Visitors
Current and recent visitors to the Research Group and the NERC Environmental Omics Visitor Facility at Sheffield.
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The NERC Environmental Omics Visitor Facility was previously known as the NERC Biomolecular Analysis Facility at Sheffield (NBAF-S) and the Sheffield Molecular Genetics Facility (SMGF)
We have had over 100 visitors from 26 countries around the world - click here to see the home institutes of our visitors.
Visitors are listed in reverse chronological order (by the year of their most recent activity) then alphabetically by surname.
2020 |
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| Jillian Mayberry | 2020 | Graduate student Native biodiversity in human-impacted habitats: Applying NGS technology to arthropod assemblages in semi-natural and plantation oak woodlands |
University of Aberdeen (NBAF) |
| Thomas Mondain-Monval | 2020 | Graduate student The breeding, migration and wintering ecology of a declining wader, the common sandpiper |
Lancaster University (NBAF) |
2019 |
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| José António Lemos Barão-Nóbrega | 2019 | Graduate student Hybridisation in crocodiles (Crocodylus moreletii) inhabiting a Mesoamerican UNESCO Biosphere Reserve |
University of Salford (NBAF) |
| Lorna Blackmore | 2019 | Graduate student Effects of florally enhanced field margins on diversity and pollen resource use of hoverfly assemblages |
University of East Anglia (NBAF) |
| Sam Browett | 2019 | Graduate student Know your enemy: A DNA metabarcoding approach to investigate competitive exclusion during an ongoing invasion |
University of Salford (NBAF) |
| Carolina Calero | 2016-19 | Graduate student Impact of climate change on the microbial ecology of drinking water distribution systems |
University of Sheffield (NBAF) |
| George Day | 2019 | Graduate student Contemporary and historical population genetics of European Nightjar (Caprimulgus europaeus). |
University of York (NBAF) |
| Diogo Joao Franco dos Santos | 2018-19 | Graduate student Identifying MHC variation as an indicator of resistance to specific parasite fauna of Asian elephants (Elephas maximus) |
University of Sheffield (NBAF) |
| Franziska Elsner-Gearing | 2019 | Graduate student Quantifying the genetic diversity of the population of critically endangered Eastern black rhino (Diceros bicornis michaeli) in EAZA zoos to inform meta-population management strategies |
University of Manchester (NBAF) |
| Ellen Goddard | 2019 | Graduate student The function of carnivorous pitcher plants in their native and non-native range: extrinsic vs intrinsic drivers of inquiline community composition |
Loughborough University (NBAF) |
| Dr William Hentley | 2019 | PDRA Using population genetics to investigate repeat bed bug infestations in deprived areas of Sheffield |
University of Sheffield |
| Lucy Knowles | 2019 | Research technician Pine Marten Genetics - Assessing the economic and conservation impacts of the pine marten, a recovering predator, on non-native grey squirrels, and forest land management. |
University of Sheffield (NBAF) |
| Soledad Martinez | 2019 | Graduate student Microbiology of the secondary dinking water distribution systems |
University of Sheffield Department of Civil and Structural Engineering |
| Lucy Mitchell | 2018-19 | Graduate student Investigation of diet in the European Nightjar Caprimulgus europaeus |
University of York (NBAF) |
| Karthana Pillay | 2019 | Cichlid fish dietary analysis by gut content metabarcoding | Bangor University (NBAF) |
| Esther Rosales Sanchez | 2019 | Research assistant | Civil and Structural Engineering University of Sheffield |
| Jennifer Sealy | 2019 | Undergraduate Summer Volunteer St Georges Peregrines, a review of chicks raised 2012- 2019 |
University of Sheffield |
| Connie Tremlett | 2019 | Graduate student Pollination networks of nectarivorous bats in Mexico and dietary dependence upon the cultivated cactus Stenocereus queretaroensis |
University of Southampton (NBAF) |
| Jens Van Eeckhoven | 2019 | Graduate student Polyandry and genetic health of an abundant native solitary pollinator bee (Osmia bicornis) |
University of Leeds (NBAF) |
2018 |
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| Sarah Biddiscombe | 2018 | Research Technician Dispersal through fitness landscapes in a social bird: from individuals to populations |
University of Sheffield (NBAF) |
| Francesca Dawson Pell | 2017-18 | Social and genetic structure of an invasive parrot population Supervisor: Prof Ben Hatchwell |
University of Sheffield (NBAF) |
| Lorna Drake | 2018 | Graduate student Variation in the diet of the Eurasian otter Lutra lutra, and its implications for parasitology, ecotoxicology and conservation |
University of Sheffield (NBAF) |
| Rob Goodsell | 2017-18 | Graduate student Investigating the drivers of arthropod diversity in agro-ecosystems using metabarcoding |
University of Sheffield (NBAF) |
| Chris Hobbs | 2018 | Graduate student The population genetics of The Shining Ramshorn Snail, Segmentina nitida |
Canterbury Christ Church University (NBAF) |
| Dr Takeshi Kawakami | 2015-18 | Research Fellow Evolution of sex chromosomes |
Swedish Research Council Fellow Uppsala University |
| Omar Khalilur Rahman | 2018 | Graduate student Response of parasite-bat networks to forest fragmentation in REGUA, Brazil |
Queen Mary University of London (NBAF) |
| Joe Llanos | 2018 | Graduate student The effects of ley cropping on earthworm diversity and abundance |
University of Sheffield (NBAF) |
| Laura Najera | 2018 | Graduate student Gene flow, adaption and species boundaries in a complex of sympatric Myotis bats (Vespertilionidae) along the Baja California Peninsula, Mexico |
University of Leeds (NBAF) |
