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.

Directors

Professor Duncan Cameron

Professor of Plant and Soil Biology
School of Biosciences

Plants, Photosynthesis and Soil

d.cameron@sheffield.ac.uk
+44 114 222 0066

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.

P.A.Jackson@Sheffield.ac.uk
+44 114 222 7908

Executive

Dr Samantha Caton

Senior Lecturer
School of Health and Related Research
s.caton@sheffield.ac.uk
+44 114 222 4198

Professor Hamish Cunningham

Professor of Internet Computing
Department of Computer Science
h.cunningham@sheffield.ac.uk
+44 114 222 1891

Professor Andrew Fleming

Professor of Plant Science
School of Biosciences

Plants, Photosynthesis and Soil

a.fleming@sheffield.ac.uk
+44 114 222 4830

Dr Anna Krzywoszynska

Research Fellow
Department of Geography
A.Krzywoszynska@Sheffield.ac.uk
+44 114 222 7969

Professor Bhavani Shankar

Professorial Research Fellow in Food and Health
Department of Geography
b.shankar@sheffield.ac.uk

Professor Jurriaan Ton

Professor of Plant Environmental Signalling
School of Biosciences

Plants, Photosynthesis and Soil

j.ton@sheffield.ac.uk
+44 114 222 0081

Professor Tim Daniell

N8 Chair in Soil Microbiology
School of Biosciences

Plants, Photosynthesis and Soil

t.j.daniell@sheffield.ac.uk
+44 114 222 0137

Dr Megan Lewis

Associate Director, Institute for Sustainable Food
Faculty of Science
megan.lewis@sheffield.ac.uk
+44 114 222 9775

Members

Professor David J Beerling FRS

Sorby Professor of Natural Sciences
School of Biosciences

Plants, Photosynthesis and Soil

d.j.beerling@sheffield.ac.uk
+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.

M.Blake@sheffield.ac.uk
+44 114 222 7978

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

d.brockington@sheffield.ac.uk

Dr Claire Burridge

Leverhulme Trust Early Career Fellow
Department of History

Early medieval health and medicine; medical humanities; global middle ages; manuscript studies; biocodicology

c.burridge@sheffield.ac.uk

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.

v.castanbroto@sheffield.ac.uk
+44 114 222 7942

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

stuart.campbell@sheffield.ac.uk
+44 114 222 0074

Dr Stuart Casson

Lecturer
School of Biosciences

Plants, Photosynthesis and Soil

s.casson@sheffield.ac.uk
+44 114 222 4235

Dr Adrien Chauvet

Lecturer in Physical Chemistry
Department of Chemistry

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

a.chauvet@sheffield.ac.uk
+44 114 222 9414

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.

b.chen@sheffield.ac.uk
+44 114 222 9467

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Dr Dylan Childs

Senior Lecturer
School of Biosciences

Ecology and Evolutionary Biology

d.childs@sheffield.ac.uk
+44 114 222 4313

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Dr Pascal-Antoine Christin

Senior Research Fellow
School of Biosciences

Ecology and Evolutionary Biology

p.christin@sheffield.ac.uk
+44 114 222 0027

Professor Alasdair Cochrane

Professor of Political Theory
Department of Politics and International Relations
a.cochrane@sheffield.ac.uk
+44 114 222 1650

Gregory Cooper portrait against brick wall

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.

g.s.cooper@sheffield.ac.uk

Professor Bernard Corfe

Honorary Fellow
Department of Oncology and Metabolism
b.m.corfe@sheffield.ac.uk

Professor Tim Daniell

N8 Chair in Soil Microbiology
School of Biosciences

Plants, Photosynthesis and Soil

t.j.daniell@sheffield.ac.uk
+44 114 222 0137

Plants, Photosynthesis and Soil

j.edmondson@sheffield.ac.uk
+44 114 222 0065

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Dr Alexander Fletcher

Lecturer
School of Mathematics and Statistics

Mathematical biology, morphogenesis, tissue dynamics

A.G.Fletcher@shef.ac.uk
+44 114 222 3846

Professor Julie Gray

Professor of Plant Cell Signalling
School of Biosciences

Plants, Photosynthesis and Soil

j.e.gray@sheffield.ac.uk
+44 114 222 4407

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Dr Ellie Harrison

NERC Independent Research Fellow
School of Biosciences

Plants, Photosynthesis and Soil

Ellie.harrison@sheffield.ac.uk
+44 114 222 4621

Dr Helen Hipperson

Research & Development Fellow in Genomics
School of Biosciences
h.hipperson@sheffield.ac.uk
+44 114 222 0049

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Professor Michelle Holdsworth

Honorary Professor
School of Health and Related Research
michelle.holdsworth@sheffield.ac.uk

Professor Peter Horton

Emeritus Professor of Biochemistry
School of Biosciences

Plants, Photosynthesis and Soil

p.horton@sheffield.ac.uk

Nicole Kennard

Grantham Scholar
School of Biosciences
njkennard1@sheffield.ac.uk

Dorothea Kleine portrait smiling into camera

Professor Dorothea Kleine

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

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

D.J.Kleine@sheffield.ac.uk
+44 114 222 7954

Professor Siobhan Lambert-Hurley

Professor of Global History
Department of History

Women, gender and Islam in South Asia

s.t.lambert-hurley@sheffield.ac.uk
+44 114 22 22586

Dr Hannah Lambie-Mumford

Lecturer
Department of Politics and International Relations
h.lambie-mumford@sheffield.ac.uk

