Personnel
| Professor Terry Burke | Head of Laboratory Deputy Director, NERC Environmental Omics Facility Professor of Molecular Ecology |
t.a.burke@sheffield.ac.uk | 0114 222 0096 |
| Professor Roger Butlin | Professor of Evolutionary Biology | r.k.butlin@sheffield.ac.uk | 0114 222 0097 |
| Dr Pascal-Antoine Christin | Principal Investigator | p.christin@sheffield.ac.uk | |
| Dr Deborah Dawson | Manager of the NERC Environmental Omics Visitor Facility | d.a.dawson@sheffield.ac.uk | 0114 222 0106 |
| Dr Nicola Nadeau | Independent Research Fellow | n.nadeau@sheffield.ac.uk | 0114 222 4717 |
| Dr Mirre Simons | Vice-Chancellor’s Fellow | m.simons@sheffield.ac.uk | |
| Professor Jon Slate | Professor of Evolutionary Genetics | j.slate@sheffield.ac.uk | 0114 222 0048 |
| Dr Alison Wright | NERC Fellow | a.e.wright@sheffield.ac.uk | |
| Dr Kai Zeng | Lecturer in Biology | k.zeng@sheffield.ac.uk | 0114 222 4708 |
| Rachel Tucker | Senior Research Technician Population genetics and genomics |
r.tucker@sheffield.ac.uk | 0114 222 0115 |
| Gracie Adams (2016- |
Technician (Supervisor: Dr M Simons) |
Fly lab technical support | gadams2@sheffield.ac.uk |
| Alexander Bardill (2018-2022) |
Graduate student (Supervisor: Mirre Simons) |
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| Charlotte Bartleet-Cross (2016-2020) |
Graduate student (Supervisor: Prof T A Burke) |
Conservation genomics of the Seychelles warbler | clbartleet-cross1@sheffield.ac.uk |
| Matheus Bianconi | Postdoctoral Associate (Supervisor: Dr PA Christin) |
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| Alex Charles (2017-2021) |
Graduate student (Supervisors: Dr M Simons and Dr T Gossman) |
Hyper-omics to understand how diet reduces ageing | AJCharles2@sheffield.ac.uk |
| De Chen (2019-20) |
visiting Research Fellow (Host: Prof J Slate) | ||
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Emma Curran |
Postdoctoral Associate |
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| Luke Dunning (2015-) |
Postdoctoral Associate (Supervisors: Dr P Nosil & Dr PA Christin) |
Evolution of C3 and C4 photosynthesis in grasses. | l.dunning@sheffield.ac.uk |
| Juan Enciso (2017-2020) |
Graduate student (Supervisor: Dr N Nadeau) |
The genetic basis and evolution of scale structure in Heliconius butterflies | jenciso1@sheffield.ac.uk |
| Dr Isobel Eyres (2014-) |
Postdoctoral Associate (Supervisor: Prof RK Butlin) |
Candidate genes for host race formation in aphids |
0114 222 0113 |
| Sarah Gautrey (2019-2023) |
Graduate student (Supervisor: Dr M Simons) |
The mechanisms of dietary restriction: insights from comparative and functional genetics. | sgautrey1@sheffield.ac.uk |
| Laura Hartshorne (2016- |
Research technician (Supervisor: Dr M Simons) |
Drosophila melanogaster (fruit fly) genetics | l.hartshorne@sheffield.ac.uk |
| Katy Hearn (2018-22) | Graduate student (Supervisor: Prof R K Butlin) |
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| Sam Hibdige (2018-2022) |
Graduate Student (Supervisor: Dr PA Christin) |
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| Dr Gavin Horsburgh (2006- |
Postdoctoral Associate (Supervisors: Prof T A Burke & Dr DA Dawson) |
Research Assistant for the NERC Environmental Omics Visitor Facility |
0114 222 0115 g.horsburgh@sheffield.ac.uk |
| Richard Kaskiewicz (2018-2022) |
Graduate student (Supervisor: Dr M Simons) |
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| Eva Koch (2019-) |
Postdoctoral Associate (Supervisor: Prof RK Butlin) |
