Staff
The academic department of the School of Geography and the Environment has around 40 academic staff and over 120 research and support staff focused on achieving and maintaining excellence in teaching and research. The School also hosts many visitors throughout the year and has a number of academic associates and visiting research associates.
Academic Staff
- Professor Sarah Whatmore
Head of School
- Professor Myles Allen
Professor of Geosystem Science - Dr Richard Bailey
University Lecturer in Geochronology - Professor David Banister
Professor of Transport Studies, Director of the TSU - Professor Andrew Barry
Professor of Political Geography - Dr Shonil Bhagwat
Course Director, MSc in Biodiversity, Conservation and Management - Dr Peter Bull
University Lecturer in Physical Geography - Professor Gordon L. Clark
Halford Mackinder Professor of Geography - Dr Simon Dadson
University Lecturer in Physical Geography - Dr Patricia Daley
University Lecturer in Human Geography - Dr Richard Grenyer
University Lecturer in Biodiversity and Biogeography - Professor Jim Hall
Professor of Climate and Environmental Risks, Director of the ECI - Dr Rob Hope
Course Director, MSc in Water Science, Policy and Management - Professor Craig Jeffrey
Professor of Development Geography - Dr Paul Jepson
Course Director, MSc in Nature, Society and Environmental Policy - Dr Anna Lora-Wainwright
University Lecturer in the Human Geography of China - Professor Yadvinder Malhi
Professor of Ecosystem Science - Dr Derek McCormack
University Lecturer in Human Geography - Professor Linda McDowell
Professor of Human Geography - Professor Mark New
Professor of Climate Science - Professor Judith Pallot
Professor of the Human Geography of Russia - Dr Richard Powell
University Lecturer in Human Geography - Professor David S.G. Thomas
Professor of Geography - Dr Tom Thornton
Director, MSc in Environmental Change and Management - Professor Heather Viles
Professor of Biogeomorphology and Heritage Conservation - Professor Richard Washington
Professor of Climate Science - Professor Sarah Whatmore
Professor of Environment and Public Policy - Professor Robert J. Whittaker
Professor of Biogeography - Dr Giles Wiggs
Reader in Aeolian Geomorphology - Dr Dariusz Wójcik
University Lecturer
College Lecturers and affiliated University Academic Staff
- Dr Ken Addison
College Lecturer - Professor Malcolm Anderson
Visiting Professor of Hydrology - Dr Elizabeth Baigent
University Reader in the History of Geography - Dr Pam Berry
College Lecturer and Researcher - Dr Brenda Boardman
Emeritus Research Fellow - Professor John Boardman
Emeritus Professor - Professor Jim Briden
Emeritus Professor - Professor Colin Clarke
Emeritus Professor of Geography - Dr Paul Coones
College Lecturer - Professor W. Mike Edmunds
Visiting Professor - Dr Fiona Ferbrache
College Lecturer - Professor Norman Foster
Visiting Professor - Professor Andrew Goudie
Emeritus Professor in Geography - Professor David Grey
Visiting Professor - Professor Richard Jones
Visiting Professor - Marta Lang
Teaching Associate - Dr John Langton
Emeritus Research Fellow - Dr Tony Lemon
Emeritus Research Fellow - Professor Diana Liverman
Visiting Professor in Environmental Policy and Development - Professor Sir Chris Llewellyn Smith
Director of Energy Research, University of Oxford - Dr Nick Middleton
College Lecturer - Professor Ceri Peach
Emeritus Professor of Social Geography - Professor Deborah Phillips
