The editorial team

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Current editorial team

Paula Gardner

pEGGY McGroary

Peggy is a PhD student at the University of Plymouth, though she spends all of her time at Rothamsted Research Institute, Hertfordshire. Her Research focuses on developing functional validation methods in globally important weed species and applying these techniques to herbicide resistance traits. Peggy has a Bsc. in Biochemistry and a Msc. in Environmental Biosciences in a Changing Climate from the University of Warwick.

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KATE DEWALLY

Kate is a PhD student at the University of East Anglia (UEA). Her research is centred on looking at new nature markets within the UK and farmer participation in these. Kate studied a Msci in Bioveterinary Science at Harper Adams University before working as a Research Assistant within the Cambridge Centre of Carbon Credits at the University of Cambridge.

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previous editors

Eleanor gilbert

Ali North

bridie davies

Jack Smith

seth thomas

jade eyles

Hayley
McIlwraith

Caitlin dye

CHIARA RUGGIERI-MITCHELL

Olivia
Thompson

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Dylan Seaton

Alex Brumwell

William Gough

Daniel Jolly

Nicola Fantom

Peggy McGroary

Kate Dewally

Hayley Mcllwraith

Olivia Thompson

Dr Cordelia Roberts

Eleanor Gilbert

Chiara Ruggieri-Mitchell

Jake Smallbone

Jake is a first year PhD student at the University of Essex researching marine snow as a potential vehicle for oil pollutants.

Lizzie Archer

Lizzie is a PhD student based at the University of East Anglia. Her research explores the impacts of climate change on marine Vibrio disease and the consequences for human health. A marine biologist by training, Lizzie is passionate about the interconnectedness of human wellbeing and the health of our oceans.

Danny Ward

Danny is a PhD researcher at the John Innes Centre and the University of East Anglia. His research investigates bacterial infection and plant health. Alongside his research, Danny enjoys science communication and outreach with members of the public

Jake Montanarini

I’m a Game Designer and Lecturer with a focus on the use of fundamental game design techniques to communicate academic research to new and unexpected audiences. With a strong allegiance to both digital and analogue games alike, I believe games are an important way of structuring and utilising play for learning, community building, and to improve engage between somewhat distant parties.

Josh Jones

Josh's research is focussed on understanding the impact of earthquakes on short and long-term landscape susceptibility to landslides in the Nepal Himalayas. He hopes to develop new models that will allow for more accurate prediction of landslide ocurrence in mountainous, seismically active environments. He is passionate about communicating his science to promte effective hazard management.

Mollie Allerton

Mollie is a PhD student in the school of environmental sciences at the University of East Anglia. Her research project is investigating the changing balance of nutrients in coastal waters, and how this is affecting algae. She is interested in how human activity is impacting the marine environment, and how it can be best managed.

Jamie McCoy

Jamie McCoy is an ARIES DTP funded PhD researcher at the University of Plymouth. His research is focussed on the application of high-dimensional phenotyping approaches to understanding how embryos of aquatic invertebrates respond to environmental change.

Nele Reyniers

Nele’s PhD research focuses on how climate change affects extreme droughts and their propagation to water resources impacts in the UK. This project is a 50/50 funded industry-academia collaboration between water company Anglian Water Ltd. and the University of East Anglia. Nele is based in the Climatic Research Unit (School of Environmental Science, UEA). Her broader research interests cover droughts, climate change, mitigation, adaptation, and their impacts, interactions, and human aspects

James Booty

James is an EnvEast/Natural Environment Research Council funded PhD researcher based in the School of Environmental Scinece at The UNiversity of East Anglia. His research team also includes colleagues at Essex University, and he is investigating the effects of shoebirds on ecosystem services of inter-tidal mudflats

Paddy Keith

Paddy is a PhD researcher at the University of Essex, working in conjunction with the British Antarctic Survey. His work focusses on the structure and stability of Southern Ocean marine food webs. In the long run, he aims to conduct research that can help advise policy surrounding the sustainable management of marine resources.

Sarah Barnsley

Sarah is a PhD candidate based at the University of East Anglia and working in collaboration with crop production specialists Hutchinsons. Her work is focused on managing habitat for pollinators within UK agricultural landscapes. Prior to her PhD Sarah worked as a Conservation Officer for the UK’s Overseas Territories Conservation Forum. There she worked on a variety of projects including the development of a conservation management plan for the island of Montserrat.

Kate Allberry

Kate’s principle research interests focus on the conservation of endangered felids and their threatened habitats in south and southeast Asia. Her PhD explores the impacts of landscape change on the population genetics of apex predators in Peninsular Malaysia. She works closely with the Department for Wildlife and National Parks and National Wildlife Forensics Laboratory in Kuala Lumpur, and is an Ambassador for WildTeam Bangladesh.

Becky Shaw

Becky is a PhD researcher based at the Earlham Institute and UEA in Norwich. Her research is focused on using conservation genomics tools to better understand how low genetic diversity affects a population with an emphasis on the UK’s Polecat population and North American populations of Black-footed ferret. She is also interested in science communication and hopes to use it as a tool to convey her research to conservation authorities in order to protect these species.