Principal investigators in theme:
Name: Dr David Aldridge
Dept: Department of Zoology
Email: d.aldridge@zoo.cam.ac.uk
Topic: Freshwater ecology and conservation; ecology and control of invasive species
WWW: https://www.zoo.cam.ac.uk/directory/david-aldridge
Themes: ecology and conservation
Students: Applications from potential students are welcome
Name: Professor Bill Amos
Dept: Department of Zoology
Email: w.amos@zoo.cam.ac.uk
Topic: Evolutionary genetics
WWW: https://www.zoo.cam.ac.uk/directory/william-amos
Themes: evolutionary biology, ecology and conservation
Students: Applications from potential students are welcome
Name: Professor Andrew Balmford
Dept: Department of Zoology
Email: apb12@cam.ac.uk
Topic: Costs and benefits of conservation; conservation and agriculture
WWW: https://www.zoo.cam.ac.uk/directory/andrew-balmford
Themes: ecology and conservation
Students: Sorry no vacation students can be taken this year but enquiries from potential PhD students are welcome
Name: Professor Mark Blaxter
Dept: Wellcome Sanger Institute
Email: mb35@sanger.ac.uk
Topic: Tree of life
WWW: https://www.sanger.ac.uk/science/programmes/tree-of-life
Themes: evolutionary biology, functional genomics, systems biology and genetic medicine, ecology and conservation, infection and immunity
Students: Applications from potential students are welcome
Name: Professor Paul Brakefield
Dept: Department of Zoology
Email: pb499@cam.ac.uk
Topic: Evolution and diversity butterflies and other insects
WWW: https://www.zoo.cam.ac.uk/directory/paul-brakefield
Themes: evolutionary biology, ecology and conservation
Students: Sorry no PhD students can be taken this year but enquiries from potential summer students are welcome
Name: Dr Michael Brooke
Dept: Department of Zoology
Email: m.brooke@zoo.cam.ac.uk
Topic: Island conservation priorities, seabird biology, population dynamics of endangered species
WWW: https://www.zoo.cam.ac.uk/directory/michael-brooke
Themes: ecology and conservation
Students: Sorry no PhD students can be taken this year but enquiries from potential summer students are welcome
Name: Professor Tim Clutton-Brock
Dept: Department of Zoology
Email: thcb@hermes.cam.ac.uk
Topic: The evolution of animal breeding systems
WWW: https://www.zoo.cam.ac.uk/directory/tim-clutton-brock
Themes: ecology and conservation, evolutionary biology
Students: Sorry no PhD students can be taken this year but enquiries from potential summer students are welcome
Name: Dr David Coomes
Dept: Department of Plant Sciences
Email: dac18@cam.ac.uk
Topic: Forest ecology and conservation
WWW: http://www.plantsci.cam.ac.uk/research/davidcoomes
Themes: plant biology, ecology and conservation
Students: Applications from potential students are welcome
Name: Dr Nik Cunniffe
Dept: Department of Plant Sciences
Email: njc1001@cam.ac.uk
Topic: Theoretical and computational epidemiology
WWW: http://www.plantsci.cam.ac.uk/research/nikcunniffe
Themes: infection and immunity, ecology and conservation, epidemiology and public health
Students: Applications from potential students are welcome
Name: Professor Nick Davies
Dept: Department of Zoology
Email: n.b.davies@zoo.cam.ac.uk
Topic: Behavioural ecology; cuckoo-host co-evolution
WWW: https://www.zoo.cam.ac.uk/directory/nick-davies
Themes: evolutionary biology, ecology and conservation
Students: Sorry no PhD students can be taken this year but enquiries from potential summer students are welcome
Name: Dr Lynn Dicks
Dept: Department of Zoology
Email:
Topic: Agro-ecology, policy and the food and farming industry
WWW: https://www.zoo.cam.ac.uk/directory/lynn-dicks
Themes: ecology and conservation
Students: Applications from potential students are welcome
Name: Professor Chris Gilligan
Dept: Department of Plant Sciences
Email: cag1@cam.ac.uk
Topic: Epidemiology and modelling
WWW: http://www.plantsci.cam.ac.uk/research/chrisgilligan
Themes: infection and immunity, ecology and conservation, epidemiology and public health
Students: Applications from potential students are welcome
Name: Professor Rhys Green
Dept: Department of Zoology
Email: r.green@zoo.cam.ac.uk
Topic: Influence of land use and environmental factors on population size and range of bird species
WWW: https://www.zoo.cam.ac.uk/directory/rhys-green
Themes: ecology and conservation
Students:Sorry no students can be taken this year
Name: Professor Howard Griffiths
Dept: Department of Plant Sciences
Email: hg230@cam.ac.uk
Topic: Physiological ecology
WWW: http://www.plantsci.cam.ac.uk/research/howardgriffiths
Themes: plant biology, ecology and conservation
Students: Applications from potential students are welcome
Name: Dr James Herbert-Read
Dept: Department of Zoology
Email:
Topic: Collective behaviour and behavioural ecology
WWW: http://www.zoo.cam.ac.uk/directory/james-herbert-read
Themes: evolutionary biology, ecology and conservation
Students: Applications from potential students are welcome
Name: Dr Nick Horrocks
Dept: Department of Zoology
Email: nh415@cam.ac.uk
Topic: the causes and consequences of variation in immune defences