| Tom Timberlake | 2018 | Graduate student Mind the gap: The importance of flowering phenology in pollinator restoration |
University of Bristol (NBAF) |
2017 |
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| Gracie Adams |
2015 2017 |
Undergraduate Work Experience Volunteer Acorn Woodpecker Genetics - Quantitative genetics of behaviour: cooperative breeding and lifetime fitness. |
University of Sheffield (NBAF R n D) |
| Tom Bellis | 2017 | MSc Student (Joint supervisors: Dr Deborah Dawson and Dr Hannah Dugdale - University of Leeds) Genetic Origins of the Badger Population on the Isle of Arran, Scotland (in collaboration with Scottish Badgers) |
University of Leeds |
| Andy Buxton | 2015 - 2017 | Graduate student Environmental DNA as an assessment tool for population size estimates of the Great Crested Newt (Triturus cristatus). |
University of Kent (NBAF) |
| Medardo Cruz-López |
2014 - 2015 2017 |
Graduate student Investigating the Snowy Plover MHC Supervisor Dr Clemens Kuepper |
Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico, Mazatlan, Mexico |
| Kate Denton | 2017 | Graduate student The potential of insectivorous bats as agents of crop pest control in the UK |
University of Greenwich (NBAF) |
| Andy Devaynes | 2017 | Graduate student Bacterial communities of Blue Tit nest boxes |
Edge Hill University (NBAF) |
| Chris Doble | 2017 | Graduate student Testing eDNA metabarcoding approaches for surveying Lake Tanganyika’s hyper-diverse littoral fish communities |
University College London (NBAF) |
| Agata Drywa | 2017 | Graduate student Genetic structure and connectivity in the endangered yet potentially commercially valuable North Atlantic porbeagle shark: informing conservation and towards sustainable fisheries management |
University of Aberdeen (NBAF) |
| Sam Finnegan | 2017 | Graduate student Sexual selection as a defence against meiotic drive |
University College London (NBAF) |
| Lucy Garrett | 2016 - 17 | Graduate student Does genetic relatedness affect breeding patch occupancy in a colony nesting seabird? |
University of Birmingham (NBAF) |
| Brian Hanotte | 2017 | Undergraduate Summer Volunteer A DNA study of the diet of Pine Marten (Martes martes) on the Isle of Skye, Scotland. |
Bangor University, Wales |
| Daniel Hayman | 2017 | Undergraduate summer placement Variation in locomotion in Drosophila in response to Dietary Restriction |
University of Sheffield / MBB |
| Keziah Hobson | 2017 | Graduate student Assessing the economic and conservation impacts of the pine marten, a recovering predator, on non-native grey squirrels, and forest land management |
University of Aberdeen (NBAF) |
| Jane Hosegood | 2017 | Graduate student Developing Novel Genetic Tools for the Conservation and Management of Vulnerable Manta and Mobula rays |
University of Bangor (NBAF) |
| Lara Meade | 2015 - 2017 | Graduate student How does meiotic drive influence sexual selection? |
University College London (NBAF) |
| Sam Morris | 2017 | Research Technician Alternative reproductive strategies in a simple eusocial ant |
University of Bristol (NBAF) |
| Dirleane Ottonelli Rossato | 2017 | Graduate student Do agricultural practices affect butterfly dispersal and genetic diversity? |
Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil |
| Joel Pick | 2016 - 2017 | SNSF Postdoctoral Research Fellow Elucidating the eco-evolutionary dynamics of variation within individuals, populations and species. |
School of Biological, Earth and Environmental Sciences, |
| Teresa Santos | 2016 - 2017 | Research Technician Are kin closer? Social and genetic relationships between male African elephants |
University of Sheffield (NBAF) |
| Suzan Trooster | 2017 | Erasmus student Age-dependent effect of Tor signalling on instant mortality risk. |
University of Amsterdam |
| Sil van Lieshout | 2017 | Graduate student Early-life environment effects on senescence in European badgers |
University of Leeds (NBAF) |
| Amy Withers | 2017 | MSc Student (Joint supervisors: Dr Deborah Dawson and Dr Hannah Dugdale - University of Leeds) Next-generation sequencing to study the distribution and diet of Eurasian otters (Lutra lutra) on the river Don in Sheffield (in collaboration with the Sheffield and Rotherham Wildlife Trust). |
University of Leeds |
| Lilly Zecherle | 2017 | Graduate student Population genomics of reintroduced Asiatic wild ass Equus hemionus |
Liverpool John Moores University (NBAF) |
2016 |
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| Stuart Baird | 2016 | NERC Visiting Scientist | Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic |
| Sabuj Bhattacharyya | 2016 | British Commonwealth Fellow Diet of a high altitude lagomorph (Royle's pika) from western Himalaya using advanced molecular biology techniques. |
Indian Institute of Sciences, Bangalore, India |
| Ashley Cook | 2016 | Graduate student Genomic divergence following colonisation in island Zosterops species |
University of Oxford (NBAF) |
| Jenny Dunn | 2016 | PDRA Developing novel methodology for dietary analysis in temperate granivores |
RSPB (NBAF) |
| Biersma Elisabeth | 2016 | Graduate student Exploiting herbarium resources: a case study on Antarctic endemic plant biogeography |
British Antarctic Survey (NBAF) |
| Michelle Frost | 2015 - 2016 | Graduate student Genetic monitoring to assess the potential for anthropogenic impacts in the endangered common skate in the North east Atlantic: genetic diversity, connectivity and effective population size |
University of Aberdeen (NBAF) |
| Ruth Jeavons | 2016 | Student Fine-scale foraging behavior of far-ranging marine predators: integrating 3-dimensional movement and activity data. (assisting Jude Lane) |
University of Leeds (NBAF) |
| Jude Lane | 2015 - 2016 | Graduate student Fine-scale foraging behavior of far-ranging marine predators: integrating 3-dimensional movement and activity data. |
