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 Muhammad Afzal

Lecturer

 

muhammad.afzal@reading.ac.uk

Dr Stuart Black

Associate Professor in Environmental Radioactivity

Head of School 

+44 (0)118 378 8646

s.black@reading.ac.uk

Dr Sophie Blackburn

Lecturer in Human Geography

+44 (0)118 378 5911

s.e.blackburn@reading.ac.uk

Professor Nicholas Branch

Professor in Palaeoecology

+44 (0)118 378 3266

n.p.branch@reading.ac.uk

Dr Ben Coles

Lecturer in Human Geography

 

b.b.coles@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

Dr Anna Jackman

Associate Professor in Human Geography

+44 (0)118 378 3934

a.h.jackman@reading.ac.uk

Dr Akash Koppa

Lecturer in Physical Geography

 

a.koppa@reading.ac.uk

Professor Sally Lloyd-Evans

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

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

+44 (0)118 378 6743

h.j.mcgoff@reading.ac.uk

Professor Steven Musson

Professor of Geography School Director of Academic Tutoring

+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 Tess Osborne

Lecturer in Human Geography

                                                      

t.osborne@reading.ac.uk

Professor Steve Robinson

Professor in Soil and Water Biogeochemistry

+44 (0)118 378 6075

j.s.robinson@reading.ac.uk

Professor Shovonlal Roy

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

Professor Tom Sizmur

Professor in Environmental Chemistry

Joint Head of Department of Geography and Environmental Science

+44 (0)118 378 8913

t.sizmur@reading.ac.uk

Professor Anne Verhoef

Professor of Soil Physics and Micrometeorology

Joint Head of Department of Geography and Environmental Science

+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

Matthew Burrows

PAR Communications and Project Officer

 

matt.burrows@reading.ac.uk

Sophia Cain

Science Coordinator

 

s.l.cain@reading.ac.uk

Dr Timothee Corchia

Postdoctoral Research Assistant (PDRA) in Land Surface Modelling

 

t.j.corchia@reading.ac.uk

Dr Esmeralda Cruz Silva

PDRA in Palaeoenvironmental Reconstruction

 

e.cruzsilva@reading.ac.uk

Ruijie Ding

Postdoctoral Research Assistant n EEO Carbon Allocation Modelling

 

r.ding@reading.ac.uk

Dr Md Hanif

Postdoctoral Research Associate in Soil and Crop Sciences

 

md.hanif@reading.ac.uk

Rajsekhar Kandala

Postdoctoral Researcher

 

r.kandala@reading.ac.uk

Dr William Mills

Senior Research Fellow

 

w.f.mills@reading.ac.uk

Dr Gaia Mortier

Postdoctoral Research Assistant 

 

g.g.mortier@reading.ac.uk

Dr Alice Mpofu-Coles

Senior Research Fellow

 

alice.mpofu-coles@reading.ac.uk

Dr Esther Oenga

PDRA Participatory Action Research (PAR)
Geography & Environmental Science

 

e.k.oenga@reading.ac.uk

Dr Regina O'Kelley

Postdoctoral Research Assistant in Wildfire Management

 

r.m.okelley@reading.ac.uk

Dr Juliette Waterman

Postdoctoral Research Assistant 

 

juliette.waterman@reading.ac.uk

Dr Boya Zhou

PDRA in EEO Vegetation Modelling

 

boya.zhou@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

Isaac Afram

i.afram@pgr.reading.ac.uk

Towards Net-Zero Chocolate: Carbon and Nutrient Budgets for Compost  Use in Cocoa Farms.

Ellie Barbrook

e.barbrook@pgr.reading.ac.uk

Optimizing soil nitrogen (N) in babyleaf salad crops for sustainable crop production.

Tom Bayliss White

t.f.baylisswhite@pgr.reading.ac.uk

Predicting harmful algal toxins in the ocean through satellite data assimilation into a novel biogeochemical model.

Sophia Cain

s.cain@pgr.reading.ac.uk

A holistic assessment of fire, ecosystem services and human health to derive mutually beneficial management solutions.

Charlie Davies

c.a.davies@pgr.reading.ac.uk 

Impact of Holocene land use and climate change upon Brazil’s Atlantic Forest biodiversity hotspot.

Oliver Jolezya Hasimuna

o.j.hasimuna@pgr.reading.ac.uk

Heavy Metal Contamination in Three Culturable Tilapia Fish Species and Its Effect on Fish and Human Health.

Robert Hindson

r.hindson@pgr.reading.ac.uk

Evaluating changes in Holocene and Anthropocene biodiversity and healthiness of English Peatlands.

Saniya Jojan

s.jojan@pgr.reading.ac.uk

Do Novel Biopesticides pose a risk to non-target terrestrial invertebrate species?

Baneet Kaur b.kaur@pgr.reading.ac.uk Holocene environmental history of the seasonally-flooded savannas of Amazonian Bolivia

Sumit Kumar

sumit.kumar@pgr.reading.ac.uk

Governance for resilience and sustainable living: navigating urban and transboundary flood risk in India.

Martin Lao

q.lao@pgr.reading.ac.uk

Managing single-use plastic packaging towards achieving a circular economy perspective.

Qiao Li

qiao.li@pgr.reading.ac.uk

Assessing the evolution of supraglacial lakes and their effects on glacier melt in the High Mountain Asia using remote sensing.

Sharon Mandipe

s.mandipe@pgr.reading.ac.uk

Image Velocimetry for Quantifying River Flow.

Catherine Martinez

c.martinez@pgr.reading.ac.uk

Green Carbon Sequestration: Using plants to fix C(O2) deep under ground.

Isaac Ogundare

i.ogundare@pgr.reading.ac.uk

Household and Community level Adaptation to Climate Change Practices in Southwest Nigeria.

Steven Orito

s.o.orito@pgr.reading.ac.uk

Beyond nitrogen and the nodule: How rhizobial trait diversity enhances crops, soil and environmental health.

Omofolawe Otun

o.r.otun@pgr.reading.ac.uk

The effect of intercropping on soil health.

Chris Pesso 

c.d.pesso@pgr.reading.ac.uk

High resolution mapping of fine sediment and pollutants throughout large river cross sections with innovative uncrewed survey boats; supporting improved flux estimation, habitat assessment and bathing water safety.

Joelyn Han Philip
 j.philip@pgr.reading.ac.uk Vegetation-fire interactions in Africa during the Holocene.

Megan Sherlock

m.sherlock@pgr.reading.ac.uk

The impact of planting choices on the delivery of multiple ecosystem services by domestic gardens.

Lucia Snyderman

l.snyderman@pgr.reading.ac.uk

 The Pelican Brief”: Using environmental archives to establish ecological baselines for UK wetland biodiversity restoration.

William Thurston

w.p.thurston@pgr.reading.ac.uk

Restoring tidal wetlands in the upper estuary.

Julia Westwood

j.westwood@pgr.reading.ac.uk

Biodiversity from space: integrating in situ phytoplankton image data, satellite ocean colour and AI to advance our view of surface ocean ecology.

Ben Wilkins

b.s.wilkins@pgr.reading.ac.uk

Quantifying Contributions of Mountain Cryosphere Components to Groundwater Recharge Using Isotopic Analysis.

Ning Yan

n.yan@pgr.reading.ac.uk

Climate Acclimation of the Carbon Allocation Patterns in Global Dominant Forest Woody Trees and Potential Climate Feedback.

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