Staff Members
 | Dr Jesus Aguirre GutierrezNERC Research Fellow, ECI |
 | Jane ApplegarthAdministrative Assistant to the Ecosystems Programme and Director of ECI / Co-ordinator for Oxford Centre for Tropical Forests, ECI |
 | Dr Erika BerenguerResearcher, ECI |
 | Dr Pam BerryEmeritus Research Fellow, ECI |
 | Dr Robert DunfordCollege Lecturer, ECI |
 | Dr Cécile GirardinPost Doctoral Researcher and James Martin Fellow, ECI |
 | Dr Richard GrenyerAssociate Professor in Biodiversity and Biogeography |
 | Dr Mark HironsSenior Researcher, ECI |
 | Professor Marc Macias-FauriaProfessor of Biogeosciences |
 | Professor Yadvinder MalhiProfessor of Ecosystem Science |
 | Andrew MartinResearch Assistant in Arctic Ecology |
 | Dr Constance McDermottAssociate Professor and Jackson Senior Research Fellow in Land Use and Environmental Change, ECI |
 | Dr Jasper MontanaDepartmental Lecturer in Human Geography |
 | Dr Mari MulyaniMSc Teaching Associate |
 | Dr Imma OliverasSenior Researcher in Disturbance Ecology and Global Change, ECI |
 | Alison SmithResearcher, ECI |
| Dr Nicola StevensTrapnell Research Fellow in African Environments |
 | Dr Chloë StrevensDepartmental Lecturer and Course Director, MSc/MPhil in Biodiversity, Conservation and Management |
| Eleanor ThomsonPDRA in Remote Sensing of Ecology |
 | Dr Lisa WeddingAssociate Professor in Physical Geography |
 | Professor Robert J. WhittakerProfessor of Biogeography |
 | Dr Katrin WilhelmResearcher |
 | Dr Bettina WittnebenMSc Teaching Associate, ECI |
Cluster Co-ordinating Team
- Professor Yadvinder Malhi
Cluster Co-ordinator
Graduate Research Students
We have a number of graduate research students actively involved in current research:
Michael 't Sas-RolfesConflicting framings in global conservation governance: Consequences for African megafauna |
Tim BaxterBiodiversity and bioprotection of historic maritime structures: a possible win-win? |
Iqbal Singh BhallaThe distribution and ecosystem services of insectivorous bats in Indian rice plantations |
Konstantin BornCircular economy and eco-innovation in the mining sector |
Andrea ByfuglienA behavioural perspective on decisions around land use: on social influence, risk, and collective action |
Changsoon ChoiClimate-smart green infrastructure |
Tina ChristmannRemote sensing to assess ecosystem change and restoration in tropical mountain ecosystems |
Sergio Henrique Collaço de CarvalhoProtected Area Financing in Megadiverse Upper-Middle Income Countries |
Cheli CresswellUsing big data and citizen science to map geographic and temporal trends in human-elephant conflict in Asia |
Maria DanceThe influence of Holocene sea-ice variability on Arctic biota: using the past to predict the future |
Trisha GopalakrishnaForest Restoration in India: Opportunities and Realities |
Carolina GueirosForest Governance in the Brazilian Amazon: Policy Change and Innovation to Curb Deforestation |
Robyn HaggisNature-based solutions to sustainable infrastructure development for the achievement of the global agendas of the SDGs and Paris Agreement |
Abdul Wahid KhanThe Blessings of the Commons (Muzhayo) for the Local Community and More-than-Humans of Chitral, Pakistan and the Influence of Neoliberal and Nationalization Projects: An Apocalypse of a Culturalscape |
Victoria Maguire-RajpaulUnderstanding West African cocoa smallholders' adaption to drought: assessing interactions between institutions, poverty and resilience |
Diana MastracciHow can information communication technology (ICT) assist Inupiaq hunters to respond/adapt to rapid climate change? Barrow, Alaska a case study |
Anca MihalacheTime-varying electricity tariffs policy design: an integrated approach |
Pirta PalolaTowards integrated land-sea management: mapping and modelling ecological connectivity in tropical coastal environments |
Laura PicotFood crops and the role of farmers' gender and intersectional identities in shaping climate resilience in Ghana |
Kenta SayamaFrom datapoints to heritage recognition -establishing geoheritage and geocultural values of Quaternary palaeoenvironmental sites in South-east Arabia |
Carlota Segura GarciaCharacterising the fire regimes of the Brazilian savannas under large-scale land-use expansion and climate change |
Marcus SpiegelInfluence of reindeer herbivory on carbon cycle dynamics in a changing climate on the Yamal Peninsula, West Siberia, Russia |
Pisca TiasEmpirical assessment of the interlinkages between forest ecosystem provisioning services and rural community resilience and adaptation to climate change |
Charles WightScarcity and Scale: Designing Water Markets for People and the Environment |
Huanyuan ZhangCalculate tropical NPP by upscaling empirical findings from plot-level forest inventory to a larger scale |
Interested in studying with us?
Please see our International Graduate School for more information and how to apply.
Visiting Research Associates
We also host visiting researchers throughout the year and have a number of associated and affiliated non-resident researchers:
Dr Percival ChoHonorary Research Associate, ECI |
Rosalie WrightShort-term Research Associate |
Interested in becoming a Visiting Research Associate?
Please see our Policy and Criteria for Visiting Research Associate Status for more information.