University of Leeds (NBAF) |
| Amy Leedale | 2016 | Graduate student Evolutionary genetics of social behaviour in birds. |
University of Sheffield (NBAF) |
| Filipa Martins | 2016 | Graduate student Population ecology and genetics of a semiaquatic freshwater mammal, the pyrenean desman (Galemys pyrenaicus) in Northern Portugal |
CIBIO, Centro de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Recursos Genéticos, |
| Renata Medeiros | 2016 | Graduate student Flexible foraging strategies in Gentoo penguins Pygoscelis papua |
University of Cardiff (NBAF) |
| Hannah Mumby | 2016 | Research Fellow Are kin closer? Social and genetic relationships between male African elephants. |
University of Cambridge (NBAF) |
| Chloe Orland | 2016 | Graduate student Temporal colonization of lake sediment by microbial communities along environmental gradients |
University of Cambridge (NBAF) |
| Martin Pivarci | 2016 | Graduate student Phylogeography of the Linden bug, Pyrrhocoris apterus. |
Institute of Entomology, Czech Republic |
| Joanna Redihough | 2016 | Graduate student Analysing the diet of reintroduced Eurasian Cranes (Grus grus) on the Somerset Levels UK, using Next Generation Sequencing. |
University of Cardiff (NBAF) |
2015 |
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| Claire Armstrong | 2015 | Graduate student Differentiation in the Bertholet's pipit (using ddRAD). |
UEA (NBAF R n D) |
| Alex Ball | 2015 | Research Technician Functions and mechanisms of recognition systems in social birds. |
University of Sheffield (NBAF) |
| Ghaniya Bi | 2015 | Undergraduate Genetics Society Summer Studentship Genotyping bee-eaters on Susak Island: Does genetic relatedness promote cooperation and predict social and spatial structure? |
University of Sheffield |
| Peri Bolton | 2015 | Graduate student Colour polymorphism in the Gouldian Finch |
Macquarie University (Australia) |
| Katherine Booth-Jones | 2015 | Graduate student Dispersal and gene flow across ocean basins in a tropical seabird complex. |
Institute of Zoology (NBAF) |
| Phil Bradshaw | 2015 | Graduate student Investigating variation of life-history strategies in the Mediterranean green turtle population (Chelonia mydas). |
University of Exeter (NBAF) |
| Medardo Cruz-López | 2014-2015 | Graduate student Snowy Plover MHC |
Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico, Mazatlan, Mexico |
| Maaikede Jong | 2014-2015 | Posdoctoral Researcher Testing the limits and potential of evolutionary responses to climate change (using ddRAD). |
University of Bristol (NBAF) |
| Natalie dos Remedios | 2015 | Research Technician Functions and mechanisms of recognition systems in social birds. PI: Prof Ben Hatchwell |
University of Sheffield (NBAF) |
| Carly Easby | 2015 | Graduate student Assessing hedgehog diet in rural landscapes by DNA sequencing of faeces. |
University of Oxford (NBAF) |
| Susana Freitas | 2012 - 2015 | Graduate student (Supervisor RK Butlin) Asexual lineage evolution in Darevskia lizards |
University of Porto, Portugal |
| Deborah Glass | 2015 | Graduate student Scent-gland microbial diversity as a determinant in kin discrimination in the hazel dormouse (Muscardinus avellanarius). |
University of Brighton (NBAF) |
| Russell Hall | 2015 | Graduate student Evolution of Ecological Diversity in Grasses. |
University of Sheffield (NBAF) |
| Elizabeth Herridge | 2015 | Graduate student Rates of polyandry across species of dance fly (Diptera: Empididae). |
University of Stirling (NBAF) |
| Michelle King | 2015 | Research Technician Imprinting, methylation and shell thickness in molluscs. |
British Antartic Survey (BAS) (NBAF) |
| Dr Jonna Kulmini | 2014 - 2015 | Research Fellow (HFSP) Evolution of incompatibilities in Formica ants. |
University of Helsinki, Finland |
| Óscar Mira Pérez | 2011 - 2015 | Graduate student Conservation genetics and phylogeography of the Apollo butterfly Parnassius apollo. |
University of Granada, Spain. (NBAF R n D) |
| Simone Mordue | 2015 | Graduate student The spatial and social dynamics of the Natterer’s bat Myotis nattereri. |
University of Newcastle (NBAF) |
| Alessia Mori | 2013 - 2015 | Graduate student Population structure in the stone curlew |
University of Pisa, Italy |
| Paul Parsons | 2015 | Research Technician Queen-worker coadaptation and conflict in a primitively eusocial bee. |
Sussex University (NBAF) |
| Teresa Santos | 2015 | Research Technician Social behaviour and diseases in the wild: genetic relatedness and disease prevalence in an island bird population. |
University of Sheffield (NBAF) |
| Andy Saxon | 2014 - 2015 | Graduate student Developing genomic resources to test limits to adaptation in rainforest-restricted Drosophila (using ddRAD). |
University of Bristol (NBAF) |
| Rachel Williams | 2013 - 2015 | Graduate student Population structure of the cephalopod Nautilus pompilius among Australian reefs and isolated seamounts. |
University of Cumbria (NBAF) |
2014 |
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| Naomi Dalton | 2014 | Graduate student Reintroduction of Sium latifolium: the role of genetics in determining success of translocations |
University of Bristol (NBAF) |
| Lilian Lieber | 2013-2014 | Graduate student Baseline data for assessing environmental impacts on basking sharks in Scottish waters: effective population size, connectivity and group kinship. |
University of Aberdeen (NBAF) |
| Kim Mortega | 2013-2014 | Graduate student Allochronic diversification? Testing implications of local seasonality for genetic and vocal divergence of an Afrotropical songbird. |
University of Glasgow (NBAF) |
| Charilaos Piledes | 2010-2014 | Graduate student Conservation genetics of brown bears (Ursus arctos) in Greece. |
University of Bristol |
