The Organisms, Evolution and Planetary Resilience Research Theme includes the following sub-groups:
- Evolution and Diversity
- Molecular Biology and Genetics
- Ecology and Conservation
- Microbiology and Infectious Disease
- Developmental Biology
- Synthetic Biology and Biotechnology
- Plant Biology
- Animal Behaviour and Biomechanics
- Ecosystems and Global Change
- Computational and Evolutionary Biology
Principal Investigators in this theme:
| Name: Professor David Aldridge Topic: Freshwater ecology and conservation; ecology and control of invasive species; sustainable environmental management; aquaculture Themes: Organisms, Evolution and Ecology Department: Department of Zoology Email: d.aldridge@zoo.cam.ac.uk Website: https://www.zoo.cam.ac.uk/directory/david-aldridge Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Alexandre Almeida Topic: High-resolution and large-scale approaches to investigate the function and diversity of the human microbiome in health and disease Themes: Organisms, Evolution and Ecology, Functional and Evolutionary Genomics, Infection and Immunity Department: Department of Veterinary Medicine Email: aa2369@cam.ac.uk Website: https://www.vet.cam.ac.uk/staff/dr-alexandre-almeida Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Professor Bill Amos Topic: Evolutionary genetics Themes: Organisms, Evolution and Ecology, Functional and Evolutionary Genomics Department: Department of Zoology Email: w.amos@zoo.cam.ac.uk Website: https://www.zoo.cam.ac.uk/directory/william-amos Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Robert Asher Topic: Morphology and interrelationships of living and extinct mammals Themes: Organisms, Evolution and Ecology Department: Department of Zoology Email: rja58@cam.ac.uk Website: https://www.zoo.cam.ac.uk/directory/robert-asher Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Madan Babu Topic: Systems biology regulatory genomics intrinsically disordered proteins biological networks GPCR signalling gene regulation and gene expression noise Themes: Organisms, Evolution and Ecology, Functional and Evolutionary Genomics Department: MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology Email: madanm@mrc-lmb.cam.ac.uk Website: http://www2.mrc-lmb.cam.ac.uk/group-leaders/a-to-g/m-m-babu Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Professor Kate Baker Topic: Microbial Genomic Epidemiology Themes: Organisms, Evolution and Ecology (incl. Plant Biology), Epidemiology and Public Health, Functional and Evolutionary Genomics, Infection and Immunity Department: Genetics Email: kb827@cam.ac.uk Website: https://www.infectiousdisease.cam.ac.uk/staff/kate-baker Sorry no students can be taken this year |
| Name: Professor Andrew Balmford Topic: Costs and benefits of conservation; conservation and agriculture Themes: Organisms, Evolution and Ecology Department: Department of Zoology Email: apb12@cam.ac.uk Website: https://www.zoo.cam.ac.uk/directory/andrew-balmford Sorry no vacation students can be taken this year but enquiries from potential PhD students are welcome |
| Name: Professor Sir David Baulcombe Topic: Gene expression Themes: Organisms, Evolution and Ecology, Functional and Evolutionary Genomics Department: Department of Plant Sciences Email: dcb40@cam.ac.uk Website: http://www.plantsci.cam.ac.uk/research/davidbaulcombe Sorry no students can be taken this year |
| Name: Dr Elia Benito Gutierrez Topic: Evo-Devo Themes: Reproduction, Development and Lifelong Health, Organisms, Evolution and Ecology, Neuroscience, Psychology and Behaviour, Molecules and Cells Department: Zoology Email: eb647@cam.ac.uk Website: https://www.zoo.cam.ac.uk/directory/elia-benito-gutierrez Sorry no students can be taken this year |
