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 Peter Bull
University Lecturer in Physical Geography - Professor Gordon L. Clark
Director of the Smith School of Enterprise and the Environment - Dr Simon Dadson
University Lecturer in Physical Geography - Dr Patricia Daley
University Lecturer in Human Geography - Sam Geall
Departmental Lecturer in Human Geography of China - Dr Joe Gerlach
Departmental Lecturer - 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 Biodiversity, Conservation and Management - Dr Anna Lora-Wainwright
University Lecturer in the Human Geography of China - Dr Jamie Lorimer
University Lecturer in Human Geography - Professor Yadvinder Malhi
Professor of Ecosystem Science - Dr Derek McCormack
University Lecturer in Human Geography - Professor Linda McDowell
Professor of Human Geography - Caitlin McElroy
Course Director, MSc in Nature, Society and Environmental Policy - 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 - Dr Tim Schwanen
Departmental Lecturer - 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 David Bradley
Teaching Associate - Professor Jim Briden
Emeritus Professor - Professor Colin Clarke
Emeritus Professor of Geography - Professor Sandra Diaz
Visiting Professor - Professor W. Mike Edmunds
Visiting Professor - Dr Fiona Ferbrache
College Lecturer - Professor Norman Foster
Visiting Professor - Professor Andrew Goudie
Emeritus Professor of 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 Sir Chris Llewellyn Smith
Director of Energy Research, University of Oxford - Dr Nick Middleton
College Lecturer - James Palmer
College Lecturer - Professor Ceri Peach
Emeritus Professor of Social Geography - Professor Deborah Phillips
Visiting Professor - Dr Esther Rootham
Researcher and College Lecturer - Dr Alistair Seddon
College Lecturer - Dr Abi Stone
College Lecturer and Visiting Research Associate - Professor Nigel Thrift
Visiting Professor - Professor Paul Whitehead
Professor of Water Science - Dr Lorraine Wild
College Lecturer and Programmes Officer - Professor David Wirth
Visiting Professor
Researchers and Programme Leaders
- Dr Nihan Akyelken
Researcher, TSU - Dr Liana Anderson
Researcher, ECI - Dr Karen Anderton
Researcher, TSU - Dr Pranab Baruah
Researcher, ECI - 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 James Camilleri
Researcher - Dr Martin Coombes
Researcher - Dr Jill Crossman
Researcher - Dr Sarah Darby
Researcher, ECI - Dr Frederic Dobruszkes
Researcher, TSU - Dr Chris Doughty
Researcher, ECI - Clare Downing
Climate Adaptation Science Officer (UKCIP), ECI - Dr Robert Dunford
Researcher, ECI - Dr Julie Durcan
Researcher - Dr Jane Dyson
Researcher - Lucy Erickson
Researcher - Dr Vasile Ersek
Coordinator, Oxford Climate Research Network, ECI - Dr Nick Eyre
Jackson Senior Research Fellow, Oriel College, Oxford, ECI - Dr Tina Fawcett
Researcher, ECI - Stephanie Ferguson
Communications Officer (UKCIP), ECI - Dr Caralampo Focas
Researcher, TSU - Tim Foster
Researcher - Dr Andrew Foxall
Researcher - Dr Bradley L Garrett
Researcher - Dr Dustin Garrick
Researcher - Dr Cécile Girardin
Researcher, ECI - Phillip Grünewald
Researcher, ECI - Jo Hamilton
Researcher, ECI - Dr Paula Harrison
Researcher, ECI - Dr Karsten Haustein
Researcher - Victoria Hayman
Science Officer (UKCIP), ECI - Dr Kersty Hobson
Researcher, ECI - Dr Dhana Hughes
Researcher - Dr John Ingram
Researcher, ECI - Dr Kathryn Janda
Researcher, ECI - Dr Chris Jardine
Researcher, ECI - Dr Katie Jenkins
Researcher, ECI - Kay Jenkinson
Communications Manager (UKCIP), ECI - Emma Jones
UKERC Meeting Place Manager, ECI - Dr Tim Jones
Researcher, TSU - Dr Elena Katz
Researcher - Dr Gavin Killip
Researcher, ECI - Dr James King
Researcher - Dr Peter Wynn Kirby
Researcher - Dr Russell Layberry
