ACCE 1 cohort 1
Alun Jones University of Sheffield
Lead supervisor: Dr Tom Webb
Project page: Global Trends in Marine Biodiversity from Unstructured Data
Alexander Askew University of Sheffield
Lead supervisor: Prof Charles Wellman
Project page: Ecological and environmental change in Middle Devonion Spain
Amy Leedale University of Sheffield
Lead supervisor: Prof Ben Hatchwell
Project page: Functions and mechanisms of kin recognition in social birds
Alexandre Thiery University of Sheffield
Lead supervisor: Dr Gareth Fraser
Project page: Functional evolution and development of novel feeding apparatus in fishes
Ali Allen University of Liverpool
Lead supervisor: Dr Kristiaan D’Aout
Project page: Hominins and their landscape: irregular terrain and habitual terrestrial bipedalism in genus Homo
Chloe Heys University of Liverpool
Lead supervisor: Dr Alistair Darby
Project page: Investigating the relationship between gut microbiota and animal behaviour
Christopher A Griffiths University of Sheffield
Lead supervisor: Prof Paul Blackwell
Emma Curran University of Sheffield
Lead supervisor: Dr Nicola Nadeau
Project page: The evolution and genetics of iridescence in Heliconius butterflies
Fran Falcini University of York
Lead supervisor: Dr David Rippin
Project page: Using surface roughness to explore patterns of palaeo-fast glacier flow and landscape evolution in deglaciated terrain
Geoffrey Richards University of York
Lead superivsor: Prof Roland Gehrels
Gail Stride University of York
Lead supervisor: Prof Jane Hill
Project page: Assessing the effectiveness of Protected Areas to conserve biodiversity under climate change
Greg Rushby University of Sheffield
I’m a geomorphologist with an interest in the interaction between humans and coastal and catchment environments. In particular I am interested in the role sedimentary archives play in informing climate change adaptation and environmental management in such settings.
Lead supervisor: Prof Mark Bateman
Garrath Leighton University of Liverpool
Lead supervisor: Dr David Atkinson
Project page: A trait-based approach to predicting the limits of respiratory control in aquatic ectotherms
Rhiannon Bolton University of Liverpool
My research interests encompass environmental and adaptive factors that affect fertility, reproductive endocrinology, behaviour and therefore impact upon welfare and species survival.
Lead supervisor: Prof Paula Stockley
Project page: Proximate mediators of competitive behaviour in cooperatively breeding mammals
Sophie Macaulay University of Liverpool
Lead supervisor: Dr Karl Bates
James Probert University of Liverpool
Lead supervisor: Prof Kate Parr
Project page: Fire and mammalian herbivory in the Serengeti
Joli Borah University of Sheffield
Lead supervisor: Dr David Edwards
Project page: Cost-effectively enhancing the carbon and biodiversity value of shifting cultivation under REDD+
Olivia Hicks University of Liverpool
Lead supervisor: Dr Jon Green
Project page: Environmental and intrinsic drivers of population change – an energetics approach
Pragya Chaube University of Sheffield
Lead supervisor: Prof Roger Butlin
Project page: Genome wide association analysis in multiple contact zones of Littorina saxatilis
Rebecca Senior University of Sheffield
Lead supervisor: Dr David Edwards
Project page: The impacts of logging on tropical climate refugia
Rosanna Wright University of York
Lead supervisor: Prof Michael Brockhurst
Project page: Understanding the structure and dynamics of natural bacteria-phage infection networks
Rachelle Martyn University of York
Lead supervisor: Dr Oliver Craig
Project page: Evaluating ecological change in the North Sea through Compound Specific Isotope Analysis of Amino Acids (CSIA-AA)
Rob Goodsell University of Sheffield
Lead supervisor: Prof Rob Freckleton
Project page: Understanding the drivers of arthropod biodiversity in agro-ecosystems: Metabarcoding in space and time
Richard Howells CEH
Lead supervisor: Dr Francis Daunt
Project page: Non-linear responses of seabird top predators to coastal marine environmental change: implications for ecosystem resilience
Rachael Treharne University of Sheffield
Lead supervisor: Dr Gareth Phoenix
Project page: Double jeopardy: understanding the combined impacts of climate change and pollution on Arctic ecosystems
Sophia Whitlock University of York
Lead supervisor: Dr Kathryn Arnold
Project page: Assessing exposure risks of emerging contaminants in the environment to wild birds
Vincent Keenan University of Liverpool
Lead supervisor: Dr Stephen Cornell
Project page: The role of dispersal polymorphism and life history trade-offs in range expansions