Research Interests
Plant responses to climate change - from biome to genome
Determinants of species distributions
Geographic patterns in plant ecology and population genetics
Evolutionary responses to range shifts and habitat fragmentation
Relationships between ecosystem structure and function
Science-policy-management interactions
Research Experience
Additional information on my research can be found on my University of Stirling homepage
Information on my research group can be found here
Current appointments
Head of Biological and Environmental Sciences (2017 - present)
Leader of Extreme Events in Science and Society Research Programme
Professor of Plant Ecology (2013 - present)
The University of Stirling
Biological and Environmental Sciences
School of Natural Sciences
Adjunct Professor of Forest Ecology (2012 - present)
National Pingtung University of Science and Technology, Taiwan
Department of Forestry
Associate Researcher (2006 - present)
CREAF (Centre de Recerca Ecològica i Aplicacions Forestals), Spain
CREAF-CSIC Global Ecology Unit
2011 - 2013
Senior Lecturer in Plant Ecology
The University of Stirling
2008 - 2011
Lecturer in Plant Ecology
The University of Stirling
2006 - 2008
Senior Research Fellow
The University of York
Environment Department
Investigating the effects of recent and historic environmental change on East African tropical forest biodiversity
2006
CREAF Research Fellow
Centre de Recerca Ecològica i Aplicacions Forestals
Ecophysiology and Global Change Unit
The molecular ecology of climate change impacts on Mediterranean forest and shrubland ecosystems in Catalonia (NE Spain)
2004 - 2006
Marie Curie Intra-European Research Fellow
Centre de Recerca Ecològica i Aplicacions Forestals
Ecophysiology and Global Change Unit
Investigating the impacts of climate change and habitat fragmentation on the growth, reproduction and population genetic structure of Fagus sylvatica (European beech).
2002 - 2004
Data Consultant
The University of Sheffield
NERC Centre for Terrestrial Carbon Dynamics
Species parameterisation of the Sheffield Dynamic Global Vegetation Model
2003
Consultant Ecologist
Peak District National Park Authority
Botanical survey of historic mine sites in the Peak District region of the UK and assessment of their conservation value
1998 - 2003
PhD
The University of Sheffield
Department of Animal and Plant Sciences
Investigating geographical patterns in the distribution, productivity, and population genetic structure of Cirsium species across their UK latitudinal range
Other
Fellow of the Royal Society of Biology, 2014 - present