IoZ Staff & PhD Students

Director of the Institute of Zoology

Professor Tim Blackburn

Research Theme Leaders

Professor Andrew Cunningham (Wildlife Epidemiology)
Dr Chris Carbone (Biodiversity & Macroecology)
Dr Guy Cowlishaw (Behavioural & Population Ecology)
Dr Trenton Garner (Evolution & Molecular Ecology)

Joint ZSL and University College London Staff

Professor Kate Jones (Joint UCL and ZSL Chair, Ecology and Biodiversity)

Senior Research Fellows

Dr Sarah Durant
Dr Paul Jepson
Dr Tony Sainsbury
Dr Jinliang Wang
Dr Rosie Woodroffe

Research Fellows

Dr Patricia Brekke
Dr Ben Collen
Dr John Ewen
Dr Becki Lawson (Wildlife Veterinarian)
Dr Ellouise Leadbeater
Dr Sinead Murphy
Dr Nathalie Pettorelli
Dr Marcus Rowcliffe
Dr Seirian Sumner
Dr Samuel Turvey

Postdoctoral Research Assistants

Dr Jon Bielby
Dr Monika Böhm
Dr Kate Ciborowski
Dr Stephanie Dreier
Dr Aidan Keane
Dr Kirsty Kemp
Dr David Redding
Dr Chris Yesson

Postgraduate Research Assistants

Liam Brierley
Ricardo Castro Cesar de Sa
Tim Hopkins
Louise McRae

Research Technicians

Olivia Daniel
Robert Deaville (Cetacean Strandings Project Manager)
Dr Chris Durrant
Ellie Dyer
Dada Gottelli (Chief Technician)
Shinto John
Gabriela Peniche
Matthew Perkins
Ian Warren

Project Assistants

Stefanie Deinet (LPI Administrator)

Administration and Support Staff

Amrit Dehal (Administrator - Information Systems)
Idrish Dudhwala (Administrator - Finance)
Christina Herterich (Administration Manager)
David Hitchcock (Administrator - Buildings & Capital Projects)
Jo Keogh (PA/Administrator to Director, Admin Manager and Theme Leaders)
Lynne Rushton (Administrator - Health & Safety)

Honorary Research Associates

Dr Teresa Abaiger
Dr Jon Bridle
Dr Boris Dzyuba
Dr Simon Goodman
Dr Marcella Kelly
Dr Julie Leonard
Dr Jonathan Loh

Visiting Research Fellows

Dr Karina Acevedo-Whitehouse
Dr Kamran Safi