| Teresa Santos | 2013-14 | Erasmus Internee Assessing genetic markers for studying and comparing animal populations. |
University of Aveiro, Portugal Supervisor Dr Deborah Dawson |
2013 |
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| Oliva Castaneda | 2013 | Student | University of Bielefield, Germany |
| Niles Desmarais | 2013 |
Undergraduate student |
Gonzaga University, USA (NBAF R n D) |
| Natalie dos Remedios | 2010-2013 | Graduate student A phylogeny of African plovers |
University of Bath (NBAF) |
| Lindsay Farrell | 2009-2013 | Graduate student Molecular genetics of alternative male reproductive morphs in Ruffs (Philomachus pugnax) |
Simon Fraser University Canada (NBAF R & D) |
| Antje Girndt | 2013 | Graduate student | Max Planck Institute |
| Ben Godsall | 2013 | Graduate student Constructing a pedigree to allow the modelling of the dynamics of heritable phenotypic characters in a wild population living in a variable environment |
Imperial (NBAF) |
| Lauren Holt | 2013 | Graduate student Kin structure and dynamics of social queues |
Sussex University (NBAF) |
| Tim Huggins | 2013 | Graduate student Lifetime reproductive success and longevity of workers in a social insect |
University of East Anglia (NBAF) |
| Hayley King | 2013 | Graduate student Development of a non-invasive method to study the gastro-intestinal tract (GIT) microbiome of the Eurasian badger (Meles meles) with reference to Mycobacterium bovis infection and vaccination status. |
Warwick University (NBAF) |
| Katy Maher | 2013 | Visiting student | University of Bielefeld, Germany |
| Cheryl Mills | 2011-2013 | Graduate student Population genetic structure, habitat fragmentation and dispersal of hazel dormice, Muscardinus avellanarius. |
University of Exeter (NBAF) |
| Jumpa Salisa | 2012-2013 | Graduate student Assessing Human Impact on the Genetic Diversity of Tropical Forest Taxa |
University of Manchester (NBAF) |
| Catherine Smith | 2013 | Technician The formation of eusocial groups: partner choice, conflict and the role of the market |
Sussex University (NBAF) |
2012 |
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| Ben Daly | 2011-2012 | Graduate student Dynamics of host-pathogen interactions on climatic gradients |
University of Oxford (NBAF) |
| Stephanie Hodges | 2009-2012 | Graduate student Alternative routes to cooperative breeding in the Rifleman, Acanthisitta chloris. |
University of Sheffield (Supervisor: Prof Ben Hatchwell) (NBAF) |
| Hazel Jackson | 2012 | Graduate student Invasive species and the ‘genetic rescue’ hypothesis: a test using the introduced UK population of rose-ringed parakeets (Psittacula krameri). |
University of Kent (NBAF) |
| Simon Sin | 2010-2012 | Graduate student Mate choice and MHC in the European badger (Meles meles) |
University of Oxford (NBAF) |
| Jessica Walkup | 2011-2012 | Graduate student Small scale variation in genotype, phenotype and selection |
University of Aberdeen (NBAF) |
2011 |
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| Faisal Almathen | 2010-2011 | Graduate student Evolutionary history of indigenous Arabian Peninsula camel Camelus dromedarius populations. |
University of Nottingham (NBAF) |
| Geetha Annavi | 2009-2011 | Graduate student Mate choice and MHC in the European badger (Meles meles) |
Department of Zoology, University of Oxford (NBAF) |
| Lawrence Bellamy | 2008-2011 | Graduate student Consequences of sexual preference for paternity and fertility in stalk-eyed flies |
University College London (NBAF) |
| Rachel Bristol | 2011 | Graduate student Ecology, conservation genetics and restoration of the Seychelles paradise flycatcher Terpsiphone corvina, and a comparison of the evolutionary history of Indian Ocean flycatchers. |
DICE, University of Kent, UK |
| Echo Yu-Hsun Hsu | 2011 | Graduate student The benefits and costs of extra-pair paternity |
University of Otago, New Zealand |
| Robert Heathcote | 2011 | Graduate student Evolutionary processes in a recent coloniser: the UK wall lizard (Podarcis muralis) |
University of Oxford (NBAF) |
| Dr Colin Hewitt | 2010-2011 | Lecturer Creating a genetic pedigree of the Rutland Water ospreys. |
University of Leicester (NBAF R & D) |
| Lyndsey Holland | 2010-2011 | Graduate student Connectivity and gene flow in temperate Alcyonaria (octocorals): Implications for Marine Protected Area (MPA) designation. |
University of Exeter (NBAF) |
| Camille Jan | 2007-2011 | Graduate student Population ecology of swarming bats |
University of Leeds (NBAF R & D) |
| Jenny Kaden | 2011 | Research technician The evolution of cooperative behaviour in the sociable weaver (Philetairus socius). |
The University of Sheffield (Supervisor Prof. Ben Hatchwell) |
| Filipa Martins | 2011 | Leornado Scholarship Population structure in the Australian Brush-turkey. |
The University of Lisbon (NBAF R & D) |
| Swati Nettleship | 2010-2011 | Graduate student Impacts of river impoundment on morphology, behaviour and life history strategies of three-spined sticklebacks. |
University of Leicester (NBAF) |
| Claire Raisin | 2011 | Postdoctoral Researcher Phenotypic plasticity and management of native white clawed crayfish populations. |
DICE, University of Kent. (NBAF) |
| Orly Razgour | 2011 | Graduate student Conservation genetics of the grey long-eared bat (Plecotus austriacus) across different spatial and temporal scales |
University of Bristol (NBAF) |
| Julia Reger | 2009-2011 | Graduate student Genetic architecture evolution in ecological time: Defensive plasticity in the face of different predators. |
University of Sheffield (Supervisors: Andrew Beckerman, Jon Slate) (NBAF) |
| Cathleen Thomas | 2010-2011 | Graduate student Dispersal ability of the highly invasive harlequin ladybird, Harmonia axyridis. |
University of Hull (NBAF) |
