People

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Emma is a behavioural ecologist interested in the impact of environmental variation on individual life-histories with a particular interest in the implications this has in animal populations. She joined the University of Edinburgh as a Royal Society University Research Fellow after a PhD at the University of Sheffield and Research Fellowships at the University of Cambridge and University of California Santa Barbara. She is now Professor of Ecology and Disease in the Institute of Ecology and Evolution in the School of Biological Sciences. The research group has a particular interest in the impact of the environment in early life and the long terms implications this has on reproduction, disease and subsequent generations of offspring.

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Hannah is a NERC funded Post-Doctoral Researcher and has been part of the group since September 2018. Her research investigates the impacts infection and disease in wild bird populations. She has a particular interests in how seasonality and early life conditions may influence variability in exposure and host responses to infection. Her current focus is on the impacts of the latest outbreak of avian influenza and species differences in exposure and susceptibility to different viral pathogens.

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Fiona is a PhD student in the group, having started in Sept 2020 as a part of the E4 Doctoral Training Partnership. She has a background in veterinary medicine and interests in the relationship between environmental change and parasitism in wild animal populations. In collaboration with researchers at the UK Centre for Ecology and Hydrology (CEH), she is examing how variation in migratory strategy and co-infection status of the European shag (Phalacrocorax aristotelis) impacts upon host-parasite dynamics, fitness-related traits and subsequent population demography. However laterally she has been focused on the impacts of avian influenza in wildfowl and seabirds.

Chrissy carried out both PhD and post-doctoral work in the department examining how the transfer of maternal immunity to their offspring can play an important role in protecting their young from early exposure to disease. After a teaching position in the School of Geosciences she moved to work in the Scottish Government where she is now working as an an analysist in RESAS (Rural & Environment Science & Analytical Services).

Eileen's research looked at the impact of parasitism on breeding success in seabirds and how this relates to the ability of individuals to respond to changing environmental conditions. She now works in academic publishing supporting  academic organisations in ecology and biology.

 Hannah carried out her PhD looking at the impact of parasitism on parental allocation of resources and the implications this has for their different offspring. After a post-doctoral fellowship in Finland she is now working as an Environmental Consultant.

Vincent won an independent post-dictoral fellowship to study the effect of maternal immunity on responses to disease. He is now condicting research in an industrial setting working for Merck in France.

Katherine was a post-doctoral RA helping with our maternal immunity and seabird ecology work. She is now a lecturer at the University of Plymouth.

Emi was a RA looking at the effects of parasitism on family dynamics and breeding success. She is now an epidemiologist with Médecins sans frontières.

Phil joined us after his PhD as a post-doc to look at the effects of resource allocation on offspring fitness. He is now working for Marine Scotland providing advice and scientific evidence to support the development and management of a network of Marine Protected Areas in Scottish waters

Nicholas was a visting Newton Fellow funded by The Royal Society and is now Professor of Evolutionary Ecology at Stockholm University.

Tom carried out his PhD looking at the effects of reproductive scheduling and parasitism in seabirds. He is now a Senior Lecturer at the University College Cork.

Matt carried out his PhD looking at the effects of maternal immunity in gamebirds. He is now Head of Science at BASC.

Mary Francis worked on maternal age effects in Callosobruchus beetles when she was here as a student and returned to the group to take up a short term research scholarship during which she investigated factors affecting fertility in quail. She's now working in wildlife forensics.

Fiona carried out her PhD looking athe effects of social environment on reproductive allocation. She is now a Senior Press Officer at The Science Media Centre.