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Academics > Academic Team
Academic Team Operation Wallacea works with academic specialists in numerous fields from a range of European and North American Universities. There are more than 150 academics in total involved in the research programmes. The main scientist for each of the research programmes is listed below followed by a listing of many of the additional researchers who have been on site or are supervising PhD students. The list is not exhaustive and new academics are joining the programme each year.
Dr Dave Smith, University of Essex Dr Dave Smith is a Lecturer in the Department of Biological Sciences at Essex University and is the Director of the Coral reef Research Unit, a multi-university research organisation based at Essex University. Dr Smith is Director of Marine Research for Operation Wallacea and also heads up the Wakatobi Marine research programme. His research team in the Wakatobi have produced nearly 50 publications in peer-reviewed journals in the last 5 years. His main research interests include coral reef ecology, coral reef conservation management, coral reef ecophysiology, coral reef performance criteria, seagrass ecology, tropical marine photophysiology and water pollution biology. Dr Martin Speight, University of Oxford Dr Speight is a Reader in the Department of Zoology at the University of Oxford and is head of Undergraduate Teaching for the department. Dr Speight has designed the marine science programme in Honduras and is responsible for many of the research projects running on Cayos Cochinos and Utila. His main research interests include reef ecology, tropical marine reserve establishment and impacts, coastal zone ecology and management, forest insect biodiversity and habitat change. Dr Speight is the author of undergraduate text books on insect ecology, tropical pest management and marine ecology. Dr Kathy Slater, Operation Wallacea Dr Kathy Slater is a primate researcher based in Mexico and has previously been a lecturer in the School of Natural Sciences and Psychology at John Moores University, Liverpool. Dr Slater runs the Opwall primate research programme in Honduras and provides dissertation support to those undertaking projects with Operation Wallacea. Her main research interests are in spider monkeys and howler monkeys.
Dr James Saunders, Operation Wallacea Dr Saunders leads the Opwall Honduran marine research programmes on Utila, Cayos Cochinos and the northern Honduran coast. Dr Saunders finished his PhD in marine ecosystem functioning and coastal erosion at the University of St Andrews in 2007. His current research includes monitoring the functioning of mangrove systems in reference to large scale destruction and degradation, in particular the infaunal macrofauna communities role in sediment stabilisation and pollution sequestering. Dr Saunders is also studying the impacts of increased coastal erosion through monitoring the rate and consequences of sediment deposition on coral reefs. Dr Richard Field, University of Nottingham Dr Field is Associate Professor in the School of Geography at the University of Nottingham and is the Senior Scientist for the Cusuco National Park research programme in Honduras. His main research interests include modelling and prediction of patterns of tree species richness in southern Africa and globally, conservation and biodiversity research in the tropical forests of Honduras, the ecology of an invasive oak tree species (Quercus cerris L.) within Britain and island biogeography and community structure on Krakatau, Indonesia. Dr Peter Long, University of Bath Dr Long is the Senior Scientist for the Madagascar surveys and has also been the Assistant Senior Scientist on the Cusuco National Park research programme in Honduras. He has been responsible for developing the database and analysis of the long term changes in biodiversity of the Cusuco National Park. His main research interests include the genetic landscape of birds living in the wetlands of Madagascar. Dr Phil Wheeler, University of Hull Dr Wheeler is a Lecturer at the Centre for Environmental and Marine Sciences at the University of Hull. Dr Wheeler heads up the Opwall Lambusango forest research programme in Indonesia. His main research interests include identifying factors that govern population densities, and range limits and distributions, and how interactions with people affect these range limits and distributions. His research is based on linking observational monitoring data from the field to human and environmental variables across wide spatial scales using Geographic Information Systems. Dr Samy Zalat, BioMap Egypt Dr Zalat is the National Project Co-ordinator for the Egyptian biodiversity mapping project (BioMap) and leads the team that is collating all the species records for fauna and flora in Egypt to produce distributional atlases and identify information gaps in the knowledge of Egyptian biodiversity. Dr Zalat heads up the Opwall Egyptian research programme. He also leads Conservation Egypt the NGO formed to involve Egyptian students in helping with biodiversity atlasing projects. Professor Mike Perrin, University of KwaZulu Natal Professor Perrin heads up the academic research for the Opwall game management research programme in KwaZulu Natal. He is Head of the Biology department at the University of KwaZul Natal. His main research interests include the status, population ecology and conservation biology of African parrots, population and community ecology of small mammals in Africa with particular reference to elephant shrews and gerbils, arid zone ecosystems and environmental physiology, animal behaviour concerning competition and co-existence, communication and species recognition, the biology of African ungulates, particularly feeding and habitats; and carnivores, use of space and niche definition. Dr Richard Bodmer, University of Kent Dr Bodmer is a Reader in Conservation Ecology at the University of Kent and heads up the Opwall Amazonian research projects in Peru. His main research interests include the diversity of tropical mammals, the ecology of Amazonian mammals, sustainability of hunting in the tropics and community-based conservation. Dr Bodmer is also General Manager of the Peruvian NGO AmazonEco that operates the research ships used in the research programme. Professor Jorge Angulo Valdes, University of Havana Professor Angulo is head of the Marine Investigations Centre at the University of Havana and heads up the Op Wall marine research programme in Cuba. Professor Angulo's main research interests include marine fish ecology and fisheries management, manatee ecology and conservation management of turtles.