Visiting Professor - Dr Ali Rogers
College Lecturer - Esther Rootham
Researcher and College Lecturer - Dr Alistair Seddon
College Lecturer - Dr Abi Stone
College Lecturer - Professor Nigel Thrift
Visiting Professor - Professor Paul Whitehead
Visiting Professor - Dr Lorraine Wild
College Lecturer and Programmes Officer - Professor David Wirth
Visiting Professor
Researchers and Programme Leaders
- Nihan Akyelken
Researcher, TSU - Dr Liana Anderson
Researcher, ECI - Dr Pranab Baruah
Researcher, ECI - Dr Charlotte Bates
Researcher - Dr Pam Berry
College Lecturer and Researcher, ECI - Dr David Bonilla
Researcher, TSU - Dr Christian Brand
Researcher, ECI and TSU - Dr John Bromley
Researcher - Dr Sallie Burrough
Researcher - Dr Lauren Coad
Researcher, ECI - Dr Jill Crossman
Researcher - Daniel Curtis
Researcher, ECI - Dr Sarah Darby
Researcher, ECI - Jonathan David
Researcher - Dr Frederic Dobruszkes
Researcher, TSU - Dr Chris Doughty
Researcher, ECI - Dr Robert Dunford
Researcher, ECI - Dr Jane Dyson
Researcher - Dr Julie Eklund
Researcher - Dr Sebastian Engelstaedter
Researcher - Lucy Erickson
Researcher - Dr Nick Eyre
Jackson Senior Research Fellow, Oriel College, Oxford, ECI - Dr Tina Fawcett
Researcher, ECI - Stephanie Ferguson
Communications Officer (UKCIP), ECI - Tim Foster
Researcher - Dr Fai Fung
Researcher - Dr Dustin Garrick
Researcher - Megan Gawith
Scientific Officer (UKCIP), ECI - Dr Cécile Girardin
Researcher, ECI - Jo Hamilton
Researcher, ECI - Dr Paula Harrison
Researcher, ECI - Dr Karsten Haustein
Researcher - Victoria Hayman
Science Officer (UKCIP), ECI - Dr Justin Henriques
Researcher, ECI - Dr Mark Hinnells
Researcher, ECI - Dr Kersty Hobson
Researcher, ECI - Nicholas Howarth
Researcher, ECI - Dr John Ingram
Researcher, ECI - Dr Kathryn Janda
Researcher, ECI - Dr Chris Jardine
Researcher, ECI - Katie Jenkins
Researcher, ECI - Kay Jenkinson
Communications Manager (UKCIP), ECI - Dr Tim Jones
Researcher, TSU - Dr Elena Katz
Researcher - Ben Kidd
Researcher, ECI - Dr Gavin Killip
Researcher, ECI - Dr James King
Researcher - Dr Beaudry Kock
Researcher, ECI - Dr Russell Layberry
Researcher, ECI - Alexander Lorenz
Researcher, ECI - Dr Karen Lucas
Researcher, TSU - James Macmillen
Researcher, TSU - Dr Toby Marthews
Researcher, ECI - Ruth Mayne
Researcher, ECI - Dr Constance McDermott
Researcher, ECI - Dr Rachael McDonnell
Researcher - Karis McLaughlin
Coordinator, Oxford's Water Security Network, ECI - Dr Sam Moore
Researcher, ECI - Anastasia Mylona
Climate and Adaptation Officer (UKCIP), ECI - Dr Imma Oliveras
Researcher, ECI - Friederike Otto
Researcher, ECI - Raghav Pant
Researcher, ECI - Dr Kate Parr
Trapnell Fellow in African Ecology, ECI - Terhi Riutta
Researcher, ECI - Esther Rootham
Researcher and College Lecturer - Dr Henri Rueff
Researcher - Dr Tim Schwanen
Researcher, TSU - Dr Troy Sternberg
Researcher - Roger Street
Technical Director (UKCIP), ECI - Dr Helen Suich
Researcher, ECI - Patrick Thomson
Researcher - Martino Tran
Researcher, ECI and TSU - Joost Vervoort
Researcher, ECI - Pete Walton
Researcher, ECI - Dr Chris West
Director of UKCIP, ECI
Visiting Research Associates
Please see our: Policy and criteria for Research Associate status
- Dr Mehjabeen Abidi-Habib
Visiting Research Associate, ECI - Dr Sebastian Abrahamsson
Visiting Research Associate - Dr Nick Banks
Senior Visiting Research Associate, ECI - Dr Jennifer Barth
Visiting Research Associate - Dr John Bates
