44 114 222 4269

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Dr Beth Armstrong

Research Staff
Department of Geography

Email address: m.armstrong@sheffield.ac.uk
Telephone: +44 114 222 7914

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Natalie is a microbiologist with experience in microbiomics and molecular genetics researching soil microbiota and plant-microbe interactions in the context of sustainable, low input agriculture.

Email address: n.barratt@sheffield.ac.uk

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Kristin Bash

Honorary Lecturer
Population Health, School of Medicine and Population Health

Email address: kabash1@sheffield.ac.uk

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Professor David J Beerling FRS FLSW

Sorby Professor of Natural Sciences
School of Biosciences

Plants, Photosynthesis and Soil

Email address: d.j.beerling@sheffield.ac.uk
Telephone: +44 114 222 4359

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Dr Megan Blake

Senior Lecturer
Department of Geography

Megan is a recognised expert in food security and food justice. Her current research focuses on everyday food insecurity can be addressed in developed economies.

Email address: M.Blake@sheffield.ac.uk
Telephone: +44 114 222 7978

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Sarah Boyer

Graduate School Manager
Faculty of Arts and Humanities

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Professor Michael Braddick

Professor of History
Department of History

Early Modern England; State in Early Modern England, 1550-1700

Email address: m.braddick@sheffield.ac.uk
Telephone: +44 114 222 9701

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Professor Dan Brockington

Professor of Development Studies and Co-Director of the Institute for Global Sustainable Development
Institute for Global Sustainable Development

IGSD Research Theme Lead: Environment and Natural Resources

Email address: d.brockington@sheffield.ac.uk

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Dr Adam Brown

Senior Lecturer (Associate Professor)
Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering

Email address: adam.brown@sheffield.ac.uk
Telephone: +44 114 222 7608

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Richard Bruce wearing a checked shirt and a jacket.

Dr Richard Bruce

Lecturer in Supply Chain Accounting
Management School

Email address: r.bruce@sheffield.ac.uk
Telephone: +44 114 222 2723

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Dr Rob Bryant

Reader in Dryland Processes
Department of Geography

Rob is interested in the global dust cycle, with particular emphasis on geomorphological and hydrological processes that occur within "dry" arid basins.

Email address: R.G.Bryant@Sheffield.ac.uk
Telephone: +44 114 222 7966

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Dr Nicola Buckland

Senior Lecturer in Psychology
Department of Psychology

Email address: n.buckland@sheffield.ac.uk
Telephone: +44 114 222 6508

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Professor Terry Burke

Professor of Molecular Ecology
School of Biosciences

Ecology and Evolutionary Biology

Email address: t.a.burke@sheffield.ac.uk
Telephone: +44 114 222 0096

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Professor Mike Burrell

Associate Researcher
School of Biosciences

Email address: m.burrell@sheffield.ac.uk
Telephone: +44 114 222 0085

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Professor Roger Butlin

Professor of Evolutionary Biology
School of Biosciences

Ecology and Evolutionary Biology

Email address: r.k.butlin@sheffield.ac.uk
Telephone: +44 114 222 0097

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Dr Robert Caine

Postdoctoral Research Associate
School of Biosciences

Plants, Photosynthesis and Soil

Email address: b.caine@sheffield.ac.uk
Telephone: +44 114 222 0079

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Professor Vanesa Castan Broto

Professor of Climate Urbanism
Department of Geography

Vanesa’s research focuses on the governance of global environmental change in the urbanization age.

Email address: v.castanbroto@sheffield.ac.uk
Telephone: +44 114 222 7942

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Dr Samantha Caton

Senior Lecturer
Population Health, School of Medicine and Population Health

Email address: s.caton@sheffield.ac.uk
Telephone: +44 114 222 4198

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Dr Stuart Campbell

NERC Independent Research Fellow
School of Biosciences

Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
Academic Lead for Volatile Metabolomics
Expertise: Volatile Metabolomics
Plants, Photosynthesis and Soil

Email address: stuart.campbell@sheffield.ac.uk
Telephone: +44 114 222 0074

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Dr Jose L. Casamayor

Technical Fellow - Design for the Circular Economy
Advanced Manufacturing Research Centre

Design & Prototyping Group (DPG)

Email address: j.casamayoralarco@sheffield.ac.uk

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Dr Stuart Casson

Lecturer
School of Biosciences

Plants, Photosynthesis and Soil

Email address: s.casson@sheffield.ac.uk
Telephone: +44 114 222 4235

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Dr Adrien Chauvet

Lecturer in Physical Chemistry
Department of Chemistry

Ultrafast Spectroscopy, Biophysics, Photo-Chemistry, Photosynthesis, Pulse Shaping, High-Harmonics Generation.