| Name: Professor Mark Blaxter Topic: Tree of life Themes: Organisms, Evolution and Ecology, Functional and Evolutionary Genomics, Infection and Immunity Department: Wellcome Sanger Institute Email: mb35@sanger.ac.uk Website: https://www.sanger.ac.uk/science/programmes/tree-of-life Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Jamie Blundell Topic: Evolutionary dynamics of cancer a disease of somatic evolution in our tissues. Themes: Cancer, Organisms, Evolution and Ecology Department: Department of Oncology Email: jrb75@cam.ac.uk Website: https://www.oncology.cam.ac.uk/research/our-research/blundell Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Professor Paul Brakefield Topic: Evolution and diversity butterflies and other insects Themes: Organisms, Evolution and Ecology Department: Department of Zoology Email: pb499@cam.ac.uk Website: https://www.zoo.cam.ac.uk/directory/paul-brakefield Sorry no PhD students can be taken this year but enquiries from potential summer students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Sam Brockington Topic: Evolution and diversity Themes: Organisms, Evolution and Ecology, Functional and Evolutionary Genomics Department: Department of Plant Science Email: sb771@cam.ac.uk Website: https://www.plantsci.cam.ac.uk/research/sambrockington Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Michael Brooke Topic: Island conservation priorities seabird biology population dynamics of endangered species Themes: Organisms, Evolution and Ecology Department: Department of Zoology Email: m.brooke@zoo.cam.ac.uk Website: https://www.zoo.cam.ac.uk/directory/michael-brooke Sorry no PhD students can be taken this year but enquiries from potential summer students are welcome |
| Name: Professor Malcolm Burrows Topic: Neural processing in local circuits that control natural limb movements Themes: Organisms, Evolution and Ecology, Neuroscience, Psychology and Behaviour Department: Department of Zoology Email: mb135@cam.ac.uk Website: https://www.zoo.cam.ac.uk/directory/malcolm-burrows Sorry no PhD students can be taken this year but enquiries from potential summer students are welcome |
| Name: Professor John Carr Topic: Plant-Pathogen Interactions Themes: Organisms, Evolution and Ecology, Infection and Immunity Department: Plant Sciences Email: jpc1005@cam.ac.uk Website: https://www.plantsci.cam.ac.uk/directory/john-carr Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Professor Jason Chin Topic: Evolution and synthesis of new function Themes: Organisms, Evolution and Ecology, Molecules and Cells Department: MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology Email: chin@mrc-lmb.cam.ac.uk Website: http://www2.mrc-lmb.cam.ac.uk/group-leaders/a-to-g/j-chin Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Dr. Jeongmin Choi Topic: Plant Symbiosis with Beneficial Fungi Themes: Organisms, Evolution and Ecology, Infection and Immunity, Molecules and Cells Department: Department of Plant Sciences Email: jc913@cam.ac.uk Website: https://www.plantsci.cam.ac.uk/directory/jeongmin-choi Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Betty Chung Topic: Gene expression, Translation control, abiotic (temperature, pH etc..) and biotic (infection) stresses, Host:pathogen interactions, Themes: Organisms, Evolution and Ecology, Infection and Immunity, Molecules and Cells Department: Pathology Email: bcy23@cam.ac.uk Website: https://www.path.cam.ac.uk/directory/betty-chung Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Erik Clark Topic: Early embryonic patterning in Drosophila; quantitative imaging and modelling of gene regulation; arthropod evo-devo Themes: Organisms, Evolution and Ecology (incl. Plant Biology), Functional and Evolutionary Genomics, Molecules and Cells Department: Department of Genetics Email: ec491@cam.ac.uk Website: https://www.gen.cam.ac.uk/clark-group Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Professor Tim Clutton-Brock Topic: The evolution of animal breeding systems Themes: Organisms, Evolution and Ecology Department: Department of Zoology Email: thcb@cam.ac.uk Website: https://www.zoo.cam.ac.uk/directory/tim-clutton-brock Sorry no students can be taken this year |
