Research Group
Tropical Ecology and Conservation
Research Overview
I am interested in the conservation of tropical forests and biodiversity. My group uses intensive field study, remote sensing, global mapping, land-use modelling, and environmental economics to tackle key questions in tropical forest ecology and conservation, with a focus on issues of global policy significance. I am particularly interested in understanding the most effective ways of managing primary forest, selective logging, restoration, farming, and wildlife trade in the tropics to enhance biodiversity protection and the delivery of associated ecosystem functions and services. I work closely with conservation practitioners, government, and industry in developing my group’s research and translating it into applied solutions.
Previous Positions
2018-2023 Professor of Conservation Science, University of Sheffield, U.K.
2016-2018 Senior Lecturer in Conservation Science, University of Sheffield, U.K.
2013-2016 Lecturer in Conservation Science, University of Sheffield, U.K.
2011-2013 Postdoctoral Researcher, James Cook University, Cairns, Australia.
2010-2011 STEP Postdoctoral Fellow, Princeton University, U.S.A.
2007-2010 Postdoctoral Researcher, University of Leeds, U.K.
Qualifications
2001-2005 Ph.D., University of East Anglia, U.K.
1997-2000 B.Sc., University of East Anglia, U.K.
Key Publications
Global hotspots of traded phylogenetic and functional diversity (2023) Nature
Global wildlife trade across the tree of life (2019) Science
Conservation of tropical forests in the Anthropocene (2019) Current Biology
How should beta-diversity inform biodiversity conservation? (2016) Trends in Ecology and Evolution
