We are a community of internationally recognised researchers and students working in conservation science. The Institute of Zoology sits within the Science Directorate of ZSL.
Director of Science
Science Management Team
- Prof. Andrew Cunningham (Deputy Director)
- Cheryl Buffonge (Science Operations)
- Dr Patricia Brekke (Doctoral Training Programmes)
- Prof. Guy Cowlishaw (Science Strategy)
- Linda DaVolls (Science Communication & Impact)
- Prof. Sarah Durant
- Prof. John Ewen (Coordination of UCL MSc Teaching)
- Prof. Nathalie Pettorelli (Equality, Diversity & Inclusion)
- Prof. Marcus Rowcliffe (Coordination of MSc Teaching)
- Dr Charlie Outhwaite & Dr David Curnick (Postgraduate Support)
Student Representatives
- Jennifer Panitz and Lucia Snyderman (PhD Student Representatives)
- Thalissa Inch and Niamh Thorne (PhD EDI Representative)
Research staff
Professors
- Prof. Guy Cowlishaw
- Prof. Andrew Cunningham
- Prof. Sarah Durant
- Prof. Johan du Toit
- Prof. John Ewen
- Prof. Trenton Garner
- Prof. Nathalie Pettorelli
- Prof. Marcus Rowcliffe
- Prof. Samuel Turvey
- Prof. Rosie Woodroffe
Senior Research Fellows
Research Fellows
- Dr Patricia Brekke
- Dr David Curnick
- Dr Clare Duncan
- Dr Rikki Gumbs
- Dr Louise McRae
- Dr Sahil Nijhawan
- Dr Charlie Outhwaite
- Dr Adam Piper
- Dr Javier Sanchez Romano
- Dr Andrés Valenzuela-Sánchez
Postdoctoral Research Associates
- Dr Nicholas Barrett
- Dr Olivia Bell
- Dr Aidan Byrne
- Dr Alex Cranston
- Dr Isabella Endacott
- Dr Benjamin Evans
- Dr Hollie Folkard-Tapp
- Dr Henry Hakkinen
- Dr Catherine Head
- Dr Audrey Ipavec
- Dr Ava Jenkins
- Dr Caio Kenup
- Dr Stephen Long
- Dr Connor Lovell
- Dr Heidi Ma
- Dr Nicholas Mitchell
- Dr Daniel Montgomery
- Dr Helen O'Neill
- Dr Philippa Oppenheimer
- Dr Katharina Seilern-Moy
- Dr Tammy Shadbolt
- Dr Bethany Smith
- Dr Amanda Trask
- Dr Jessica Turner
- Dr Fay Webster
- Dr Jake Williams
- Dr Rosie Williams
- Dr Mike Williamson
Research Associates
Research Assistants
Project Managers & Coordinators
- Robert Deaville (Cetacean Strandings Project Manager)
- Stefanie Deinet (LPI Project Co-Manager)
- Georgina Gerard (DRAHS Project Manager)
- Louise Gibson (Bats & Bugs Project Manager & ZSL Biobank Manager)
- Heidi Ma (Hainan Gibbon Conservation Programme Coordinator)
- Valentina Marconi (LPI Project Co-Manager)
- Nicole Milligan (Wildlife Ecology & Conservation Database Manager)
- Kate Scott-Gatty (London Hogwatch Project Manager)
Technical Staff
Science Support:
- Kevin Hopkins (Senior Technician)
- Shinto John (Microbiology Technician)
- Matthew Perkins (Senior Technician)
- Chris Sergeant (Named Animal Care & Welfare Officer)
Research Technicians:
- Kelly Astley
- Sarah Blake
- Sophia Chrysostomou
- Sarah Ferry
- Rebecca Foskett
- Daisy Halliwell
- Adrienne Hutchinson
- Emily Jones
- Victoria Luk
- Hannah Puleston
- Tutku Yatman
Professional Staff
Science Operations:
- Cheryl Buffonge (Science Operations Manager)
- Rosa Cullen (Science Coordinator)
- Amrit Dehal (Senior Administrator)
Wildlife Health Bridge:
- Harriet Pinder (Wildlife Health Bridge Coordinator)
- Amber Wyard (Wildlife Health Bridge Administrator)
ZSL Science Resources & Meetings
- Linda DaVolls (Head of Science Resources & Meetings)
- Harriet McAra (Science Communications and Events Manager)
- Elina Rantanen (Journals Manager)
- Isla Watton (Soapbox Science Coordinator & Science Media Project Manager)
Honorary Research Associates
- Dr Caitlin Andrews (The Nature Conservancy)
- Dr Kieran Bates (Blizard Institute, Queen Mary University of London)
- Prof. Chris Carbone
- Dr Timothy Davenport (Wildlife Conservation Society)
- Dr Charles Foley (Lincoln Park Zoo)
- Dr Tony Fooks (Animal and Plant Health Agency)
- Dr Rosemary Groom
- Dr Catharine Horswill
- Dr Michael Hudson (Durrell Wildlife Conservation Trust)
- Dr Goncalo Rosa (University of Lisbon)
- Dr Jinliang Wang
- Prof. James Wood (University of Cambridge)
Institute of Zoology PhD Students
- Alice Armstrong
- Rodolfo Assis Magalhães
- Jennifer Barber
- Harry Berks
- Isabel Black
- Wanda Bodnar
- Madison Bowden-Parry
- Timothy Brown
- Jason Burk
- Dylan Carbone
- Dominic Clarke
- Lucy Clarke
- Eleanor Collinson
- Danielle Crowley
- Nadia Frontier
- Hayley Free
- Aisling Gardiner
- Adrien Gelle
- Marianne Glascott
- Cheryl Heard
- Thalissa Inch
- Junghyuk Keum
- Oliver Kippax-Chui
- Nikolet Kostur
- Damaris Landers
- Jennifer Linden
- Sachin Lock
- Vance Mak
- Primrose Manning
- Juliana Martins
- Sophie McSherry
- Mollie Mills
- Lucy Morgan
- Kelvin Munisi
- Amelia Newman
- Rufus Oakleigh
- Jennifer Panitz
- Benjamin Parker
- Chiging Pilia
- Rosa Pollard Smith
- Sophie Ridgway
- Daisy Sankey
- Emma Shrestha
- Isha Shyam
- Lucia Snyderman
- Megan St Roas
- Zhengxi Tang
- Carolyn Thompson
- Niamh Thorne
- Eleanor Tinsley
- Cameron White-Spunner
- Mia Williams
- Ethan Wrigglesworth
- Rudai Zan
Overseas PhD Students
- Catarina Dias Coutinho
- Shiquing He
- Julee Jerang
- Aichi Mkunde Josephat Mnenge
- Douglas Njeri Kamaru
- Ioana Popescu
- Mmadi Reuben