| Name: Professor David Coomes Topic: Forest ecology and conservation Themes: Organisms, Evolution and Ecology Department: Department of Plant Sciences Email: dac18@cam.ac.uk Website: http://www.plantsci.cam.ac.uk/research/davidcoomes Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Isidro Cortes-Ciriano Topic: Cancer Genomics Themes: Cancer, Organisms, Evolution and Ecology, Epidemiology and Public Health, Functional and Evolutionary Genomics Department: European Bioinformatics Institute Email: icortes@ebi.ac.uk Website: https://www.ebi.ac.uk/research/cortes-ciriano Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Prof Nik Cunniffe Topic: Modelling the spread, detection, evolution and control of plant pests and pathogens Themes: Organisms, Evolution and Ecology, Epidemiology and Public Health, Infection and Immunity Department: Plant Sciences Email: njc1001@cam.ac.uk Website: https://www.plantsci.cam.ac.uk/directory/cunniffe-nik Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Professor Julia Davies Topic: Signalling Themes: Organisms, Evolution and Ecology, Molecules and Cells Department: Department of Plant Sciences Email: jmd32@cam.ac.uk Website: http://www.plantsci.cam.ac.uk/research/juliadavies Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Lida Derevnina Topic: Plant immunity, effector biology, host pathogen interaction Themes: Organisms, Evolution and Ecology, Infection and Immunity Department: Department of Plant Sciences Email: LD645@cam.ac.uk Website: https://www.plantsci.cam.ac.uk/research/groups/crop-pathogen-immunity Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Professor Lynn Dicks Topic: Conservation science: agroecology, insect conservation, evidence-based conservation, science-policy interface Themes: Organisms, Evolution and Ecology Department: Zoology Email: lvd22@cam.ac.uk Website: https://www.zoo.cam.ac.uk/directory/professor-lynn-dicks Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Professor Paul Dupree Topic: Plant cell wall polysaccharides, food, biomaterials, glycobiology Themes: Organisms, Evolution and Ecology, Functional and Evolutionary Genomics, Molecules and Cells Department: Biochemistry Email: pd101@cam.ac.uk Website: https://www.bioc.cam.ac.uk/dupree Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Professor Richard Durbin Topic: Mathematical and computational genetics; bioinformatics; genome evolution; ancient and environmental DNA; cichlid fish speciation Themes: Organisms, Evolution and Ecology, Functional and Evolutionary Genomics Department: Genetics Email: rd109@cam.ac.uk Website: https://www.gen.cam.ac.uk/research-groups/research-groups/durbin Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Professor David Edwards Topic: Tropical forest ecology and conservation; Global wood security; Impacts of land-use change and wildlife trade on biodiversity Themes: Organisms, Evolution and Ecology (incl. Plant Biology) Department: Department of Plant Sciences Email: dpe29@cam.ac.uk Website: pending Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Professor David Edwards Topic: Tropical ecology and conservation Themes: Organisms, Evolution and Ecology (incl. Plant Biology) Department: Plant Sciences Email: dpe29@cam.ac.uk Website: https://www.plantsci.cam.ac.uk/staff/professor-david-edwards Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Sebastian Eves-van den Akker Topic: Plant-parasite/pathogen interactions Themes: Organisms, Evolution and Ecology, Infection and Immunity Department: Department of Plant Sciences Email: se389@cam.ac.uk Website: https://www.plantsci.cam.ac.uk/research/sebastianevesvandenakker Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Professor Walter Federle Topic: Animal biomechanics, insect-plant interactions Themes: Organisms, Evolution and Ecology, Neuroscience, Psychology and Behaviour Department: Zoology Email: wf222@cam.ac.uk Website: https://www.zoo.cam.ac.uk/directory/walter-federle Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Professor Daniel Field Topic: Macroevolution, ornithology, palaeontology, systematics Themes: Organisms, Evolution and Ecology Department: Zoology & Earth Sciences Email: djf70@cam.ac.uk Website: https://www.fieldpalaeo.com/ Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Professor Chris Gilligan Topic: Epidemiology and modelling Themes: Organisms, Evolution and Ecology, Epidemiology and Public Health Department: Department of Plant Sciences Email: cag1@cam.ac.uk Website: http://www.plantsci.cam.ac.uk/research/chrisgilligan Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Professor Beverley Glover Topic: Evolution and development Themes: Organisms, Evolution and Ecology Department: Department of Plant Sciences Email: bjg26@cam.ac.uk Website: http://www.plantsci.cam.ac.uk/research/beverleyglover Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Nick Goldman Topic: Molecular