Current Lab members

Roxana Andrea Rojas Vera Pinto. University of Reading. Funded by Beca Generación del Bicentenario (Peru).

PhD (2023-) "Andean bears and people: improving knowledge of human-bear conflicts in South America"

Carly Schwarz. University of Reading.  Main supervisor Dr. Vicky Boult. Funded by AI-INTERVENE DFA (NERC).

PhD (2025-) "Leveraging Artificial Intelligence for real- time early-warnings of human-wildlife conflict"

Phaedra Kokkini. Natural History Museum London and University of Reading.  Main supervisor Dr. Natalie Cooper. Funded by AI-INTERVENE DFA (NERC).

PhD (2025-) "Using museum specimens and AI to understand distributions of bats in a changing world"

Melika Moghadaszadeh Kermani. University of Reading. Main supervisor Dr. Alejandra Perotti. Funded by Horizon Europe, Marie S. Curie Doctoral Network

PhD (2025-) "Significance of acari as location and time markers of buried corpses and mass graves"

Emma Shrestha. Institute of Zoology and University of Reading. Main supervisor Dr. Patricia Brekke. Funded by SCENARIO DTP (NERC)

PhD (2024-) "Does urbanisation and urban heat impact parasite burden and disease risk from the invasive grey squirrel in the UK?"

Orestis Aslanidis. University of Reading. Main supervisor Dr. Becks Spake Funded by SCENARIO DTP (NERC)

PhD (2024-) "Mitigating against recreational disturbances on songbirds in a National Park"

Pip (Philippa) Oppenheimer. Institute of Zoology and University of Reading. Main supervisor Dr. Robin Freeman. Funded by SCENARIO DTP (NERC)

PhD (2022-) "Developing a next-generation global biodiversity indicator to provide improved estimates of trends in wildlife abundance"