Core Team:
BIRCH Director: Alison Johnston (Centre for Research into Ecological and Environmental Modelling, School of Mathematics and Statistics)
Keywords: Biodiversity Monitoring, Citizen Science, Ecological Statistics, Conservation
Lydia Cole (School of Geography and Sustainable Development)
Keywords: Peatlands, Restoration, Carbon, Communities, Ecology
Althea Davies (School of Geography and Sustainable Development)
Keywords: Palaeoecology, Environmental History, Environmental Management, Biocultural Diversity, Long-term Ecology
Anne Magurran (School of Biology)
Keywords: Conservation, Biodiversity Measurement, Biodiversity Change, Ecosystem Resilience
Jane Pettegree (Laidlaw Music Centre)
Keywords: Soundscapes, Ecopoetics, Listening, Education
Kasim Terzic (School of Computer Science)
Keywords: Computer Vision, Machine Learning, Artificial Intelligence, Ecology and Conservation
David Toy (St Andrews Forest)
Keywords: Forests, Biodiversity, Ecology and Conservation, Public Engagement
Rehema White (School of Geography and Sustainable Development)
Keywords: Sustainable Development, Community Participation, Conservation Conflicts, Learning for Sustainability, Transdisciplinarity
BIRCH Administrator: Danielle Watson, Senior Research Administrator (Research Centres and Institutes) (School of Mathematics and Statistics)
Email : [email protected]
Staff / Project Supervisors
Damiano Benvegnù (School of Modern Languages)
Keywords: Environmental Humanities, Posthumanism, Ecosemiotics, Comparative Literature, Critical Theory
Grace Brady (PhD Biology, Scottish Oceans Institute, School of Biology)
Keywords: Fisheries, Acoustics, Sustainability
Antje Brown (School of Geography and Sustainable Development)
Keywords: Environmental Politics and Policy, Sustainability, Research-led Teaching and Learning
Fergus Chadwick (School of Mathematics and Statistics)
Keywords: Citizen Science, Biodiversity, Bayesian Statistics, Opportunistic Data, Complex Observation Processes
Loraine Clarke (Human Computer Interaction Group, School of Computer Science)
Keywords: Human Computer Interaction, Interactive Experiences, Tangible Interaction, Sustainable Engineering, Design and Digital Fabrication
Will Cresswell (Centre of Biological Diversity, School of Biology)
Keywords: Biodiversity, Conservation, Behavioural Ecology
Simon Dobson (School of Computer Science)
Keywords: Complex Systems, Self-adaptive Systems, Sensor Systems, Data Analytics, Sustainable Computing
Sascha Hooker (Scottish Oceans Institute, School of Biology)
Keywords: Marine Mammals, Conservation Biology, Anthropogenic Sounds, Marine Protection
Angela Miguel (School of Computer Science)
Keywords: Human Computer Interaction
Faye Moyes (Scottish Oceans Institute, Centre for Biological Diversity, School of Biology)
Keywords: Biodiversity, Marine Fish Diversity, Bycatch in Fisheries
Laura Pels Ferra (Global Research Centre for Diverse Intelligences)
Keywords: Art, Climate, Communication, Culture, Environment
Alistair Rider (School of Art History)
Katy Roucoux (School of Geography and Sustainable Development)
Keywords: Palaeoecology, Peatlands, Palynology
Michael Vail (PhD Biology, Scottish Oceans Institute, School of Biology)
Keywords: Multiple Stressors, Coastal Ecology
Harry Watkins (St Andrews Botanic Gardens, School of Biology)
Keywords: Botany, Plant Ecology, Green Infrastructure, Plant Biosecurity
Undergraduate Students:
Nora Booth (Geography and International Relations), (2024-2025)
Keywords: Public Science, Ecology, Eco-awareness
Natasha Currie (English, Psychology, Laidlaw Music Centre) (2024-2025)
Keywords: Soundscape, Ecology, Listening, Biodiveristy, Community
Tate Dunbar (Computer Science, Biology) (2024-2025)
Keywords: Citizen Science, Machine Learning
Hannah Jamil (Biology) (2024-2025)
Keywords: Trees, Citizen Science, Taxonomy, Ethnography, History
Rowan Kehrer (Biology, Earth Sciences) (2024-2025)
Keywords: Biodiversity, Statistics, Biology, Environmental Sciences, Education
Nora Krogsgaard (Sustainable Development) (2024-2025)
Keywords: Participatory Biodiversity Monitoring, Community Engagement, Nature Connection
Victoria Lee (Social Anthropology, Sustainable Development) (2024-2025)
Keywords: Education, Oceans, Coast, Public Engagement
Olivia Ortlieb (Computer Science, Philosophy) (2024-2025)
Keywords: Environmental Monitoring, Sensors, Computers, Data, Statistics
Kirstin Spence (Geography) (2024-2025)
Keywords: Listening, Education, Sound, Environmental Sciences
Anna Vegh (Biology, French) (2024-2025)
Keywords: Algae, Herbaria, Women in Science, Interdisciplinary, Science History
Jessica Westworth (Sustainable Development) (2024-2025)
Keywords: Invertebrate, Biodiversity, Peatland
Tianchen Wu (Computer Science) (2024-2025)