evolution, phylogenetics, comparative genomics data analysis and modelling, statistical computational molecular sequence analysis, algorithms for Next Generation Sequencing Themes: Organisms, Evolution and Ecology, Epidemiology and Public Health, Functional and Evolutionary Genomics, Molecules and Cells Department: EMBL-European Bioinformatics Institute Email: goldman@ebi.ac.uk Website: https://www.ebi.ac.uk/research/goldman/ Sorry no PhD students can be taken this year but enquiries from potential summer students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Andrew Grant Topic: Microbial Pathogenesis Themes: Organisms, Evolution and Ecology, Infection and Immunity Department: Department of Veterinary Medicine Email: ajg60@cam.ac.uk Website: https://www.vet.cam.ac.uk/directory/ajg60%40cam.ac.uk Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Professor Howard Griffiths Topic: Plant Physiological Ecology Themes: Organisms, Evolution and Ecology Department: Department of Plant Sciences Email: hg230@cam.ac.uk Website: https://www.plantsci.cam.ac.uk/research/groups/physiological-ecology Sorry no students can be taken this year |
| Name: Dr Jake Harris Topic: Epigenetics, chromatin, immunity Themes: Organisms, Evolution and Ecology, Functional and Evolutionary Genomics, Infection and Immunity Department: Department of Plant Sciences Email: cjh92@cam.ac.uk Website: https://www.plantsci.cam.ac.uk/research/chromatin-and-memory Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Professor Jim Haseloff Topic: Synthetic Biology for engineering plant growth Themes: Organisms, Evolution and Ecology Department: Department of Plant Sciences Email: jh295@cam.ac.uk Website: http://www.plantsci.cam.ac.uk/research/jimhaseloff Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Jason Head Topic: vertebrate palaeontology Themes: Organisms, Evolution and Ecology Department: Department of Zoology Email: jjh71@cam.ac.uk Website: https://www.zoo.cam.ac.uk/directory/dr-jason-head Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Ian Henderson Topic: Genetic and epigenetic inheritance in plants Themes: Organisms, Evolution and Ecology, Functional and Evolutionary Genomics Department: Department of Plant Sciences Email: irh25@cam.ac.uk Website: http://www.plantsci.cam.ac.uk/research/ianhenderson Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Dr James Herbert-Read Topic: Behavioural Ecology, Animal Behaviour, Sensory Biology, Marine Biology Themes: Organisms, Evolution and Ecology Department: Department of Zoology Email: jh2223@cam.ac.uk Website: https://www.zoo.cam.ac.uk/research/behavioural-ecology/marine-behavioura... Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Professor Julian Hibberd Topic: Molecular physiology Themes: Organisms, Evolution and Ecology Department: Department of Plant Sciences Email: jmh65@cam.ac.uk Website: http://www.plantsci.cam.ac.uk/research/julianhibberd Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Prof. Florian Hollfelder Topic: Synthetic and chemical biology: mechanistic enzymology, enzyme discovery, biocatalysis for sustainable development, directed evolution, btechnologies for droplet microfluidics, single cell transciptomics, developmental cell biology in 3D, antibody engineering, functional metagenomics Themes: Organisms, Evolution and Ecology, Functional and Evolutionary Genomics, Infection and Immunity, Molecules and Cells Department: Biochemistry Email: fh111@cam.ac.uk Website: https://hollfelder.bioc.cam.ac.uk/ Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Philipp Holliger Topic: Synthetic biology of nucleic acid replication Themes: Organisms, Evolution and Ecology, Molecules and Cells Department: MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology Email: ph1@mrc-lmb.cam.ac.uk Website: http://www2.mrc-lmb.cam.ac.uk/group-leaders/h-to-m/p-holliger Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Professor Christopher Howe Topic: Biochemistry and evolution of photosynthesis Themes: Organisms, Evolution and Ecology, Molecules and Cells Department: Department of Biochemistry Email: c.j.howe@bioc.cam.ac.uk Website: http://www.bioc.cam.ac.uk/uto/howe.html Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Matt Hurles Topic: Genomic mutation and genetic disease Themes: