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Professor of Evolutionary Genomics
Senior Research Leader (Plant Health & Adaptation) at Royal Botanic Gardens Kew

genomics, speciation, tree health, hybridisation, polyploidy, genetics

Reader in Synthetic Biology and Biotechnology

Photosynthesis, Photosystem, Directed Evolution, Molecular Evolution, Cyanobacteria

Professor of Sensory and Behavioural Ecology

animal cognition, sensory systems, pollination ecology, social insects, animal consciousness, animal welfare

Reader in Statistical Phylogenetics

Phylogenetics, Molecular Evolution, Genomics, Population Genetics

Senior Lecturer in Cellular and Molecular Biology
Director of Admissions (SBBS)

Photosynthetic Light-Harvesting, Open Quantum Systems, Astrobiology, Bioenergetics

Professor of Evolutionary and Conservation Genetics
Head of The Department of Biology

Conservation, Genomics, Endangered Species, Sea Turtles

Lecturer in Computational Physiology / Biomedicine

Professor of Animal Physiology and Neuroscience

Neuropeptide, Evolution, Neurobiology, Echinoderm, Physiology

Senior Lecturer in Microbiology
Deputy Head of Biochemistry Department and Director of MSc Molecular Cell Biology

Molecular Cell Biology of Bacteria, Cellular Adaptation, Single-cell Biology, RNA Processing and Repair

Senior Lecturer in Microbial Ecology

Microbial ecology, Methane cycle, Organosulfur compounds, Coastal ecosystems, Resource recovery, Wastewater treatment

Senior Lecturer in Ecology

Network ecology, Big data, Ant-plant interactions, Tropical ecology

Senior Lecturer in Genetics
deputy Head of Biology Department

population genetics, bioinformatics, machine learning, evolutionary biology, human evolution

Senior Lecturer in Plant Cell and Molecular Biology

Reader in Molecular Microbial Ecology

Evolution, Ecology, Genomics, Symbiosis, Entomology, Microbiology

Head of the River Communities Group

Senior Lecturer in Ecology

Climate warming, Biodiversity loss, Food webs, Network rewiring, Aquatic-terrestrial linkages, Diet tracing and stable isotopes

Professor of Plant Genetics
Deputy Head of The Centre for Biodiversity and Sustainability

polyploidy, evolution, interspecific hybridisation, biodiversity finance, genome size, grassland ecology

Lecturer in Computational Ecology

global ecology, artificial intelligence, computer vision, species interactions, community ecology, biogeography

Professor of Microbiology
Bacteriology Theme Lead

Cyanobacteria, Photosynthesis, Bacterial cell biology

Professor of Evolutionary Genetics

Population Genetics, Evolutionary Genomics, Bayesian Analysis, Conservation, Range Expansion, Invasive Species

Senior Lecturer in Psychology

Sleep and dreaming, Consciousness, Inter-brain synchronisation, Neurodevelopmental disorders, Time processing, Environmental psychology

Future Leaders Fellow & Senior Lecturer

tropical butterflies, evolutionary adaptation, phenotypic plasticity, gene regulation, population and comparative genomics, biodiversity

Senior Lecturer (Associate Professor) in Terahertz Electronics
Head of Terahertz Laboratory & EECS Academic Laser Safety Officer

Terahertz (THz), Spectroscopy, Photonics, Sensors, Environmental Science, Future telecommunication

Lecturer in Conservation Biology

macroecology, global change, plant diversity and distribution, species uses, food diversification, computational ecology

Reader in Theoretical Ecology
Head of The Centre for Biodiversity and Sustainability

Theoretical Ecology, Biodiversity Patterns, Biodiversity Finance, Complex Systems

Professor of Molecular Ecology and Evolution

Molecular ecology, bat ecology and evolution, Mammalian phylogenetics, southeast Asian biodiversity

Professor in Biophysics

photosynthesis, light harvesting, chloroplast adaptation, NPQ, xanthophylls, spectroscopy

Professor of Biogeochemistry

Biogeochemistry, Anammox, Methane cycling, Nitrogen cycling, Microbial ecology, Climate warming

Technical Facilities Manager

Senior Lecturer (Associate Professor)

animal cognition, predispositions, experimental evolution, early cognition, crossmodality, dance science - positive psychology

Professor of Evolutionary Genomics and Bioinformatics

genome evolution, bioinformatics, ants, pollinators, pollinator health, social insects