| Simon Tollington | 2010-2011 | Graduate student The effects of inbreeding on immune function and interactions with disease in endangered Mauritius bird populations. |
DICE, The University of Kent (NBAF) |
| David Wright | 2011 | Graduate student Evolutionary and conservation genetics in the Seychelles warbler: MHC diversity. |
University of East Anglia |
| Lucy Wright | 2008-2011 | Graduate student Inbreeding and the recovery of green turtle populations. |
University of Exeter (NBAF) |
2010 |
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| Anthony Bicknell | 2010 | Graduate student Patterns of a highly pelagic seabird: implications for Leach’s Storm-petrel conservation. |
University of Plymouth (NBAF) |
| Anna Bone | 2009 & 2010 | Undergraduate placement student Microsatellite marker optimisation for birds of prey and water shrews. |
University of Oxford (NBAF R & D) |
| Kristina Buchner | 2009-2010 | Undergraduate Erasmus student Genetics of adaptation in Littorina saxatilis |
University of Sheffield |
| Jon Carruthers | 2009 & 2010 | Research Technician Unrelated helpers in social wasps & Ancestral recognition and egg-replacement in wasps |
University of Sussex (SMGF/ NBAF) |
| Anna Champneys | 2009-2010 | Graduate student Factors affecting survival and distribution of water shrews (Neomys fodiens) |
Nottingham Trent University (NBAF R & D) |
| Jeff Davey | 2009-2010 | Graduate student Analysis of intraguild predation and invertebrate community structure |
Cardiff University (NBAF) |
| Dr Sarah Grime | 2010 | Postdoctoral Researcher Identification of microsatellite markers for black vultures |
University of Sheffield (NBAF R & D) |
| Ben Jackson | 2010 | Undergraduate L4 student Chromosomal speciation in grasshopppers |
University of Sheffield (Supervisor: Prof R. Butlin) |
| Berit Kotska | 2010 | Graduate student Demography, distribution and abundance of the Eurasian badger Meles meles in Northern Ireland. |
Queen's University Belfast (NBAF) |
| Dr Clemens Kuepper | 2009-2010 | Postdoctoral Researcher Costs and benefits of inbreeding in the Kentish plover Charadrius alexandrinus. |
University of Bath (NBAF) |
| Karl Phillips | 2010 | Graduate student Molecular ecology of the hawksbill turtle. |
University of East Anglia (NBAF) |
| Syed Basit Rasheed | 2009-2010 | Graduate student Aedes mosquito genotyping. |
University of Sheffield (Supervisor: Prof R. Butlin) |
| Heather Rigg | 2009-2010 | Trainee Technician | University of Sheffield |
| Gemma Smith | 2009 & 2010 | Trainee Technician | University of Sheffield |
| Jennifer Smith | 2009-2010 | Graduate student Effects of supplementary feeding on the reproductive behaviour of parental woodland birds |
University of Birmingham (NBAF) |
| Rachel Tucker | 2010 | MSc student Conservation genetics of the paradise flycatcher. |
DICE, The University of Kent (NBAF R n D) |
| Helen Whiteside | 2010 | Graduate student Behavioural and physiological influences on red fox (Vulpes vulpes) dispersal. |
University of Bristol (NBAF) |
2009 |
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| Dr Sophia Ahmed | 2008-2009 | Population analysis of Macaroni penguins | Postdoctoral Researcher Institute of Zoology (NBAF) |
| Jacob Augustin | 2009 | Research Technician Sex-typing plovers |
University of Bath (NBAF) |
| Arnaud Bataille | 2007-09 | Graduate student Population genetic structure and ecological adaptation of mosquito vectors in Galapagos Islands. |
University of Leeds (NBAF) |
| James Buckley | 2009 | Graduate student Evolutionary responses to climate change in butterflies with contrasting ecology |
University of Bristol (NBAF) |
| Dr Kate Durrant | 2008-2009 | Postdoctoral Research Associate Genetic variability in finches. |
University of Sheffield Supervisor: Tim Birkhead (NBAF R & D) |
| Dr Mihaly Foldvari | 2009 | Marie Curie Research Fellow Polyandry and meiotic drive in wild stalk-eyed flies. |
University College London (NBAF) |
| Emma Grayson | 2009 | Trainee technician | University of Sheffield |
| Xavier Harrison | 2008-2009 | Graduate student The consequences of variability in staging and dispersal strategies in a long-distance migrant |
University of Exeter (NBAF) |
| Dr Matt Hegarty | 2009 | Research Associate Investigation of global methylation changes resulting from interspecific hybridisation. |
University of Bristol (NBAF) |
| Eric Lucas | 2008-2009 | Graduate student Genetic structure and reproductive conflicts in Microstigmus wasp colonies |
University of Sussex (NBAF) |
| Dr David Galvez | 2009 | Postdoctoral Researcher Magpie population genetics. |
Estacion Experimental de zonas aridas, Spain |
| Dan Mifsud | 2008-2009 | Graduate student Mechanisms of speciation and adaptive radiation in the Jaera albifrons species complex. |
University of Aberdeen (NBAF) |
| Mercedes Morales | 2009 | Graduate student Heritability and repeatability of egg - rejection behaviour in magpies. |
University of Granada, Spain (NBAF R & D) |
| Ki-Baek Nam | 2007-2009 | Graduate student Investment strategies by parents and helpers in the cooperatively breeding long-tailed tit. |
University of Sheffield (Supervisor Ben Hatchwell) |
| Claire Raisin | 2006-2009 | Graduate student Population genetics, pathogen prevalence, and reproductive fitness in the endemic Mauritius parakeet (Psittacula echo) and the introduced ringneck parakeet (P. krameri) on Mauritius. |
University of Kent (SMGF/NBAF) |
| Lewis Spurgin | 2008-2009 | Graduate student The role of pathogen mediated fluctuating selection in generating adaptive genetic variation |
University of East Anglia (NBAF) |
| Claire Wordley | 2008-2009 | Undergraduate student | |
| Matt Zeale | 2008-2009 | Graduate student Diet analysis and foraging requirements of the barbastelle bat, Barbastella barbastellus: Implications for management and conservation. |
University of Bristol (NBAF) |