Senior Visiting Research Associate, TSU - Professor Jane Bennett
Distinguished Visiting Scholar - Dr Noam Bergman
Visiting Research Associate, ECI - Professor John Birks
Distinguished Visiting Scientist - Muriel Bonjean
Visiting Research Associate - Dr Mary C. Bourke
Senior Visiting Research Associate - Dr Max Boykoff
Senior Visiting Research Associate, ECI - Professor David Bradley
Distinguished Visiting Scientist - Dr Michelle Buckley
Visiting Research Associate - Dr Sarah Burch
Visiting Research Associate, ECI - Dr Nathalie Butt
Visiting Research Associate, ECI - Peter Carter
Senior Visiting Research Associate, ECI - Dr Emily Caruso
Visiting Research Associate, ECI - Dr Karenjit Clare
Visiting Research Associate - Sebastian Cody
Visiting Research Associate - Dr Deborah Davenport
Senior Visiting Research Associate, ECI - Dr Adam Dixon
Visiting Research Associate - Guy Duke
Senior Visiting Research Associate, ECI - Professor David Elliot
Distinguished Visiting Scientist - Dr Morteza Fattahi
Visiting Research Associate - Dr Dave Favis-Mortlock
Senior Visiting Research Associate, ECI - Dr José María Fernández-Palacios
Senior Visiting Research Associate - Dr Matthias Fripp
Visiting Research Associate, ECI - Dr David Galbraith
Visiting Research Associate, ECI - Alan Gamlen
Visiting Research Associate - Dr Moshe Givoni
Visiting Research Associate, TSU - Dr Oleg Golubchikov
Senior Visiting Research Associate - Dr Ashley Gunter
Visiting Research Associate - Dr Lisa Hagerman
Visiting Research Associate - Dr Alisdair Harris
Visiting Research Associate, ECI - Dr Stephan Harrison
Senior Visiting Research Associate - Ariella Helfgott
Senior Visiting Research Associate, ECI - Dr Luz Hernandez
Honorary Visiting Research Associate, TSU - Professor Myra J. Hird
Distinguished Visiting Scholar - Dr Serena Hussain
Senior Visiting Research Associate - Claudia Ituarte-Lima
Visiting Research Associate, ECI - Dr David Johnstone
Senior Visiting Research Associate - Dr Graham Jones
Senior Visiting Research Associate - Dr Richard Jones
Senior Visiting Research Associate - Dr Kamal Kapadia
Visiting Research Associate, ECI - Dr Ambarish Karmalkar
Visiting Research Associate - Dr Eric Knight
Visiting Research Associate - Dr Janelle Knox-Hayes
Visiting Research Associate - Dr Richard Ladle
Senior Visiting Research Associate - Dr Catharina Landström
Senior Visiting Research Associate - Professor Stuart Lane
Distinguished Visiting Scientist - Marta Lang
Teaching Associate - Professor Helen Lawton Smith
Senior Visiting Research Associate - Dr Ana Lopez
Senior Visiting Research Associate - Mark Lynas
Visiting Research Associate, ECI - Dr Neil Mackellar
Visiting Research Associate - Dr Danae Maniatis
Visiting Research Associate - Professor Margaret Marker
Senior Visiting Research Associate - Dr Christine McCulloch
Visiting Research Associate - Robert H. McNulty
Senior Visiting Research Associate - Dr Claire Molinari
Visiting Research Associate - Dr Ashby Monk
Visiting Research Associate - Dr Kathryn Monk
Senior Visiting Research Associate - Dr Mike Morecroft
Senior Visiting Research Associate, ECI - Anders Munk
Visiting Research Associate - Dr Matthew Niblett
Visiting Research Associate, TSU - Dr Chukwumerije
Visiting Research Associate, ECI - Dr Yael Parag
Visiting Research Associate, ECI - Dr Paolo Paron
Visiting Research Associate - Dr Victoria Parry
Visiting Research Associate - Professor Edmund Penning-Rowsell