Email address: a.chauvet@sheffield.ac.uk
Telephone: +44 114 222 9414

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Prof. Beining Chen

Professor of Medicinal Chemistry
Department of Chemistry

Computer aided molecular design and combinatorial chemistry to facilitate drug design and molecular recognition studies.

Email address: b.chen@sheffield.ac.uk
Telephone: +44 114 222 9467

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Dr Zhixiang Chen

Lecturer in Machine Learning
Department of Computer Science

Email address: Zhixiang.Chen@sheffield.ac.uk
Telephone: +44 114 222 1923

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Ollie Chesworth

PHD Candidate
Department of Geography

Email address: ochesworth1@sheffield.ac.uk

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Professor Dylan Childs

Professor, Chair in Population Biology
School of Biosciences

Ecology and Evolutionary Biology

Email address: d.childs@sheffield.ac.uk
Telephone: +44 114 222 4313

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Professor Alasdair Cochrane

Professor of Political Theory
Department of Politics and International Relations

Environmental Politics and Political Theory

Email address: a.cochrane@sheffield.ac.uk
Telephone: +44 114 222 1650

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Cameron Colclough

Grantham Scholar
Department of Physics and Astronomy

Email address: ccolclough@sheffield.ac.uk

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Dr Gregory Cooper

Postdoctoral Research Fellow
Department of Geography

Greg's research focuses on the use of systems modelling to tackle sustainability issues in food and natural resource systems.

Email address: g.s.cooper@sheffield.ac.uk

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Dr Andrew Cox

Senior Lecturer
Information School

Email address: a.m.cox@sheffield.ac.uk
Telephone: +44 114 222 6347

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Dr Holly Croft

UKRI Future Leaders Fellow
School of Biosciences

Plants, Photosynthesis and Soil

Email address: h.croft@sheffield.ac.uk

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Professor John Cullen

Emeritus Professor of Management Accounting
Management School

John Cullen is Emeritus Professor of Management Accounting.

Email address: john.cullen@sheffield.ac.uk

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Professor Hamish Cunningham

Professor of Internet Computing
Department of Computer Science

Email address: h.cunningham@sheffield.ac.uk
Telephone: +44 114 222 1891

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Professor Tim Daniell

N8 Chair in Soil Microbiology
School of Biosciences

Plants, Photosynthesis and Soil

Email address: t.j.daniell@sheffield.ac.uk
Telephone: +44 114 222 0137

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Professor Nicola Dibben

Professor of Music
Department of Music

Email address: n.j.dibben@sheffield.ac.uk

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Professor Mark Dickman

Deputy Faculty Director of Research & Innovation - Engineering
Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering

Email address: m.dickman@sheffield.ac.uk
Telephone: +44 114 222 7541

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Dr Kristina Diprose

Research Associate
Department of Geography

Kristina is an interdisciplinary environmental social researcher, currently focusing on consumer engagement with return-reuse systems for plastic packaging.