Organisms, Evolution and Ecology, Functional and Evolutionary Genomics Department: Wellcome Sanger Institute Email: meh@sanger.ac.uk Website: https://www.sanger.ac.uk/science/groups/hurles-group Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Professor Chris Jiggins Topic: Evolutionary Genetics Themes: Organisms, Evolution and Ecology, Functional and Evolutionary Genomics Department: Zoology Email: cj107@cam.ac.uk Website: https://heliconius.zoo.cam.ac.uk Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Professor Rufus Johnstone Topic: Animal communication mate choice and reproductive skew Themes: Organisms, Evolution and Ecology Department: Department of Zoology Email: raj1003@cam.ac.uk Website: https://www.zoo.cam.ac.uk/directory/rufus-johnstone Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Alexander Jones Topic: Deciphering cellular information processing via plant hormones Themes: Organisms, Evolution and Ecology, Molecules and Cells Department: Sainsbury Laboratory Email: alexander.jones@slcu.cam.ac.uk Website: http://www.slcu.cam.ac.uk/research/jones-group Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Professor Henrik Jönsson Topic: Development of live imaging techniques and Computational Morphodynamics models at the cellular level. Themes: Reproduction, Development and Lifelong Health, Organisms, Evolution and Ecology Department: Sainsbury Laboratory Email: henrik.jonsson@slcu.cam.ac.uk Website: http://www.slcu.cam.ac.uk/directory/jonsson-henrik Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Professor Rebecca Kilner Topic: Behaviour, Social Evolution, Co-evolution, Parental Care, Animal Communication Themes: Organisms, Evolution and Ecology Department: Department of Zoology Email: rmk1002@cam.ac.uk Website: https://www.zoo.cam.ac.uk/directory/rebecca-kilner Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Johannes Kromdijk Topic: Environment plant physiology Themes: Organisms, Evolution and Ecology, Functional and Evolutionary Genomics Department: Department of Plant Sciences Email: jk417@cam.ac.uk Website: https://www.plantsci.cam.ac.uk/research/johanneskromdijk Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Professor Edmund Kunji Topic: Structure and function of mitochondrial transport proteins Themes: Organisms, Evolution and Ecology, Functional and Evolutionary Genomics, Molecules and Cells Department: MRC Mitochondrial Biology Unit Email: ek@mrc-mbu.cam.ac.uk Website: https://www.mrc-mbu.cam.ac.uk/research-groups/kunji-group Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Professor Dominic Kwiatkowski Topic: Natural genetic variation (in malaria) Themes: Organisms, Evolution and Ecology, Functional and Evolutionary Genomics, Infection and Immunity Department: Wellcome Sanger Institute Email: dominic@sanger.ac.uk Website: https://www.sanger.ac.uk/science/groups/kwiatkowski-group Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Mara Lawniczak Topic: Evolutionary genetics and genomics; Malaria; Biodiversity Themes: Organisms, Evolution and Ecology, Functional and Evolutionary Genomics, Infection and Immunity Department: Tree of Life, Wellcome Sanger Institute Email: mara@sanger.ac.uk Website: Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Dr. Adria LeBoeuf Topic: Evolution and impact of socially transferred materials Themes: Organisms, Evolution and Ecology (incl. Plant Biology), Functional and Evolutionary Genomics Department: Zoology Email: acl79@cam.ac.uk Website: https://leboeuflab.com Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Helen Leggett Topic: Host-Parasite Evolution and Genetics Themes: Organisms, Evolution and Ecology, Infection and Immunity Department: Department of Zoology Email: hl448@cam.ac.uk Website: https://www.zoo.cam.ac.uk/directory/dr-helen-leggett Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Fiona Leigh Topic: Molecular Plant Breeding and the Study of Crop Genetic Diversity Themes: Organisms, Evolution and Ecology Department: NIAB Email: fl364@cam.ac.uk Website: https://www.niab.com/about-us/people/dr-fiona-leigh Sorry no students can be taken this year |
| Name: Professor Dame Ottoline Leyser Topic: Hormonal control of shoot branching Themes: Organisms, Evolution and Ecology Department: Department of Plant Sciences and Sainsbury Laboratory Email: ol235@cam.ac.uk Website: https://www.plantsci.cam.ac.uk/research/groups/developmental-biology Sorry no students can be taken this year |