2008 |
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| Dr Sue Bird | 2008 | Postdoctoral Researcher Identification of markers for the Gouldian finch. |
University of Melbourne (NBAF R & D) |
| Richard Black | 2007-08 | Graduate student Genetics and ecology of the evolution of bird song |
Imperial College London (NBAF) |
| Brian Bourke | 2008 | Speciation in Zosterops | Imperial college London (NBAF) |
| Ed Harris | 2007-08 | Postdoctoral Associate Evolution and genetics of competition and reproductive investment is stalk eyed flies |
University of Manchester (SMGF) |
| Camille Jan | 2007-08 | Graduate student Population ecology of swarming bats |
University of Leeds |
| Akos Klein | 2007-08 | Graduate student The possible effects of extreme winters on the barn owl population in Hungary: survival, physiology and population genetics. |
The Barn Owl Foundation, Hungary |
| Jin-won Lee | 2005-2008 | Graduate student Behaviour, genetics and social organisation of the vinous-throated parrotbill Paradoxornis webbianus. |
University of Sheffield (Supervisor: Ben Hatchwell) (NBAF) |
| Mercedes Morales | 2008 | Graduate student Heritability and repeatability of egg - rejection behaviour in magpies. |
University of Granada, Spain |
| Catherine Sinfield | 2007-08 | Graduate student AFLPs and variation in Littorina. |
University of Leeds (SMGF) |
| Carl Vangestel | 2008 | Graduate student Multiplex genotyping in the blue tit. |
Ghent University, Belgium |
| Beth Woodward | 2005-2008 | Graduate student The effect of ecology, demography and migration on the prevalence of cooperative breeding in the long-tailed tit. |
The University of Sheffield (Supervisor: Ben Hatchwell) (NBAF) |
2007 |
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| Matt Berg | 2007 | Postdoctoral Assistant Genotyping and PCR sex-typing Proximate and ultimate causes of plumage colour variation in an avian ring |
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| Clemens Bergüpper | 2005-2007 | Graduate student Costs and benefits of inbreeding in the Kentish plover Charadrius alexandrinus |
University of Bath (SMGF/NBAF) |
| Kate Meares (now Carstens) | 2006-2007 | MSc student Development of a marker set to detect illegal trade in the blue crane. |
University of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa |
| Kerry Pillay | 2006-2007 | MSc Student Development of a marker set to detect illegal trade in the Cape parrot. |
University of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa |
| Michelle Simeoni | 2003-2007 | Research Technician & Graduate student Population genetics of long-tailed tit Aegithalos caudatus |
University of Sheffield (Supervisor: Ben Hatchwell) (SMGF) |
2005 |
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| Kate Botham | 2004-05 | Graduate student Fungal diversity and function in streams: the effects of contaminants |
University of Sheffield (Supervisor: Lorraine Maltby) |
| Helen Crudgington | 2004-05 | Postdoctoral Associate Paternity analysis in social wasps. |
University of Sheffield (Supervisor Rhonda Snook) |
| Katie Hartnup | 2004-05 | Masters in Biological Sciences Student | University of Sheffield (Supervisor Rhonda Snook) |
| Kate Hutchence | 2004-05 | Masters in Biological Sciences Student Multiple mating in the common toad (Bufo bufo). |
University of Sheffield (Supervisor Robert Jehle) |
| Steve Martin | 2004-05 | Postdoctoral Associate Nepotism in honey bees. |
University of Sheffield (Supervisor Francis Ratnieks) |
2004 |
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| Sarah Anderson | 2003-04 | Graduate student Metapopulation genetics of the garden tiger moth |
Open University (SMGF/NBAF) |
| Nicki Badcock | 2003-04 | Graduate student Paternity anaylsis in social wasps |
University of Sheffield (Supervisor Rhonda Snook) |
| Oliver Barnett | 2003-04 | Graduate student Local adaption and matapopulation dynamics of plants. |
Open University (SMGF) |
| Amanda Bretman | 1998-04 | Graduate student Benefits of multiple mates in the field cricket Gryllus bimaculatus. |
University of Leeds (SMGF/NBAF) |
| Helen Bryant | 2003-04 | Research Technician Mate choice and the fitness of intra-and intercolonal mating in Daphnia |
University of Sheffield (Supervisor: Penny Watt) |
| Nic Chaline | 1998-2004 | Graduate student Worker policing, worker reproduction and nepotism in honey bees |
University of Sheffield (Supervisor: Francis Ratnieks) |
| Mathias Craul | 2003-04 | Graduate student Phylogeography and conservation genetics of the Milne-Edwards’ Sportive Lemur (Lepilemur edwardsi) in northwestern Madagascar in the face of ancient and recent processes of genetic differentiation. |
University of Cardiff (SMGF/NBAF) |
| Lody de Groot | 2004 | Graduate student Microsatellite analysis of mainland and island Podarcis lizards |
University of Amsterdam (Supervisor Robert Jehle) |
| Sophie Delamaire | 2004 | Graduate student Mitrochondrial DNA analysis of hybrid newts (Triturus cristatus x T. marmoratus) |
University of Angers, France (Supervisor: Robert Jehle) |
| Hannah Dugdale | 2003-04 | Graduate student What factors determine the offspring ratios of the European badger Meles meles? |
University of Oxford (SMGF) |
| Kristein Erven | 2004 | Research Technician Paternity analysis in social wasps |
University of Sheffield (Supervisor: Franics Ratnieks) |
| Joanna Furmankiewicz | 2003-04 | Postdoctoral Associate Population genetics of the long-eared bat, Plecotus auritus |
University of Leeds (SMGF) and Wroclaw University, Poland |
| Anita Glover | 2003-04 | Graduate student Use of underground sites by bats in the Yorkshire Dales |
University of Leeds (SMGF) |
| Kelly Green | 2003-04 | UnderGraduate student Population genetics of the rhino |
University of Sheffield (Supevisor Dave Coltman) |