Researcher, ECI - Dr Karen Lucas
Researcher, TSU - Dr Toby Marthews
Researcher, ECI - Ruth Mayne
Researcher, ECI - Dr Constance McDermott
Researcher, ECI - Dr Rachael McDonnell
Researcher - Karis McLaughlin
Coordinator, Oxford Water Network, ECI - Dr Lisa Mol
Researcher - Dr Sam Moore
Researcher, ECI - Anastasia Mylona
Climate and Adaptation Officer (UKCIP), ECI - Dr Imma Oliveras
Researcher, ECI - Dr Alexander Otto
Researcher, ECI - Dr Friederike Otto
Researcher, ECI - Dr Raghav Pant
Researcher, ECI - Dr Andres Payo
Researcher, ECI - Patrick Pringle
Adaption Scientific Officer (UKCIP), ECI - Terhi Riutta
Researcher, ECI - Dr Meredith Root-Bernstein
Researcher - Dr Esther Rootham
Researcher and College Lecturer - Dr Henri Rueff
Researcher - Dr Norma Salinas Revilla
Researcher, ECI - Dr Amanda Snellinger
Researcher - Dr Troy Sternberg
Researcher - Roger Street
Technical Director (UKCIP), ECI - Patrick Thomson
Researcher - Dr Martino Tran
Researcher, TSU - Joost Vervoort
Researcher, ECI - Pete Walton
Researcher, 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 Lars Applequist
Visiting Research Associate - Dr Anna Badyina
Visiting Research Associate - Dr Nick Banks
Senior Visiting Research Associate, ECI - Dr Batbuyan Batjav
Visiting Research Associate - Professor Jane Bennett
Distinguished Visiting Scholar - Aoife Bennett-Curry
Visiting Research Associate, ECI - Dr Noam Bergman
Visiting Research Associate, ECI - Dr Shonil Bhagwat
Senior Visiting Research Associate - Dr Michael Boregaard
Visiting Research Associate - Dr Michael Krabbe Borregaard
Visiting Research Associate - Dr Mary C. Bourke
Senior Visiting Research Associate - Dr Max Boykoff
Senior Visiting Research Associate, ECI - Dr Michelle Buckley
Visiting Research Associate - Dr Sarah Burch
Visiting Research Associate, ECI - Dr Csaba Burger
Visiting Research Associate - Dr Nathalie Butt
Visiting Research Associate, ECI - Peter Carter
Senior Visiting Research Associate, ECI - Dr Emily Caruso
Visiting Research Associate, ECI - Mengke Chen
Visiting Research Associate, TSU - Sebastian Cody
Visiting Research Associate - Dr John Cole
Senior Visiting Research Associate, ECI - Dr Diane Coyle
Visiting Research Associate - Professor Bernard Cosby, Jr.
Distinguished Visiting Scientist - Dr Deborah Davenport
Senior Visiting Research Associate, ECI - Dr Adam Dixon
Visiting Research Associate - Guy Duke
Senior Visiting Research Associate, ECI - Dr Julie Eklund
Senior Visiting Research Associate - Dr Morteza Fattahi
Visiting Research Associate - Dr Dave Favis-Mortlock
Senior Visiting Research Associate, ECI - Dr Matthias Fripp
Visiting Research Associate, ECI - Dr Fai Fung
Visiting Research Associate - Dr Alfred Gathrone-Hardy
Visiting Research Associate - Dr Moshe Givoni
Visiting Research Associate, TSU - Dr Oleg Golubchikov
Senior Visiting Research Associate - Anna Goodman
Visiting Research Associate, TSU - Dr Mark Graham
Visiting Research Associate - Dr David Greenberg
Senior Visiting Research Associate, ECI - Dr Lisa Hagerman
Visiting Research Associate - Dr Kate Halladay
Visiting Research Associate, ECI - Dr Alisdair Harris
Visiting Research Associate, ECI - Ariella Helfgott
Senior Visiting Research Associate, ECI - Dr Robin Hickman
Senior Visiting Research Associate, TSU - Dr Yasuaki Hijioka
Senior Visiting Research Associate, ECI - Miyuki Hino
Visiting Research Associate, ECI - Dr Torben Holvad
Senior Visiting Research Associate, TSU - 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 Kamal Kapadia
Visiting Research Associate, ECI - Dr Caroline King
Visiting Research Associate - Dr Eric Knight
Visiting Research Associate - Dr Janelle Knox-Hayes
Visiting Research Associate - Dr Beaudry Kock
Visiting Research Associate, ECI - Dr Richard Ladle