| Name: Dr James Locke Topic: Plant and microbial systems biology Themes: Reproduction, Development and Lifelong Health, Organisms, Evolution and Ecology Department: Department of Plant Sciences (Sainsbury Laboratory) Email: james.locke@slcu.cam.ac.uk Website: https://www.slcu.cam.ac.uk/people/locke-james Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Professor Andrea Manica Topic: Evolutionary Ecology: response of animals and humans to changing environments Themes: Organisms, Evolution and Ecology, Functional and Evolutionary Genomics Department: Zoology Email: am315@cam.ac.uk Website: https://eeg.zoo.cam.ac.uk/ Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Dr John Marioni Topic: Computational and evolutionary genomics Themes: Organisms, Evolution and Ecology, Functional and Evolutionary Genomics Department: European Bioinformatics Institute Email: marioni@ebi.ac.uk Website: http://www.ebi.ac.uk/marioni/ Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Inigo Martincorena Topic: Somatic evolution Themes: Cancer, Reproduction, Development and Lifelong Health, Organisms, Evolution and Ecology Department: Wellcome Sanger Institute Email: im3@sanger.ac.uk Website: https://www.sanger.ac.uk/science/groups/martincorena-group Sorry no students can be taken this year |
| Name: Professor Matthew Mason Topic: Function of the middle ear in vertebrates Themes: Organisms, Evolution and Ecology Department: Physiology, Development & Neuroscience Email: mjm68@cam.ac.uk Website: https://www.pdn.cam.ac.uk/directory/matthew-mason Sorry no students can be taken this year |
| Name: Dr Kate McDole Topic: Morphogenesis of the early mammalian embryo Themes: Reproduction, Development and Lifelong Health, Organisms, Evolution and Ecology, Infection and Immunity, Medical Imaging, Molecules and Cells Department: MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology Email: kmcdole@mrc-lmb.cam.ac.uk Website: https://www2.mrc-lmb.cam.ac.uk/group-leaders/h-to-m/kate-mcdole/ Sorry no vacation students can be taken this year but enquiries from potential PhD students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Joana Meier Topic: Evolutionary genomics, speciation Themes: Organisms, Evolution and Ecology Department: Wellcome Sanger Institute Email: joana.meier@sanger.ac.uk Website: www.sanger.ac.uk/group/meier-group Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Eric Miska Topic: Control of gene expression through non-coding RNA Themes: Cancer, Organisms, Evolution and Ecology, Functional and Evolutionary Genomics, Molecules and Cells Department: Department of Genetics (Wellcome Trust/Cancer Research UK Gurdon Institute) Email: eam29@cam.ac.uk Website: http://www.gen.cam.ac.uk/directory/eric-miska Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Emily Mitchell Topic: Deep-time Ecology, Palaeobiology, Palaeoecology, Origins and evolution of early animals, Benthic ecology, coral ecology,Life in the Universe Themes: Organisms, Evolution and Ecology Department: Zoology Email: ek338@cam.ac.uk Website: https://www.zoo.cam.ac.uk/research/palaeobiology/deep-time-ecology-group Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Edwige Moyroud Topic: Genetics, Development, Evolution, Plant biology, Evo-Devo, Flower development, Molecular Biology, Imaging, Modeling, Pattern formation, Cell differentiation, Pollinator behaviour Themes: Reproduction, Development and Lifelong Health, Organisms, Evolution and Ecology, Functional and Evolutionary Genomics Department: The Sainsbury Laboratory and Department of Genetics Email: em500@cam.ac.uk Website: https://www.slcu.cam.ac.uk/people/dr-edwige-moyroud Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Nick Mundy Topic: Adaptive evolutionary genetics of vertebrates Themes: Organisms, Evolution and Ecology Department: Department of Zoology Email: nim21@cam.ac.uk Website: https://www.zoo.cam.ac.uk/directory/nicholas-mundy Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Professor Elizabeth Murchison Topic: Transmissible cancers Themes: Cancer, Organisms, Evolution and Ecology, Functional and Evolutionary Genomics, Infection