| Nicky Green | 2003-04 | Graduate student Seasonal patterns in population structure and behaviour of the bat Myotis nattereri |
Univeristy of Leeds (SMGF) |
| Katie Hartnup | 2004 | Masters in Biological Sciences Student Last-male sperm precedence in triply mated Drosophila pseudoobscura females' |
University of Sheffield (Supervisor Rhonda Snook) |
| Kate Hutchence | 2004 | Masters in Biological Sciences Student Multiple mating in the common toad (Bufo bufo) |
University of Sheffield (Supervisor Robert Jehle) |
| Doug Ibrahim | 2004 | Graduate student The evolution of C4 photosynthesis in an African grass |
University of Sheffield (Supervisor: Colin Osbourne) |
| Paul Johnson | 2002-04 | Postdoctoral Associate Evolutionary consequences of population structure in a parasitic nematode. |
University of Glasglow (SMGF) |
| Edward Jones | 2004 | Graduate student Modelling the populations dynamics of the winter moth and its natural predators on Orkney |
University of Sheffield (Supervisor: Mike Boots) |
| Renaud Kaeuffer | 2003-04 | Graduate student Population genetics of the Kerguelen mouflon |
Univeristé du Québec Montréal, Canada & Lyon University, France |
| Steve Martin | 2004 | Postdoctoral Associate Nepotism in honey bees |
University of Sheffield (Supervisor: Francis Ratnieks) |
| Juanga Martinez | 2004 | Postdoctoral Associate Population genetics of the cuckoo |
University of Granada, Spain |
| Jim Mossman | 2003-04 | Masters in Biological Sciences Student Single sperm genotyping in the zebra finch |
University of Sheffield (Supervisor: Jon Slate) |
| Hazel Nichols | 2003-04 | Honours student Conservation genetics of Père David's deer (Elaphurus davidianus) |
University of Sheffield (Supervisor: Jon Slate) |
| Paul O'Donaghue | 1998-04 | Graduate student Paternity analysis in North American big horn sheep (Ovis canadiensis). |
University of Sheffield (Supervisor: Dave Coltman) |
| Jagroop Pandhal | 2003-04 | Temporary Research Technician Molecular sexing of long-tailed tits |
Univeristy of Sheffield (Supervisor: Ben Hatchwell) |
| Pedro Pedro | 2003-04 | Graduate student Impact of forest fragmentation on the geneitcs of isolated populations of Sabethes mosquitoes |
University of Leeds (SMGF) |
| Andrew Pemberton | 2003-04 | Postdoctoral Associate The reproductive fate of migrants between sessile invertebrate populations. |
University of Plymouth (SMGF) |
| Angela Poultney | 2003-04 | Masters in Biological Sciences Student Population geneiccs of Roe deer |
University of Sheffield (Supervisor: Dave Coltman) |
| Paula Senior | 1998-04 | Graduate student Spatial and sexual segregation and mating success in bats |
University of Leeds & Sheffield (SMGF/NBAF) |
| Stuart Sharp | 2003-04 | Postdoctoral Associate Population genetics of long-tailed tit Aegithalos caudatus. |
University of Sheffield (Supervisor: Ben Hatchwell) (SMGF) |
| Michelle Simeoni | 2003-04 | Research Technician Population genetics of long-tailed tit Aegithalos caudatus. |
University of Sheffield (Supervisor Ben Hatchwell) |
| Andrew Skinner | 1998-04 | Graduate student Paternity analysis in zebra fish. |
University of Sheffield |
| Marc Sztatecsny | 2002-03 & 04 | Research Technician Paternity analysis in the common newt, Triturus vulgaris. |
University of Vienna, Austria |
| Ruth Tingay | 2003-04 | Graduate student Paternity, relatedness and gene flow in the critically endangered Madagascar Fish Eagle. |
University of Nottingham (SMGF) |
| Tom Wenseleers | 2004 | Postdoctoral Associate Paternity analysis in social wasps. |
University of Sheffield (Supervisor: Francis Ratnieks) |
| Kirsty Worley | 1998-04 | Research Technician (1998-99) & Graduate student (1999-04) Paternity analysis in North American Dalls sheep (Ovis dalli). |
Univeristy of Sheffield |
| Tim Yardley | 2003-04 | Masters in Biological Sciences Student Population genetics of the grass Brachypodium pinnatum. |
University of Sheffield (Supervisor Ken Thompson) |
2003 |
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| Sophie Ahmed | 1998-03 | Graduate student Paternity and gene flow in Ficus sycomorus. |
University of Leeds (SMGF) |
| Nicki Badcock | 2002-03 | Graduate student Kin structure in the wasp, Vespula rufa & Paternity analysis in social wasps. |
University of Sheffield |
| John Chittock | 2002-03 | Temporary Research Technician | University of Sheffield |
| Jon Ekstrom | 1998-03 | Graduate student Mating systems of the greater vasa parrot, Coracopis vasa. |
University of Sheffield |
| Francesca Frentiu | 2002-03 | Graduate student Ecological and genetic basis of 'gigantism' in an island bird. |
University of Queensland, Australia |
| Nicola Goodship | 2002-03 | Graduate student Molecular sexing of the pied flycatcher, Ficedula hypoleuca. |
University of Cardiff (SMGF) |
| Andrew Griffiths | 2002-03 | Graduate student Biodiversity and molecular ecology of Dartmoor Brown Trout (Salmo trutta). |
University of Exeter (SMGF) |
| Marco Guimaraes | 2002-03 | Postdoctoral Associate Forensic DNA profiling by low copy number PCR of skeletal remains from the period of military dictatorship in Brazil. |
University of Sao Paolo, Brazil |
| Helen Hipperson | 2002-03 | Masters in Biological Sciences Student | University of Sheffield |
| Alistair Jump | 1998-03 | Graduate student Investigating variation in plant productivity and population structure across geographic ranges of related species. |
University of Sheffield |
| Gareth Ladd | 2002-03 | Masters in Biological Sciences Student | University of Sheffield |
| Andy Macgowan | 2002-03 | Graduate student Molecular sexing of the long-tailed tit. |
University of Sheffield |
| Rupert Marshall | 2002-03 | Postdoctoral Associate Male song quality and maternal investment in song birds. |
University of London (SMGF) |
| David Martin-Galvez | 2002-03 | Graduate student Population genetics of the magpie, Pica pica. |