Visiting Research Associate - Dr Luis Fernando Guedes Pinto
Senior Visiting Research Associate - Professor Richard Reynolds
Distinguished Visiting Scholar - Dr Lauren Rickards
Visiting Research Associate - Dr Dilce Rossetti
Visiting Research Associate, ECI - Dr Georgina Santos
Visiting Research Associate, TSU - Dr Pernille Schiellerup
Senior Visiting Research Associate, ECI - Dr Heike Schroeder
Senior Visiting Research Associate, ECI - Dr Joel Scriven
Visiting Research Associate - Dr Stanislav Shmelev
Senior Visiting Research Associate - Dr Murray Simpson
Senior Visiting Research Associate - Dr Graham Sinden
Senior Visiting Research Associate, ECI - Professor David E. Smith
Distinguished Visiting Scientist - Gordon Stokes
Honorary Visiting Research Associate, TSU - Dr Konstantinos Triantis
Visiting Research Associate - Harro van Asselt
Visiting Research Associate, ECI - Paul Watkiss
Senior Visiting Research Associate - Dr Vanessa Winchester
Senior Visiting Research Associate - Dr Bettina Wittneben
Visiting Research Associate, ECI - Dr Katja Yafimava
Visiting Research Associate, ECI - Dr Przemyslaw Zelazowski
Visiting Research Associate - Dr Jimin Zhao
Senior Visiting Research Associate, ECI
Management, Technical and Administrative Support
- Simon Abele
Research Officer (Spatial Data Analysis) - Ailsa Allen
Cartography and Graphics Officer - Jane Applegarth
Admin/Project Asst. to the Ecosystems Programme, ECI - Joan Arthur
ECI Office Co-ordinator, ECI - Sue Bird
Reader Services Librarian Geography, Bodleian Libraries - Jan Burke
Personal Assistant to Head of School, Prof. Sarah Whatmore - Matthew Burn
Facilities and Services Manager - Geoff Calvert
IT Manager - Tim Cooper
UKERC Programme and Design Coordinator, ECI - Ian Curtis
Development Officer - David Dancer
Building Services Technician - Amanda Diener
PA to Prof. Gordon L. Clark - Dianne Donald
Administrator - Dr Mona Edwards
Laboratory Manager - Sarah Gardner
UKERC Administration and Events Assistant, ECI - Anita Ghosh
NERC Food Security and CCAFS Scenarios Administrator and Research Support, ECI - Richard Holden
Senior Finance and Research Officer - Sue King
PA to ECI Director, ECI - Tom King
IT Support Officer - Gil Lizcano
Computing Research Support Officer - Maria Mansfield
Events and Alumni Relations Officer, ECI - Lenka McAlinden
UKERC Senior Development Manager, ECI - Karyn McBride
UKERC Events Manager, ECI - Joe Milkovic
Building Services Assistant - Jennifer Otoadese
UKERC Meeting Place Manager, ECI - Donna Palfreman
Receptionist (Morning) - Dr Theo Papaioannou
Undergraduate Coordinator - Sally Pepperall
PA to Professor David Banister, TSU - Emily Read
Administrative / Project Assistant to the Ecosystems Programme, ECI - Helen Rivers
Human Resources Officer - Ruth Saxton
Research Degrees Coordinator - Jeannie Scott
Receptionist (Afternoon) - Saroj Shrestha
IT Support Officer - Ussanee Sparrow
MSc Co-ordinator - Sue Stokes
Editorial Assistant and PA to Prof. Rob Whittaker - Deborah Strickland
Information and Communications Officer - Shashika Subasinghe
Finance Officer - Gabriele Tait
UKERC Meeting Place Events Assistant, ECI - Niamh Tuite
MSc Co-ordinator - Karen West
Finance Assistant - Chris White
Information and Communications Manager - Milembe Wilkinson
Human Resources Assistant - Gillian Willis
Research Officer - Silke Zahrir
Admin. Assistant and PA to Dr Nick Eyre, ECI - Hong Zhang
Research Technician