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Dr Sanjay Lanka

Visiting Academic
Management School

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Bethany Leake

PhD Candidate
School of Biosciences
beleake1@sheffield.ac.uk
+44 114 2XX XXXX

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Professor Jonathan R Leake

Professor of Plant-Soil Interactions
School of Biosciences

Plants, Photosynthesis and Soil

j.r.leake@sheffield.ac.uk
+44 114 222 0055

Dr Megan Lewis

Associate Director, Institute for Sustainable Food
Faculty of Science
megan.lewis@sheffield.ac.uk
+44 114 222 9775

Dr Ian Lidbury

BBSRC Dicovery Fellow
School of Biosciences
i.lidbury@sheffield.ac.uk
+44 114 222 4621

Dr Ruth Little

Lecturer in Human Geography
Department of Geography
Ruth.Little@Sheffield.ac.uk
+44 114 222 7983

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Dr Ben Lowe

Post-Doctoral Research Associate
Management School
benjamin.lowe@sheffield.ac.uk
+44 114 222 3269

Emily Magkourilou

PhD Candidate
School of Biosciences
emagkourilou1@sheffield.ac.uk
+44 114 2XX XXXX

Laura Maratou-Kolias

PhD Candidate
School of Biosciences
lmmaratou-kolias1@sheffield.ac.uk

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Dr Manoj Menon

Lecturer in Soil/Environmental Science
Department of Geography
M.Menon@Sheffield.ac.uk
+44 114 222 7993

Dr Josh Milburn

British Academy Postdoctoral Fellow
Department of Politics and International Relations
j.milburn@sheffield.ac.uk

Nancy Muringai

Grantham Scholar
School of Biosciences
nmuringai1@sheffield.ac.uk

Jacob Nickles

Knowledge Exchange Fellow
School of Biosciences
j.nickles@sheffield.ac.uk

Professor Colin Osborne

Professor of Plant Biology
School of Biosciences

Plants, Photosynthesis and Soil

c.p.osborne@sheffield.ac.uk
+44 114 222 0146

Dr Jagroop Pandhal

Senior Lecturer in Biological Engineering
Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering

Metabolic engineering, synthetic microbial communities, algae biotechnology, biomanufacturing.

j.pandhal@sheffield.ac.uk
+44 114 222 4914

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Vibhuti Patel

Research student
Department of Psychology

Exploring the role of social norms in contributing to sustainable reduced meat food choices, offline and on social media

vpatel5@sheffield.ac.uk

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Dr Rebecca Pradeilles

Research Fellow
Institute for Global Sustainable Development
r.pradeilles@sheffield.ac.uk
0114 222 0875

Dr Richard Randle-Boggis

Research Associate
School of Biosciences
r.randle-boggis@sheffield.ac.uk

Dr Pamela Richardson-Ngwenya

Marie Sklodowska-Curie Fellow
Department of Geography

Knowledge Exchange Research Fellow and Marie Sklodowska-Curie Fellow.

p.ngwenya@sheffield.ac.uk

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Dr Stephen A Rolfe

Senior Lecturer
School of Biosciences

Plants, Photosynthesis and Soil

s.rolfe@sheffield.ac.uk
+44 114 222 0039

Professor Anthony J. Ryan, OBE

Professor of Physical Chemistry
Department of Chemistry

Polymer Nanotechnology (synthesis, processing, self-assembly, structure-property relations), Public engagement in science and technology.

a.ryan@sheffield.ac.uk
+44 114 222 9382

Professor Julie Scholes

Emeritus Professor
School of Biosciences

Plants, Photosynthesis and Soil

j.scholes@sheffield.ac.uk
+44 114 222 4780

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Professor Michael T Siva-Jothy

Emeritus Professor
School of Biosciences

Ecology and Evolutionary Biology

m.siva-jothy@sheffield.ac.uk
+44 114 222 4111

Dr Lisa Smith

Lecturer
School of Biosciences

Plants, Photosynthesis and Soil

lisa.m.smith@sheffield.ac.uk
+44 114 222 4702

Dr Nick Taylor Buck

Research Fellow
Faculty of Social Sciences

Nick specialised in sustainable design and assessment.

n.taylor-buck@sheffield.ac.uk
+44 7989683218

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Professor Philip H Warren

Emeritus Professor
School of Biosciences

Ecology and Evolutionary Biology

p.warren@sheffield.ac.uk
+44 114 222 0031

Dr Elizabeth (Liz) Williams

Senior Lecturer in Human Nutrition
Department of Oncology and Metabolism
e.a.williams@sheffield.ac.uk
+44 114 215 9065

Professor Phil Withington

Professor in Social and Cultural History
Department of History

Early modern history - urbanism and urbanization; the social history of politics; the social and economic history of intoxicants.

p.withington@sheffield.ac.uk
+44 114 222 2614

Dr Chantelle Wood

Senior Lecturer
Department of Psychology
chantelle.wood@sheffield.ac.uk
+44 114 222 6615

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