Parallel speciation in Littorina saxatilis | |
| Jenny Larsson (2017-2021) |
Graduate Student (Supervisor: Prof RK Butlin) |
JLarsson1@sheffield.ac.uk | |
| Victoria Lloyd (2018-2022) |
Graduate student (Supervisor: Dr N Nadeau) |
The evolutionary development of structural colour | vjlloyd1@sheffield.ac.uk |
| Dr Kathryn Maher (2018-) |
Postdoctoral Associate (Supervisors: Prof T A Burke & Dr DA Dawson) |
Data Analyst NERC Environmental Omics Visitor Facility |
0114 222 4718 kathryn.maher@sheffield.ac.uk |
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Andy McCracken |
Graduate Student (Supervisor: Dr Mirre Simons) |
The evolution and genetics of aging: adapting to changes in life expectancy and reproductive opportunities | awmccracken1@sheffield.ac.uk |
| Lamiaa Munshi (2016-2020) |
Graduate Student (Supervisor: Dr PA Christin) |
Evolutionary genomics in Molluginaceae | |
| Vanja Milenkovic | Research Technician (Supervisor: Dr PA Christin) |
C4 evolution in Alloteropsis | |
| Tien Nguyen (2019-2023) |
Graduate student (Supervisor: Dr N Nadeau) |
Understanding temperature adaptation in tropical Andean butterflies | |
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Celine Pagnier |
NEOF Secretary |
Secretary for the NERC Environmental Omics Facility |
0114 222 4314 c.pagnier@sheffield.ac.uk |
| Dr Daniela Palmer (2019-2021) |
US NSF Postdoctoral Research Fellow (Supervisor: Dr A Wright) |
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| Jake Pepper (2018-2022) | Graduate Student (Supervisor: Prof J Slate) |
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| Chatchawal Phansopa (2019) |
Postdoctoral Associate (Supervisor: Dr PA Christin) |
C4 biochemistry | |
| Dr Suo Qiu | Postdoctoral Associate (Supervisors: Prof J Scholes and Prof RK Butlin) |
Genetics of virulence in Striga | |
| Thea Rogers (2017-2021) |
Graduate Student (Supervisor: Dr Alison Wright) |
Evolutionary dynamics of the avian sex chromosomes | TFRogers1@sheffield.ac.uk |
| Patricio Salazar (2018-2021) |
Postdoctoral Associate (Supervisor: Dr N Nadeau) |
Understanding temperature adaptation in tropical insects | p.salazar-carrion@sheffield.ac.uk |
| Aaron Sibma (2015-2021) |
Graduate Student (Supervisor: Prof T A Burke) | ssibma1@sheffield.ac.uk | |
| Sophie Smith (2018-2020) |
Research assistant (Supervisor: Dr N Nadeau) |
Understanding temperature adaptation in tropical insects | sophie.smith@sheffield.ac.uk |
| Graciela Sotelo (2019-) |
Research Technician (Supervisor: Dr PA Christin) |
Population genomics of Alloteropsis | |
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Jo Stonehouse |
Graduate Student (Supervisor: Prof J Slate) |
Genomics of diversity and adaptation in great tits Parus major | |
| Mark Sutherland (2019-2023) |
Graduate Student (Supervisor: Prof J Slate) |
Evolutionary genetics of coat colour in Soay sheep | |
| Dominic Swain | Graduate Student (Supervisor: Dr G Fraser in collaboration with Dr A Beckerman, UoS) |
Developmental Plasticity, Eco-Evo-Devo and Morphological Patterning in Daphnia | |
| Callum Thompson (2019-20) | Placement student (Supervisor: Dr Mirre Simons) | ||
| Nathan White (2017-2021) |
Graduate Student (Supervisor: Prof R K Butlin) |
Experimental evolution of local adaptation and speciation | NWhite3@sheffield.ac.uk |
| Lucy Winder (2017-2021) |
Graduate Student (Supervisor: Prof T Burke) |
Why do individuals differ in fitness? Quality differences and life-history trade-offs in a wild bird | lwinder1@sheffield.ac.uk |