Senior Visiting Research Associate - Dr Catharina Landström
Senior Visiting Research Associate - Marta Lang
Teaching Associate - Professor Helen Lawton Smith
Senior Visiting Research Associate - Dr Jian Liu
Visiting Research Associate, TSU - Mark Lynas
Visiting Research Associate, ECI - James Macmillen
Visiting Research Associate, TSU - Dr Danae Maniatis
Visiting Research Associate - Phil Mann
Visiting Research Associate, ECI - Dr Christine McCulloch
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 - Dr Larissa Naylor
Senior Visiting Research Associate - Dr Matthew Niblett
Visiting Research Associate, TSU - Dr Chukwumerije
Visiting Research Associate, ECI - Dr Jerry Olsson
Visiting Research Associate, TSU - Dr Yael Parag
Visiting Research Associate, ECI - Professor Edmund Penning-Rowsell
Visiting Research Associate - Dr Bernardo Peredo
Visiting Research Associate, ECI - Jonathan Potts
Visiting Research Associate, ECI - Kate Raworth
Visiting Research Associate, ECI - Dr John Renne
Senior Visiting Research Associate, TSU - Professor Richard Reynolds
Distinguished Visiting Scholar - Dr Lauren Rickards
Visiting Research Associate - Dr Uri Roll
Visiting Research Associate - Dr Georgina Santos
Visiting Research Associate, TSU - Paul Sayers
Senior Visiting Research Associate, ECI - Dr Heike Schroeder
Senior Visiting Research Associate, ECI - Dr Joel Scriven
Visiting Research Associate - Dr Michael Shackleton
Visiting Research Associate - Dr Shuai Shao
Visiting Research Associate, TSU - Dr Rajiv Sharma
Visiting Research Associate - Dr Hideo Shiogama
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 - Dr David Stainforth
Visiting Research Associate, ECI - Gordon Stokes
Honorary Visiting Research Associate, TSU - Dr Helen Suich
Visiting Research Associate, ECI - Professor Joseph Szyliowicz
Honorary Visiting Research Associate, TSU - Dr Konstantinos Triantis
Visiting Research Associate - Harro van Asselt
Visiting Research Associate, ECI - Dr Luis Vasconcelos de Lima
Visiting Research Associate, TSU - Dr Chris West
Senior Visiting Research Associate, ECI - Dr Vanessa Winchester
Senior Visiting Research Associate - Dr Bettina Wittneben
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 - Dr Christine Baro
Alumni Relations Officer - Sue Bird
Reader Services Librarian Geography, Bodleian Libraries - Verena Blum
Finance Officer - Jan Burke
Personal Assistant to Head of School, Prof. Sarah Whatmore - Matthew Burn
Facilities and Services Manager - Geoff Calvert
IT Manager - Tim Churchouse
UKERC Programme and Design Coordinator, ECI - Ian Curtis
Development Officer - David Dancer
Building Services Technician - Sarah Davidson
MSc Coordinator (BCM, NSEP) - Amanda Diener
PA to Prof. Gordon L. Clark - Dianne Donald
Administrator - Dr Mona Edwards
Laboratory Manager - Dr Sebastian Engelstaedter
Climate Research Analysis Officer - Richard Holden
Deputy Administrator (Finance and Research) - Abigail Johnston
HR Officer - Sue King
PA to ECI Director, ECI - Tom King
IT Support Officer - Miriam Torres Mendes de Oliviera
ITRC Programme Manager - Joe Milkovic
Building Services Assistant - Sally Mullard
UKCIP Administrative Assistant, ECI - Ussanee Namthong
MSc Co-ordinator - Jennifer Otoadese
UKERC Meeting Place Collaboration and Events Specialist, ECI - Donna Palfreman
Receptionist (Morning) - 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 - Jacqueline Simester
UKCIP Administrative Assistant, ECI - Anna Simpson
Administrative Assistant, ECI - Jacqueline Smith
Information and Communications Officer - Deborah Strickland
Information and Communications Officer (on maternity leave until Oct 2013) - Gabriele Tait
UKERC Meeting Place Events Assistant, ECI - Iryna Vink
Undergraduate Coordinator - 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