Thomas O'Callaghan-Brown

Nature in urban areas: assessing ecosystem composition and function in Greater London to understand pathways towards an equitable, Nature-smart city

Thomas is a DPhil candidate researching urban biodiversity and connectivity within urban landscapes with a specific focus on London, UK. He is a part of the Environmental Change Institute, the Leverhulme Centre for Nature Recovery and works within the Biodiversity, Ecosystems, and Conservation Cluster in the School of Geography. He is a member of Oriel College.

Prior to his Doctoral studies, Thomas completed his MSc also at Oxford in SoGE where he studied Biodiversity, Conservation and Management. His dissertation looked at the role and proficiency of Biodiversity Net Gain (BNG) in meeting conservation requirements in the City of Westminster. Before this he achieved a BA from McGill University in Montréal, where he studied Philosophy and Environmental Biology, graduating with Distinction.

Thomas also worked at the Gluon Group - a green investment holding company - in London upon finishing his undergraduate studies. He is committed to finding solutions to tackle the biodiversity and climate crises in our cities and is looking to work with private, public and third sector organisations to achieve this throughout his DPhil.