Estación Experimental de Zonas Aridas (C.S.I.C.), Almeria, Spain |
| Pedro Pedro | 1998-03 | Graduate student Impact of forest fragmentation on the genetics of isolated populations of Sabethes mosquitoes. |
University of Leeds (SMGF) |
| Darrel Porter | 2002-03 | Masters in Biological Sciences Student | University of Sheffield |
| Nigel Raine | 2002-03 | Postdoctoral Associate Worker policing in honeybee (Apis mellifera). |
University of Sheffield |
| Lucy Webster | 2002-03 | Graduate student Evolutionary consequences of population structure in a parasitic nematode. |
University of Glasgow (SMGF) |
2002 |
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| Sam Bawden | 1998-02 | Temporary Research Technician | University of Sheffield |
| Matthew Berg | 1998-02 | Graduate student Reproductive strategies in wrens and Australian reed warblers. |
University of Melbourne & University of Groningen, Holland |
| Paul Berg | 1998-02 | Graduate student Genetic population structure of two bark beetle species. |
University of Bergen, Norway |
| Karen Bouwman | 1998-02 | Graduate student Paternity analysis in the reed bunting. |
University of Groningen, Holland |
| Matt Bradshaw | 1998-02 | Undergraduate student Work Placement. |
Huddersfield University (SMGF) |
| Graeme Buchanan | 1998-02 | Graduate student Reed bunting mating systems. |
University of Sunderland (SMGF) |
| April Donald | 1998-02 | Undergraduate student Work Placement. |
University of Sheffield |
| Mark Eaton | 1998-02 | Graduate student Age and sex differences in coastal habitat use by shorebirds. |
Univeristy of Durham (SMGF) |
| Lucie Evans | 1998-02 | Graduate student Population genetics of parasitic mites of medical and veterinary importance. |
University of Exeter (SMGF) |
| Kathy Fletcher | 1998-02 | Graduate student Reproductive effort in common and arctic terns. |
University of Durham (SMGF) |
| Kevin Foster | 1998-02 | Graduate student Mating frequency in the common wasp, Vespula vulgaris. |
University of Sheffield (SMGF) |
| Martin Fowlie | 1998-02 | Research Technician Sex allocation in peafowl. |
University of Newcastle |
| Kirsty Franklin | 1998-02 | Temporary Research Technician | University of Sheffield |
| Alain Frantz | 1998-02 | Graduate student Identification of individual badgers Meles meles using DNA obtained from faeces. |
University of Sussex (SMGF) |
| Karen Freeman | 1998-02 | Graduate student The population genetics and conservation of a Mauritian skink. |
Queen Mary, London (SMGF) |
| Elsa Froufe | 1998-02 | Graduate student Microsatellite analysis of hybrid populations within the marbled newt |
University of Porto, Portugal |
| Louise Gentle | 1998-02 | Research Technician Isolation of microsatellite markers for the study of population demography in blackbirds. |
University of Oxford |
| Brigitte Gottsberger | 1998-02 | Graduate student Reproductive success in the common new, Triturus vulgaris. |
University of Vienna, Austria |
| Jackie Hay | 1998-02 | Graduate student Morphological correlates in relation to dominance in the Paridae. |
University of Durham (SMGF) |
| Janet Hunter | 1998-02 | Graduate student Habitat development and use by the Seychelles warbler. |
University of Sheffield |
| Robert Jehle | 1998-02 | Graduate student Genotyping in the great crested newt to reveal population structure. |
University of Vienna, Austria |
| Steve LeComber (for Alex Douglas) | 1998-02 | Graduate student Sneaking and sperm competition in the bitterling. |
Queen Mary, London (SMGF) |
| David Leech | 1998-02 | Graduate student Sex allocation in the blue tit. |
University of Lancaster (SMGF) |
| Alan MacNicoll | 1998-02 | MAFF Senior Scientist Social structure analysis of the Eurasian Badger using microsatellite profiling. |
Central Science Lab, York |
| Rurik Marsden | 1998-02 | Graduate student Population genetics and paternity of the colonial sociable weaver. |
University of Sheffield (SMGF) |
| Rupert Marshall | 1998-02 | Graduate student Song as an indicator of age and extra-pair paternity using DNA profiling. |
University of London (SMGF) |
| Juanga Martinez | 1998-02 | Postdoctoral Associate Paternity analysis of azure-winged magpies. Genetic variation of red deer populations in Spain. |
University of Granada, Spain |
| Henry Nicholls | 1998-02 | Graduate student Ejaculate profiling, paternity and brood parasitism in the sandmartin. |
University of Sheffield (SMGF) |
| Denise Nogueira | 1998-02 | Graduate student Morphological and gentical variation in Ramphocelus bresilius species (Brazilian Tanager, Passeriforme, Emberizidae). |
University of Rio de Janerio State, Brazil |
| Andrew Parham | 1998-02 | Research Technician Paternity analysis in the auklet. |
University of Sheffield (SMGF) |
| Renata Paszkiewicz | 1998-02 | Graduate student Reed bunting mating systems. |
University of Sunderland (SMGF) |
| Douglas Ross | 1998-02 | Research Assistant The effect of kinship on behaviour in the cooperatively breeding long-tailed tit. |
University of Sheffield (SMGF) |
| Louise Rowe | 1998-02 | Research Associate Reproductive behaviour in the blue tit. |
University of Lancaster (SMGF) |
| Ian Stewart | 1998-02 | Research Technician Reproductive behaviour in the reed warbler. |
Univeristy of Cambridge (SMGF) |
| Angus Stokes | 1998-02 | Graduate student Honey bee paternity analysis using microsatellites. |
University of Sheffield |
| Tiffany Treharne | 1998-02 | Graduate student Sex allocation in the great tit. |
University of Oxford (SMGF) |
| Liv Wennerberg | 1998-02 | Graduate student Population genetics of dunlin and curlew sandpipers. |
University of Lund, Sweden |
| Mark Wilson | 1998-02 | Graduate student Paternity analysis of the willow warbler using microsatellite profiling. |
University of Sheffield (SMGF) |