and Immunity, Molecules and Cells Department: Department of Veterinary Medicine Email: epm27@cam.ac.uk Website: https://www.tcg.vet.cam.ac.uk/ Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Dr. Leila Muresan Topic: Microscopy image analysis Themes: Reproduction, Development and Lifelong Health, Organisms, Evolution and Ecology, Functional and Evolutionary Genomics, Molecules and Cells Department: Physiology, Development and Neuroscience Email: lam94@cam.ac.uk Website: https://www.pdn.cam.ac.uk/staff/muresan Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Jyoti Nangalia Topic: Clonal Evolution, Cancer and Ageing Themes: Cancer, Reproduction, Development and Lifelong Health, Organisms, Evolution and Ecology, Functional and Evolutionary Genomics, Molecules and Cells Department: Wellcome Sanger Institute and Cambridge Stem Cell Institute Email: jn218@cam.ac.uk Website: https://www.stemcells.cam.ac.uk/people/pi/nangalia Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Dr François Nédélec Topic: Cell morphogenesis and developmental biology using synthetic and systems biology approaches and computer modelling Themes: Organisms, Evolution and Ecology, Molecules and Cells Department: Department of Plant Sciences (Sainsbury Laboratory) Email: francois.nedelec@slcu.cam.ac.uk Website: https://www.slcu.cam.ac.uk/research/nedelec-group Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Professor Giles Oldroyd Topic: Development of symbiotic associations in plants Themes: Organisms, Evolution and Ecology Department: Department of Plant Sciences Email: gedo2@cam.ac.uk Website: https://www.cropsciencecentre.org/ Sorry no students can be taken this year |
| Name: Professor Uta Paszkowski Topic: Plant Molecular Genetics Themes: Organisms, Evolution and Ecology, Functional and Evolutionary Genomics, Infection and Immunity, Molecules and Cells Department: Plant Sciences Email: up220@cam.ac.uk Website: http://www.plantsci.cam.ac.uk/research/utapaszkowski.html Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Kiran Raosaheb Patil Topic: Gut microbiota and xenobiotics Themes: Organisms, Evolution and Ecology, Molecules and Cells Department: MRC Toxicology Unit Email: kp533@mrc-tox.cam.ac.uk Website: https://www.mrc-tox.cam.ac.uk/research/patil-programme Sorry no vacation students can be taken this year but enquiries from potential PhD students are welcome |
| Name: Dr. Nicola Patron Topic: Engineering plant regulatory networks and metabolism. Themes: Organisms, Evolution and Ecology (incl. Plant Biology) Department: Plant Sciences Email: njp56@cam.ac.uk Website: http://patronlab.org Sorry no vacation students can be taken this year but enquiries from potential PhD students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Adam Pellegrini Topic: How ecosystem functioning will respond to global change with a current focus on how disturbances affect carbon cycling Themes: Organisms, Evolution and Ecology Department: Department of Plant Sciences Email: ap2188@cam.ac.uk Website: https://www.plantsci.cam.ac.uk/directory/pellegrini-adam Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Ms Eqbal Radwan Topic: Plant biotechnology, plant molecular biology, nanobiotechnology in plant production Themes: Organisms, Evolution and Ecology, Epidemiology and Public Health, Molecules and Cells Department: Biology Email: ernp2030@gmail.com Website: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=J8Iu9SYAAAAJ&hl=en Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Henrik Salje Topic: Infectious disease dynamics Themes: Organisms, Evolution and Ecology, Epidemiology and Public Health, Infection and Immunity Department: Department of Genetics Email: hs743@cam.ac.uk Website: https://www.gen.cam.ac.uk/ Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Emilia Santos Topic: Morphology and Evolution Themes: Organisms, Evolution and Ecology, Functional and Evolutionary Genomics Department: Department of Zoology Email: es754@cam.ac.uk Website: https://www.zoo.cam.ac.uk/directory/emilia-santos Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Aylwyn Scally Topic: Evolutionary genomics Themes: Organisms, Evolution and Ecology, Functional and Evolutionary Genomics Department: Department of Genetics Email: aos21@cam.ac.uk Website: http://www.gen.cam.ac.uk/directory/aylwyn-scally Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Sebastian Schornack Topic: Common and contrasting processes in plant-pathogen interactions and symbiosis developmental processes Themes: Organisms, Evolution and Ecology, Molecules and Cells Department: Sainsbury Laboratory Email: sebastian.schornack@slcu.cam.ac.uk Website: www.schornacklab.net Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Dr John Sutherland Topic: Origins of Life Themes: Organisms, Evolution and Ecology, Molecules and Cells Department: MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology Email: johns@mrc-lmb.cam.ac.uk Website: https://www.zoo.cam.ac.uk/directory/bill-sutherland Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Professor William Sutherland Topic: Conservation biology Themes: Organisms, Evolution and Ecology Department: Department of Zoology Email: w.sutherland@zoo.cam.ac.uk Website: http://www.zoo.cam.ac.uk/zoostaff/sutherland.htm Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Andrew Tanentzap Topic: Ecosystems and global change Themes: Organisms, Evolution and Ecology Department: Department of Plant Sciences Email: ajt65@cam.ac.uk Website: http://www.plantsci.cam.ac.uk/research/andrewtanentzap Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Professor Nicholas Thomson Topic: Bacterial genomics and evolution Themes: Organisms, Evolution and Ecology, Epidemiology and Public Health, Functional and Evolutionary Genomics, Infection and Immunity Department: Wellcome Sanger Institute Email: nrt@sanger.ac.uk Website: https://www.sanger.ac.uk/science/groups/thomson-group Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Edgar Turner Topic: Conservation science insect ecology Themes: Organisms, Evolution and Ecology Department: Department of Zoology Email: ect23@cam.ac.uk Website: https://www.zoo.cam.ac.uk/directory/dr-edgar-turner Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Professor Ross Waller Topic: Molecular function, diversity and evolution in cells Themes: Organisms, Evolution and Ecology, Functional and Evolutionary Genomics, Infection and Immunity, Molecules and Cells Department: Department of Biochemistry Email: rfw26@cam.ac.uk Website: http://www.wallercellevolution.com Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Professor Alan Warren Topic: Mechanisms of ribosome assembly Themes: Cancer, Organisms, Evolution and Ecology, Molecules and Cells Department: Department of Haematology (Cambridge Institute for Medical Research) Email: ajw1000@cam.ac.uk Website: https://www.cimr.cam.ac.uk/staff/professor-alan-j-warren-fmedsci Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Professor Alex Webb Topic: Circadian signal transduction Themes: Organisms, Evolution and Ecology Department: Department of Plant Sciences Email: aarw2@cam.ac.uk Website: http://www.plantsci.cam.ac.uk/research/alexwebb Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Dr John Welch Topic: The causes of molecular evolution Themes: Organisms, Evolution and Ecology, Functional and Evolutionary Genomics Department: Department of Genetics Email: jjw23@cam.ac.uk Website: http://www.gen.cam.ac.uk/directory/john-welch Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Professor Martin Welch Topic: Microbial Cell-Cell Communication, Microbial Physiology and Metabolism, Polymicrobial Microbiology Themes: Organisms, Evolution and Ecology (incl. Plant Biology), Infection and Immunity, Molecules and Cells Department: Biochemistry Email: mw240@cam.ac.uk Website: https://www.bioc.cam.ac.uk/research/welch Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Professor Eske Willerslev Topic: Past human population genomics, environmental DNA, and pathogen evolution. Themes: Organisms, Evolution and Ecology Department: Department of Zoology Email: ew482@cam.ac.uk Website: http://www.zoo.cam.ac.uk/directory/professor-eske-willerslev Sorry no students can be taken this year |
| Name: Dr Jennifer York Topic: Behavioural ecology & Bio-inspired design Themes: Organisms, Evolution and Ecology, Neuroscience, Psychology and Behaviour Department: Department of Zoology Email: jy364@cam.ac.uk Website: https://www.zoo.cam.ac.uk/directory/jenny-york Applications from potential students are welcome |
