Edinburgh Napier University Staff Members
Dr Emily Alder - Education for sustainable development; Literature and science; Environmental humanities; Seas and coasts
Dr Gavin Ballentyne - Pollination ecology; Network ecology (e.g. interactions between different species and pollination); Urban ecology
Dr Daniel Barreto - Engineering; Green-grey infrastructure; Nature-based solutions (e.g.. numerical modelling of soil behaviour/erosion
MSc Giulio Biondi - Freshwater macroinvertebrates; Bioindicators; Stream ecology; River restoration; Endangered species; Nature-based solutions
Dr Aimeric Blaud - Soil microbiology; Environmental (e)DNA
Dr Arthur Bossi - Socioeconomic and environmental impact of mountain biking; Coaching
Prof Rob Briers - Freshwater ecology; Spatial ecology; Modelling (emphasis on aquatic systems); Quantitative methods, incl Geographic Information Systems
Dr Sebastian Chaloner - Graphic design, Art Science
Prof Maxwell Chipulu - Data analytics; Sustainability and operations management
Dr Brian Davison - Drones; Web and mobile applications; Computational sustainability
Dr Imi Dencer-Brown - People & nature; Biodiversity; Blue carbon; Climate change
Dr Balandino Di Donato - Recording & Analysis; Sound art installations; Immersive experiences; Sound design for games
Prof Karen Diele - Ecology, Marine & coastal functional ecology; Mangrove ecology; Biodiversity conservation & restoration; Soundscape ecology; Stressors; Co-Management
Dr Jennifer Dodd - Freshwater ecology; Biodiversity; Aquatic restoration; Soundscape ecology
Assoc Prof Sophie Foley - Phage diversity & ecology in soils and activated sludge (Bioremediation); Phage diversity & ecology in the dairy industry and environment
Dr Michelle Frost - Marine ecology; Coastal management
Dr Jason Gilchrist - Animal Behaviour & evolution; Conservation & restoration ecology
Dr Valerio Giuffrida - Computer vision; Deep learning applied to plant phenotyping; Machine learning; Drones
Dr Keng Goh - Sensor instrumentation; Data acquisition; Control system application; Robotic; Renewable energy
Prof Emma Hart - Machine learning; Artificial intelligence; Modelling; Biologically inspired computing (in particular evolutionary computing)
Assoc Prof Luke Holman - Animal behaviour and evolution; Sexual selection; Animal communication; Computational biology
Prof Mark Huxham - Ecology; Mangrove and seagrass restoration; Blue carbon; Climate change; Mitigation (carbon management in coastal ecosystems)
Dr Abdelfateh Kerrouche - Instruments; e.g. drones; Autonomous underwater vehicles; Pathogen detection
Dr George Kladakis - Panel data econometrics applied to datasets with multiple entities (e.g. firms, people etc.) over multiple periods of time
Dr Luigi La Spada - Sensors & devices; Nature-inspired sensing and imaging; Nanoparticles; Graphene; Machine learning; AI
Dr Leni Le Goff - Robotics; Machine learning
Dr Sue Lewis - Population ecology; Seabird ecology
MSc Jay Mackinnon - Plant ecology; Biodiversity; Human-nature relationship
Dr Rory MacLean - Creativity; Cognition; Personality
Assoc Prof Iain McGregor - Sound design & Ecology
Prof Lynn Minnaert - Regenerative tourism; Inclusion in outdoor recreation
Dr Donald Morrison - Antimicrobial resistance; Antibiotic resistant pathogens in environmental "hotspots" (wastewater treatment plants; landfill sites and agricultural lands)
Dr Emilio Pagani-Nunez - Biodiversity; Community ecology; Urban ecology; Ornithology; Animal behaviour
Dr Inge Panneels - Creative Informatics
Assoc Prof Dan Ridley-Ellis - Wood science & technology (growth & utilization of domestically grown timber- how this may be affected by environmental change); Numerical & statistical modelling
Prof Ian Singleton - Soil microbial communities
Dr Fiona Stainsby - Microbially-mediated wastewater treatment
Prof Kerstin Stutterheim - Creative practice; Media and cultural studies
James Thorburn - Elasmobranch ecology, Marine spatial planning; Protected area management
Dr Halina Vaughan - Wastewater/sludge treatment; Bioprospecting
Dr Matt Wale - Effects of anthropogenic noise on marine species; Multiple stressors
Dr Simon Wells - Artificial intelligence; Argumentative dialogue; Behaviour change; Interaction; Design
Assoc Prof Nick Wheelhouse - Zoonosis
Dr Patrick White - Conservation ecology; Environmental management; Land use ecology; Conservation of threatened species
Dr Rebecca Williams - Environmental law and environmental policy
Assoc Prof Marina Wimmer - Human perception; Behavioural change; Cognitive development
External Partners
Dr Fernando de Grande - Impact of rising temperatures on global mangrove secondary production
Dr Marco Fusi, JNCC - Holobiome; Functional traits; Molecular Ecology / Environmental (e)DNA; Network Ecology; Applied Ecophysiology
Prof Sonja Rueckert, Duisburg-Essen University - Food Web Ecology; Biodiversity; Parasitology
MSc Craig Stenton, Ocean Science Consulting Ltd - Effects of noise on aquatic biota; Bioacoustic modelling
Postgraduate Research Students
Arina Apriyana, PhD student - Quantification of antibiotic resistance in wastewater and soil receiving sludge
Muriel Chaudhri, PhD student - Prevalence, sources and diversity of antibiotic resistant E. coli in Scottish surface waters: a baseline for risk assessment and intervention target
Mike Hinchliffe, PhD student - Role of methane-derived carbon in upland streams
Magnus Janson, PhD student - Assessing biodiversity and ecological status of European flat oyster beds using soundscape analysis, eDNA and visual surveys
Amanda Jones, PhD student - Characterization of microbial communities associated with nematodes in a suppressive soil / biocontrol potential
Jess Lister, Phd student - Acoustic pollution in freshwater habitats and impacts on stonefly mate-selection
Kirsty Macarthur, PhD student - Evaluating landscape-scale benefits of sustainable urban drainage systems for freshwater biodiversity
Kevin Mckinley, PhD student - Gregarine apicomplexans as aquatic symbiosis model systems
Ahmed Mohamed, PhD student - Dissolved oxygen and pH variability within seagrass meadows: mitigators of ocean acidification and potential refugia for CaCO3 dependent organisms?
Tully Osmond, PhD student - Effects of parasites on marine foodweb structure & dynamics
Alessandro Rimmaudo, PhD student - Effects of microplastics on antimicrobial resistance in wastewater treatment plants sludge & soil receiving sludge
Craig Stenton, PhD student - Effects of anthropogenic sound & environmental chemistry on early stage aquatic invertebrates in a multiple driver context
Adam Wareing, MRes student - Plant Microbiome Manipulation to Improve the Quality and Safety of Fresh Plant Produce