Email address: k.diprose@sheffield.ac.uk

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Dr Luke Dunning

NERC Independent Research Fellow
School of Biosciences

Ecology and Evolutionary Biology

Email address: l.dunning@sheffield.ac.uk
Telephone: +44 114 2220132

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Dr Jill Edmondson

Senior Lecturer
School of Biosciences

Plants, Photosynthesis and Soil

Email address: j.edmondson@sheffield.ac.uk
Telephone: +44 114 222 0065

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Mary Eliza

PhD Candidate
School of Biosciences

Email address: maryeliza1@sheffield.ac.uk
Telephone: +44 114 2XX XXXX

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Dr Heather Ellis

Vice-Chancellor’s Fellow
School of Education

Email address: h.l.ellis@sheffield.ac.uk
Telephone: +44 114 222 3627

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Dr Karl Evans

Senior Lecturer
School of Biosciences

Ecology and Evolutionary Biology

Email address: karl.evans@sheffield.ac.uk
Telephone: +44 114 222 0125

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Toby Evans

PhD Research Student
School of Biosciences

Email address: tpevans1@sheffield.ac.uk

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Professor Katie J Field

Professor of Plant-Soil Processes
School of Biosciences

Plants, Photosynthesis and Soil

Email address: k.j.field@sheffield.ac.uk

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Professor Andrew Fleming

Professor of Plant Science
School of Biosciences

Plants, Photosynthesis and Soil

Email address: a.fleming@sheffield.ac.uk
Telephone: +44 114 222 4830

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Dr Alexander Fletcher

Senior Lecturer
School of Mathematics and Statistics

Mathematical biology, morphogenesis, tissue dynamics

Email address: A.G.Fletcher@shef.ac.uk
Telephone: +44 114 222 3846

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Dr Mike Foden

Leverhulme Early Career Fellow
Department of Geography

Research Fellow in Geography investigating household transitions to reduced meat diets

Email address: m.k.foden@sheffield.ac.uk

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Dr Elisabeth Garratt

Lecturer in Quantitative Methods
Sheffield Methods Institute

Current Teaching: BA Applied Social Sciences & MA Social Research

Email address: elisabeth.garratt@sheffield.ac.uk
Telephone: +44 114 222 8385

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Samantha Garwood

Faculty Impact Manager for Arts and Humanities
Faculty of Arts and Humanities

Email address: samantha.garwood@sheffield.ac.uk

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Dr Eva Haifa Giraud

Senior Lecturer in Digital Media & Society
Department of Sociological Studies

Alternative & activist media
Food politics
‘Lifestyle’ ethics
Online dis/misinformation & hate speech
Mediated activism
Science & technology studies
Social & cultural theory

Email address: E.H.Giraud@sheffield.ac.uk

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Professor Julie Gray

Professor of Plant Cell Signalling
School of Biosciences

Plants, Photosynthesis and Soil

Email address: j.e.gray@sheffield.ac.uk
Telephone: +44 114 222 4407

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Dr Ellie Harrison

NERC Independent Research Fellow
School of Biosciences

Plants, Photosynthesis and Soil

Email address: Ellie.harrison@sheffield.ac.uk
Telephone: +44 114 222 4621

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Professor Sue Hartley

Vice-President for Research
School of Biosciences

Plants, Photosynthesis and Soil

Email address: s.hartley@sheffield.ac.uk
Telephone: +44 114 222 9824

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Dr Graeme Heron

Senior University Teacher in Operations Management and Continuous Improvement
Management School

Email address: G.Heron@sheffield.ac.uk
Telephone: +44 114 215 7185

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Dr Helen Hipperson

Research & Development Fellow in Genomics
School of Biosciences

Email address: h.hipperson@sheffield.ac.uk
Telephone: +44 114 222 0049

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Professor Michelle Holdsworth

Honorary Professor
Population Health, School of Medicine and Population Health

Email address: michelle.holdsworth@sheffield.ac.uk

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Professor Peter Horton FRS

Emeritus Professor of Biochemistry
School of Biosciences

Plants, Photosynthesis and Soil

Email address: p.horton@sheffield.ac.uk

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Thomas Hughes

PhD Student
School of Biosciences

I started my PhD with the School of Biosciences in 2023, with the research project of applying a machine learning approach and remote sensors to model crop yields and stress. I have a background in Computer Science (BSc) and Big Data Analytics (MSc), with a particular interest in machine learning techniques. My masters dissertation project involved predicting climbing grades on the Moonboard given a sequence of moves; this sequential approach has led to me exploring recurrent neural networks further, and I hope to harness them to partially resolve the issue of data availability in the space of agriculture.

