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Academic staff

Name Position Telephone Email
Dr Yaw Adjei-Amoako Lecturer in Human Geography +44 (0)118 378 3263 yaw.adjei-amoako@reading.ac.uk
Dr Stuart Black

Associate Professor in Environmental Radioactivity

Acting Head of School 

+44 (0)118 378 8646 s.black@reading.ac.uk
Dr Sophie Blackburn Lecturer in Human Geography   s.e.blackburn@reading.ac.uk
Professor Nicholas Branch

Professor in Palaeoecology

Head of Department of Geography and Environmental Science (Job Share)

+44 (0)118 378 3266 n.p.branch@reading.ac.uk
Professor Hannah Cloke Professor in Hydrology +44 (0)118 378 6974 h.l.cloke@reading.ac.uk
Professor Chris Collins Professor of Environmental Chemistry +44 (0)118 378 8910 c.d.collins@reading.ac.uk
Dr Jonathan Dale Lecturer in Physical Geography  +44 (0)118 378 4837 j.j.dale@reading.ac.uk
Dr Sarah Duddigan Lecturer in Environmental Science  +44 (0)118 378 5887 s.duddigan@reading.ac.uk
Professor Ruth Evans Professor in Human Geography +44 (0)118 378 7755 r.evans@reading.ac.uk
Dr Rob Fry Lecturer in Geographical Systems +44 (0)118 3787972 r.j.fry@reading.ac.uk
Professor Hilary Geoghegan

Professor of Geography 

+44 (0)118 378 8915 h.geoghegan@reading.ac.uk
Professor Mike Goodman Professor of Geography (Environment and Development) +44 (0)118 378 7686 m.k.goodman@reading.ac.uk
Professor Sandy Harrison Professor in Global Palaeoclimates and Biogeochemical Cycles +44 (0)118 378 5258 s.p.harrison@reading.ac.uk
Professor Alan Howard Professor of Geography and Higher Education +44 (0)118 378 8763 a.howard@reading.ac.uk
Dr Anna Jackman Lecturer in Human Geography +44 (0)118 378 3934 a.h.jackman@reading.ac.uk
Dr Sally Lloyd-Evans Associate Professor in Human Geography +44 (0)118 378 5293 s.lloyd-evans@reading.ac.uk
Dr Alison MacLeod

Associate Professor in Physical Geography

School Director of Teaching and Learning

+44 (0)118 378 7909 alison.macleod@reading.ac.uk
Professor Avril Maddrell Professor in Human Geography +44 (0)118 378 7756 avril.maddrell@reading.ac.uk
Dr Sabine Mayeux Lecturer in Human Geography   s.m.mayeux@reading.ac.uk
Professor Frank Mayle Professor in Tropical Palaeoecology +44 (0)118 378 6260 f.mayle@reading.ac.uk
Dr Hazel McGoff

Associate Professor in Environmental Science

School Director of Academic Tutoring

+44 (0)118 378 6743 h.j.mcgoff@reading.ac.uk
Professor Steven Musson

Professor of Geography

+44 (0)118 378 7753 s.musson@reading.ac.uk
Dr Jess Neumann Associate Professor +44(0) 118 378 8912 j.l.neumann@reading.ac.uk
Jim Ormond Lecturer in Corporate Social Responsibility   j.k.ormond@reading.ac.uk
Dr Steve Robinson Associate Professor in Soil and Water Biogeochemistry +44 (0)118 378 6075 j.s.robinson@reading.ac.uk
Dr Shovonlal Roy Associate Professor +44 (0)118 378 8944 shovonlal.roy@reading.ac.uk
Dr Nathan Salvidge Lecturer in Development Geography  +44 (0)118 378 5772 nathan.salvidge@reading.ac.uk
Professor Maria Shahgedanova Professor in Climate Science +44 (0)118 378 7745 m.shahgedanova@reading.ac.uk
Professor Liz Shaw Professor of Soil Microbiology and Biochemistry +44 (0)118 378 6971 e.j.shaw@reading.ac.uk
Dr Mike Simmonds

Senior Project Manager QUEST

Associate Professor

+44 (0)118 378 8853 m.j.simmonds@reading.ac.uk
Professor Tom Sizmur Professor in Environmental Chemistry +44 (0)118 378 8913 t.sizmur@reading.ac.uk
Professor Anne Verhoef Professor of Soil Physics and Micrometeorology +44 (0)118 378 6074 a.verhoef@reading.ac.uk
Professor Andrew Wade Professor of Hydrology
+44 (0)118 378 7315 a.j.wade@reading.ac.uk
Professor Hong Yang Professor in Environmental Science +44 (0)118 378 7750 h.yang4@reading.ac.uk