Participating Academics
Conservation Management Scientists Dr Richard Phillips, University of Liverpool Dr Jeri Fox, University of New England Chris Majors, Operation Wallacea Trust Dr Ruth Malleson, Social and Economic Consultant Dr Bob Payne, University of Lakehead Dr Tony
Whitten, Flora and Fauna International
Genetics, Oceanography
and Geology Scientists Dr Stephen Burrows, Clark University Dr Greg Cowie, University of Edinburgh Dr Alan Dykes, Kingston University Barry Ferguson, University of East Anglia Dr Leanne Hepburn, University of Essex Dr Tom Horton, SUNY ESF Dr Ben Horton, UPenn Dr Kim Hunter, Salisbury University Dr Mark Tibbett, University of West Australia Dr Cathy Walton, Manchester University Dr Moyra Wilson, University of Durham Dr Gerd
Winterleitner, Royal Holloway, University of London Dr Patricia Chow-Fraser, McMaster University Prof James Cook, Reading University Dr Francis Gilbert, University of Nottingham Dr Sammy de Grave, Oxford Natural History Museum Dr Kenneth McCravy, Western Illinois University Dr Josè Nunez-Mino, ZSL Dr Graham Rotheray, National Museum of Scotland Dr Roy Wiles, University of Glamorgan Ornithologists
Dr Nico Daupine, University of Georgia, Athens Dr Nicola Goodship, Wetlands and Wildfowl Trust Dr Martin Jones, Manchester Metropolitan University Dr Nicola Marples, Trinity College Dublin Dr Wael M Shohdi, Al-Azhar University, Egypt Mark Miller, RSPB Fabiola Rodriguez, Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Honduras
Herpetologists Dr Jeff Burkhart, University of La Verne Dr
Graeme Gillespie, University of Melbourne Jonathan Kolby, James Cook University Dr Scotty Kyle, KZN Ezemvelo Dr Chad Montgomery, Truman State University Dr Silviu Petrovan, University of Hull Dr Bob Reed, USGS
Botany, Plant Sciences and Forestry
Specialists Dr Jon Cocking, JCA Ltd Dr Daniel Kelly, Trinity College Dublin Dr Pascale Poussart, Princeton University Dr Andrew Powling, University of Portsmouth Marine Scientists Dr Arthur Anker, Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris Dr Richard Barnes, Cambridge University Dr Paul Bologna, Montclair State University Dr Isabelle Cote, Simon Fraser University Prof James Crabbe, University of Bedfordshire Dr Simon Cragg, Portsmouth University Dr Sarah Curran, Department for Planning and Infrastructure, Fremantle Dr Caine Delacy, University of Western Australia Dan Exton, Essex University Dr Teresa Fernandes, Napier University Dr Andy Gill, Cranfield Institute Dr Ben
Green, Essex University Dr Jess Jaxion Harm, University of Vienna Dr Magnus Johnson, University of Hull Dr Tim Johnson, Glamorgan University Dr James McDonald, Rutgers University Dr Steve McMellor, Essex University Dr Ed Morgan, Glamorgan University Dr Clare Peddie, St Andrew's University Dr Alan Pinder, Dalhousie University Dr Johanna Polsenberg, US House of Representatives Dr Patric Scaps, University of Perpignan Dr Jon Shrives, Jersey State Fisheries Department Dr Tim Smith, WEI, South Africa Dr Dave Suggett, Essex University Dr Zoltan Szabo, Hawaii Institute of Marine Biology Prof Chris Todd, St Andrews University Dr Kyle Young, Universidad de Los Lagos, Chile Mammal Scientists Prof Mike Bruford, Cardiff University Jill Carpenter, Independent Bat Consultant Dr Ruth Cox, Liverpool John Moores University Dr Christian Dietz, University of Tuebingen Dr Nigel Dunstone, Natural History New Zealand Dr Abdul Haris Mustari, IPB, Bogor Dr Justin Hines, Operation Wallacea Andrew P Jennings, IUCN/SSC Small Carnivore Specialist Group Dr Tigga Kingston, Texas Tech University Juilet Leadbeater, University of Chester Prof Aubrey Manning, University of Edinburgh Prof Mike Perrin, University of KwaZulu Natal Dr Rob Pickles, Institute of Zoology London Dr Nancy Priston, Oxford Brookes University Dario Rivera, University of Queensland Dr Steve Rossiter, Queen Mary, University of London Dr Adrian Seymour, Independent Wildlife Film Maker Dr Myron Shekelle, National University of Singapore Dr Andrew Smith, Anglia Ruskin University Dr Kym Snarr, University of Toronto Jeremy Truscott, Sheffield Biodiversity Steering Group Dr C.B. Wood, Providence College Dr Anne Zeller, University of Waterloo Fisheries Scientists Dr Peter Henderson, University of Oxford Dr Duncan May, Fisheries Consultant Dr
Jason Vokoun, University of Connecticut Jesse Blits, University of Amsterdam Oliver Burdekin, University of Leeds Dr Natalie Cooper, Harvard University Dr Bella Davies, Oxford Brookes University Dr Fiona Hemsley Flint, Edinburgh University Dr Lisa Manne, University of Toronto Dr Allister Smith, Oxford Brookes University Prof
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