Email address: thughes3@sheffield.ac.uk

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Stevier Kaiyatsa

PhD student
Department of Economics

Email address: SKaiyatsa1@sheffield.ac.uk

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Nicole Kennard

Grantham Scholar
School of Biosciences

Email address: njkennard1@sheffield.ac.uk

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Dorothea Kleine portrait smiling into camera

Professor Dorothea Kleine

Professor of Human Geography and Director of the Institute for Global Sustainable Development
Department of Geography

Institute of Global Sustainable Development (IGSD) Research Theme Lead: Data and Digital Innovation

Email address: D.J.Kleine@sheffield.ac.uk
Telephone: +44 114 222 7954

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Professor Lenny Koh

Cross Cutting Chief, Strategic Futures on Resource Sustainability (SCRS)
Management School

Professor Lenny Koh, is a Chair Professor in Operations Management, Founders and Directors of the Logistics and Supply Chain Management (LSCM) Research Centre at the Management School.

Email address: s.c.l.koh@sheffield.ac.uk
Telephone: +44 114 222 3395

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Professor Matt Johnson

Chair in Biochemistry
School of Biosciences

Plants, Photosynthesis and Soil

Email address: matt.johnson@sheffield.ac.uk
Telephone: +44 114 222 4418

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Professor Siobhan Lambert-Hurley

Professor of Global History
Department of History

Women, gender and Islam in South Asia

Email address: s.t.lambert-hurley@sheffield.ac.uk
Telephone: +44 114 22 22586

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Dr Hannah Lambie-Mumford

Faculty Director of Equality, Diversity and Inclusion
Department of Politics and International Relations

Email address: h.lambie-mumford@sheffield.ac.uk

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Dr Natalie Langford

Lecturer in Sustainability
Department of Politics and International Relations

Email address: natalie.langford@sheffield.ac.uk

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Bethany Leake

PhD Candidate
School of Biosciences

Email address: beleake1@sheffield.ac.uk
Telephone: +44 114 2XX XXXX

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Professor Jonathan R Leake

Professor of Plant-Soil Interactions
School of Biosciences

Plants, Photosynthesis and Soil

Email address: j.r.leake@sheffield.ac.uk
Telephone: +44 114 222 0055

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Dr Megan Lewis

Associate Director, Institute for Sustainable Food
Faculty of Science

Email address: megan.lewis@sheffield.ac.uk
Telephone: +44 114 222 9775

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Dr Sihan Li

Lecturer in Climate Science
Department of Geography

Dr Sihan Li is a climate scientist with extensive experience in using regional climate modelling and hydrological modelling to study regional climate change and climate change impacts.

Email address: sihan.li@sheffield.ac.uk

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Dr Ian Lidbury

Royal Society University Research Fellow
School of Biosciences

Molecular Microbiology: Biochemistry to Disease

Email address: i.lidbury@sheffield.ac.uk
Telephone: +44 7849388007

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Virginia Longo

PhD Student
Department of Geography

Email address: vlongo1@sheffield.ac.uk

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Ben Lowe

Research Associate
Management School

Email address: Ben.Lowe@sheffield.ac.uk
Telephone: +44 114 222 2189

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Emily Magkourilou

PhD Candidate
School of Biosciences

Email address: emagkourilou1@sheffield.ac.uk
Telephone: +44 114 2XX XXXX

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Catherine Malpass

PhD Student
Department of Urban Studies and Planning

Email address: camalpass1@sheffield.ac.uk

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Professor of Environmental Biology, Lorraine Maltby

Professor Lorraine Maltby, OBE

Professor of Environmental Biology
School of Biosciences

Ecology and Evolutionary Biology

Email address: l.maltby@sheffield.ac.uk
Telephone: +44 114 222 4827

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Laura Maratou-Kolias

PhD Candidate
Department of Geography

Email address: lmmaratou-kolias1@sheffield.ac.uk

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Dr Natalia Martsinovich

Senior Lecturer in Theoretical Chemistry and Departmental Director of ED&I
Department of Chemistry

Theoretical & Computational chemistry, surfaces and interfaces, adsorption and self-assembly, electron transfer, materials for photocatalysis and solar cells, soil minerals.