Research staff

Name Position Telephone Email
Dr Trisha Bennett Community Liaison Officer   trisha.bennett@reading.ac.uk
Matthew Burrows Policy Communications Manager   m.j.burrows@reading.ac.uk 
Dr Blessing Chidimuro
Postdoctoral Research Fellow in Isotope Ecology/Archaeology   b.chidimuro@reading.ac.uk
Dr Selva Dhandapani Postdoctoral Research Associate in Soil Biogeochemistry  +44 (0)118 378 4727 s.dhandapani@reading.ac.uk
Sonia Duval Community Administrator, Whitley for Real Project +44 (0)118 3783271 s.duval@reading.ac.uk
Tariq Gomma CPAR Peer Mentor   t.gomma@reading.ac.uk
Dr William Mills Leverhulme Early Career Fellow   w.f.mills@reading.ac.uk
Dr Alice Mpofu-Coles Community Led Research Pilot Research Assistant   alice.mpofu-coles@reading.ac.uk
Dr Unis Nisa Whitely Community Technician - FoodSEqual    unis.nisa@reading.ac.uk
Dr Esther Oenga PDRA Participatory Action Research (PAR)
Geography & Environmental Science
  e.k.oenga@reading.ac.uk
Dr Marco Raczka Postdoctoral Research Associate in Amazon Palaeoecology m.f.raczka@reading.ac.uk
Dr Natalie Sanders Project Science coordinator   n.e.sanders@reading.ac.uk
Georgina Tang Research Assistant in Plant Dynamics and Migration   georgina.tang@reading.ac.uk
Joyce Ternenge Project Officer +44 (0)118 378 3268 j.d.ternenge@reading.ac.uk
Dr Domiziana Turcatti
Postdoctoral Research Assistant   d.turcatti@reading.ac.uk
Dr Imelda Uwase Postdoctoral Research Assistant    i.uwase@reading.ac.uk
Dr Gabriel Yesuf Postdoctoral Research Assistant in Environmental Modelling. g.yesuf@reading.ac.uk
Guoxi Zhang Data Analyst   g.zhang@reading.ac.uk
Jierong Zhao Research Assistant in Speleothem Modelling
 
 jierong.zhao@reading.ac.uk
Dr Lorna Zischka Postdoctoral Research Assistant - Whitley for Real Project +44 (0) 118 378 3286 lorna.zischka@reading.ac.uk

Postgraduate research students

Name Email Project
Abraham Akyala a.akyala@pgr.reading.ac.uk  
Selma Benyovszky s.benyovszky@pgr.reading.ac.uk Water-energy nexus in Algeria: the government water discourse and the role of the hydrocarbon sector.
Charlie Davies c.a.davies@pgr.reading.ac.uk  Impact of Holocene land use and climate change upon Brazil’s Atlantic Forest biodiversity hotspot.
Siobhan Dolan s.dolan@pgr.reading.ac.uk Landslide Early Warning Systems: A new approach to landslide EWS using global scale hydro-meteorological tools with a consideration of EWS introduction to post-colonial societies.
Clare Lewis clare.lewis@pgr.reading.ac.uk Meteosunamis in a changing climate: the future of coastal vulnerability and resilience.
Hanqing Lin hanqing.lin@pgr.reading.ac.uk
Effect of heavy metals on carbon source utilization and DNA of soil microorganisms.
Geoff Lovett g.l.lovett@pgr.reading.ac.uk  
Gaia Mortier g.mortier@pgr.reading.ac.uk

A Day in the Lice: Recreating Past Human and Animal Life Histories Using Arthropod Ectoparasites in Museum and Archaeological Collections.

Phiala Mehring phiala.mehring@pgr.reading.ac.uk Get your water out of my lounge: Understanding institutional constructions and public perceptions of flooding and flood risk management.
Daisy O'Neill d.oneill@pgr.reading.ac.uk Predicting the ecological and societal impacts of species on the move with climate change in the UK.
Victoria Robinson v.a.robinson@pgr.reading.ac.uk Atomic Archaeology - Improving In-Situ Detection Methods for the Identification and Mapping of Sub-Surface Features.
Zarina Saidaliyeva z.saidaliyeva@pgr.reading.ac.uk Assessment of snow, glacier and permafrost melt contributions to runoff in the Tien Shan using isotopic analysis.
Megan Sherlock m.sherlock@pgr.reading.ac.uk The impact of planting choices on the delivery of multiple ecosystem services by domestic gardens.
Robyn Woronka r.woronka@pgr.reading.ac.uk A geographical 'sense of place' can be reflected in a film, but does it consider the audience's perception of the place and the reality for the local community?

Emeritus, Honorary and Visiting Staff

Name Position Email
Professor Brian Alloway Emeritus Professor b.j.alloway@reading.ac.uk
Professor Paul Bardos Visiting Professor r.p.bardos@reading.ac.uk
Dr Sophie Bowlby Visiting research Fellow s.bowlby@reading.ac.uk
Emeritus Professor Max Coleman Emeritus Professor m.l.coleman@reading.ac.uk
Professor Simon Dadson Visiting Professor  
Professor Brian Goodall Emeritus Professor b.goodall@reading.ac.uk
Professor Penny Hirsch Visiting Professor  
Professor Jane McCarthy Visiting Professor  
Professor Andy Moffat Visiting Professor a.j.moffat@reading.ac.uk
Emeritus Professor Stephen Nortcliff Emeritus Professor s.nortcliff@reading.ac.uk
Professor Margaret Oliver Emeritus Professor m.a.oliver@reading.ac.uk
Professor Richard Skeffington Emeritus Professor r.a.skeffington@reading.ac.uk
Emeritus Professor Paul Whitehead Emeritus Professor p.g.whitehead@reading.ac.uk
Professor Alan Wild Emeritus Professor
Professor Peter Worsley Emeritus Professor p.worsley@reading.ac.uk
Athena SWAN Silver Award