WWW: http://www.zoo.cam.ac.uk/directory/dr-nicholas-horrocks
Themes: ecology and conservation, infection and immunity
Students: Sorry no PhD students can be taken this year but enquiries from potential summer students are welcome
Name: Professor Chris Jiggins
Dept: Department of Zoology
Email: c.jiggins@zoo.cam.ac.uk
Topic: Evolutionary genetics
WWW: http://www.zoo.cam.ac.uk/directory/chris-jiggins
Themes: evolutionary biology, functional genomics, systems biology and genetic medicine, developmental and regenerative biology and medicine, ecology and conservation
Students: Applications from potential students are welcome
Name: Dr Frank Jiggins
Dept: Department of Genetics
Email: f.jiggins@gen.cam.ac.uk
Topic: Evolutionary genetics of insect pathogens and immune systems
WWW: http://www.gen.cam.ac.uk/directory/frank-jiggins
Themes: ecology and conservation, evolutionary biology, infection and immunity
Students: Applications from potential students are welcome
Name: Dr Helen Leggett
Dept: Department of Zoology
Email: hl448@cam.ac.uk
Topic: Host-Parasite Evolution and Genetics
WWW: https://www.zoo.cam.ac.uk/directory/dr-helen-leggett
Themes: ecology and conservation, functional genomics, systems biology and genetic medicine, infection and immunity
Students: Applications from potential students are welcome
Name: Dr Andrea Manica
Dept: Department of Zoology
Email: am315@cam.ac.uk
Topic: Evolutionary Ecology; Origin and evolution of anatomically modern humans
WWW: https://www.zoo.cam.ac.uk/directory/andrea-manica
Themes: evolutionary biology, ecology and conservation
Students: Applications from potential students are welcome
Name: Dr Emily Mitchell
Dept: Department of Zoology
Email: ek338@cam.ac.uk
Topic: Palaeocology and Evolutionary Ecology
WWW: https://www.esc.cam.ac.uk/directory/emily-mitchell
Themes: evolutionary biology, ecology and conservation
Students: Applications from potential students are welcome
Name: Dr Gareth Pearce
Dept: Department of Veterinary Medicine
Email: gpp28@cam.ac.uk
Topic: Animal health and welfare involving wildlife, fish and farm animals
WWW: http://www.vet.cam.ac.uk/directory/gpp28@cam.ac.uk/
Themes: ecology and conservation, metabolic medicine, integrative and comparative physiology
Students: Applications from potential students are welcome
Name: Dr Adam Pellegrini
Dept: Department of Plant Sciences
Email: ap2188@cam.ac.uk
Topic: How ecosystem functioning will respond to global change, with a current focus on how disturbances affect carbon cycling
WWW: http://www.plantsci.cam.ac.uk/directory/pellegrini-adam/
Themes: ecology and conservation, plant biology
Students: Applications from potential students are welcome
Name: Dr Claire Spottiswoode
Dept: Department of Zoology
Email: cns26@cam.ac.uk
Topic: Bird behavioural ecology and life histories
WWW: https://www.zoo.cam.ac.uk/directory/claire-spottiswoode
Themes: evolutionary biology, ecology and conservation
Students: Applications from potential students are welcome
Name: Professor William Sutherland
Dept: Department of Zoology
Email: w.sutherland@zoo.cam.ac.uk
Topic: Conservation biology
WWW: http://www.zoo.cam.ac.uk/zoostaff/sutherland.htm
Themes: ecology and conservation
Students: Applications from potential students are welcome
Name: Dr Andrew Tanentzap
Dept: Department of Plant Sciences
Email: ajt65@cam.ac.uk
Topic: Ecosystems and global change
WWW: http://www.plantsci.cam.ac.uk/research/andrewtanentzap
Themes: ecology and conservation,
Students: Applications from potential students are welcome
Name: Professor Nicholas Thomson
Dept: Wellcome Sanger Institute
Email: nrt@sanger.ac.uk
Topic: Bacterial genomics and evolution
WWW: https://www.sanger.ac.uk/science/groups/thomson-group
Themes: ecology and conservation, evolutionary biology, epidemiology and public health, functional genomics, systems biology and genetic medicine, infection and immunity
Students: Applications from potential students are welcome
Name: Dr Edgar Turner
Dept: Department of Zoology
Email: ect23@cam.ac.uk
Topic: Conservation science, insect ecology
WWW: https://www.zoo.cam.ac.uk/directory/dr-edgar-turner
Themes: ecology and conservation
Students: Applications from potential students are welcome
Name: Dr Sander van der Linden
Dept: Department of Psychology
Email: sander.vanderlinden@psychol.cam.ac.uk
Topic: Social Norms, Risk, Judgment, Decision-Making, Altruism, Social Issues, Communication
WWW: https://www.psychol.cam.ac.uk/people/sander-van-der-linden
Themes: neuroscience, psychology and mental health; epidemiology and public health; ecology and conservation
Students: Applications from potential students are welcome
Name: Professor Eske Willerslev
Dept: Department of Zoology
Email: ew482@cam.ac.uk
Topic: evolutionary biology, ancient DNA, megafaunal extinction
WWW: http://www.zoo.cam.ac.uk/directory/professor-eske-willerslev
Themes: evolutionary biology, ecology and conservation, functional genomics, systems biology and genetic medicine
Students: Applications from potential students are welcome
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