People

External supervision

	Heitor Campos de Sousa Institution: Tocantins Federal University Primary supervisor: Dr Adriana Malvasio Email: heitor.sousa@mail.uft.edu.br Twitter: @BioHeitorSousa CV: cv_eng_heitorcsousa_2021.pdf cv_eng_heitorcsousa_2021.pdf His PhD evaluates the interactions between fire regimes and climate change upon Neotropical savannah (Cerrado) lizard populations. Heitor uses long-term mark-recapture data, ecophysiological experiments, and some modelling techniques to incorporate the species' vital rates in integral projection models (IPMs) and forecast the lizard populations into the future.
	Wan-Chien (Victoria) Hsiao Institution: University of Leeds, UK Primary supervisor: Dr Maria Beger Email: bswch@leeds.ac.uk Twitter: @W_V_Hsiao CV: cv_wan-chien_hsiao.pdf cv_wan-chien_hsiao.pdf Her PhD examines the functional and demographic traits of coral populations across a latitudinal gradient to identify the different demographic strategies between reef-building and marginal communities and how they are linked to their environmental settings.
	K enneth Jops Institution: University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, USA Primary supervisor: Dr James O'Dwyer Email: kjops2@illinois.edu CV: kenneth_jops_cv_spring_2021.pdf kenneth_jops_cv_spring_2021.pdf His PhD work uses modeling approaches to explore how variation in life history strategies within plant communities violates neutral assumptions and impacts competitive outcomes. He is currently examining how physiological and developmental parameters in plants affect competition and community assembly.
	Fiona Chung Institution: University of Hull & University of Leeds Primary supervisors: Dr Magnus Johnson & Dr Maria Beger Email: f.chong-2019@hull.ac.uk Twitter: @whowantsachong CV: fiona_chong_cv_abridged.pdf fiona_chong_cv_abridged.pdf For her PhD, Fiona is exploring the spatio-temporal dynamics of subtropical coral populations, identifying demographic and functional traits that allow coral population persistence in high latitude marginal environments under climate change.
	Erik Kusch Institution: University of Aarhus, Denmark Primary supervisor: Dr Alejo Ordoñez Email: erik.kusch@au.dk Twitter: @KuschErik GitHub CV: cv_erikkusch.pdf cv_erikkusch.pdf His PhD assesses the efficacy of different species-dependency network approaches using a multitude of data sets at different spatial extents and of varying data quality. This will lead to an improved understanding of extinction debt within and across trophic levels of species networks on local and global scales. Within his research, he focuses heavily on reproducibility through soft-coding and software development in the form of R Packages.
	Sam Levin Institution: Martin Luther University & iDiv, Germany Primary supervisor: Prof Tiffany Knight Email: sam.levin@idiv.de Twitter: @SamLevin5 GitHub CV: cv_levin.pdf cv_levin.pdf His PhD examines the environmental drivers of demography of an invasive succulent Carpobrotus edulis in eight countries around the globe. He is also developing new software to query demographic databases and build user-specified integral projection models.
	Courtenay Ray Institution: University of California, Berkeley Primary supervisor: Dr Ben Blonder Email: caray@berkeley.edu Twitter: @RattleBeary CV: ray_cv_oct_2020.pdf ray_cv_oct_2020.pdf Her work explores how species interactions, dispersal, and environmental context shape community assembly outcomes. To address her questions, Courtenay uses demographic models, long-term population monitoring, and experimental approaches. Most of her work is with alpine plants and quaking aspen (Populus tremuloides) in the Rocky Mountains, Colorado. She also has active work in the Norwegian tundra and Sonoran Desert, Arizona.

Previous lab group members, affiliates and satellites

Dr Simran Aujla: Previously at Sheffield University, UK, where he carried out his PhD thesis "Eco-evolutionary dynamics of plant carnivory".

Dr Ruth Archer: Previously at the Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research, Germany, where she was postdoctoral fellow in the Evolutionary Demography laboratory. Ruth worked part-time with Rob Salguero-Gómez on the development of the COMPADRE and COMPADRE databases. She is currently an associate research fellow at the University of Ulm, Germany.

Dr Hendrik de Burh: Previously at the Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research, Germany, where he worked as a student helper of COMPADRE and COMADRE during 2013-2014. Currently, a Marie Curie fellow at UMC Utrecht.

Irene Barriga Garcia-Lisbona: Previously a MRes student in the group, where she examined host-parasite dynamics, she's now working at an NGO.

Dr Steph Borrelle: Previously at Auckland University of Technology, New Zealand, where she carried out her PhD examining the effects of human-led stressors on population dynamics of birds. Currently a Smith Fellow at the University of Georgia.

Dr James Cant: Previously, a PhD student co-supervised with Dr Maria Beger. James explored the drivers of population and community resilience in coral reefs. Currently, a postdoc at SDU, Denmark

Dr Pol Capdevila: Previously a Ramon Areces postdoctoral fellow at the Department of Zoology, where he examined the differences in life history strategies between aquatic and terrestrial species. Currently a Marie Curie fellow at the University of Barcelona, Spain

Dr Jana Cela: Previously at University of Barcelona, Spain, where she was a lab tech supported by Rob's DECRA project "Is plant organization the secret of eternal youth?". She now works in the private sector.

Charlotte Crame: Previously a NERC REP summer student building sensors for DRAGNet. Currently working towards her degree in Engineering at Oxford.

Dr Jacques Deere: Previously a postdoc with us at the Department of Zoology, where he studied the effects of calorie restriction on flatworms. Currently a postdoctoral fellow at the University of Amsterdam.

Claudia Farack: Previously a student helper of COMPADRE and COMADRE MSc student of Agricultural Sciences at the University of Rostock.

Philip Fernandes: Previously a MRes student in the group, examining the role of droughts on community-trait assembly in grasslands. Currently a PhD student at Durham University, UK.

Fränce Gottschalk: Previously at the Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research, Germany, where she was a MSc student of Demography at the University of Rostock. She worked as a student helper of COMPADRE and COMADRE during 2013-2016. Currently, working as a consultant lead at a firm in Germany.

Hamza Hamad: Previously a research assistant developing a database of eusocial and cooperative breeding information to examine senescence. Currently finishing a BSc Biology at Oxford.

Dr Kevin Healy: Previously a postdoc on comparative animal demography co-advised with Yvonne Buckley. Currently an assistant professor at Ireland National University Galway.

Penelope Holland: Previously an international visiting student in the group, examining the role of stochastic dietary regimes on senescence. Now back in the US, finishing her studies at Brown University.

Sharon Janssen: Previously a MSc student examining eco-evolutionary dynamics of mistletoes co-advised with Hans de Kroon. Currently a PhD student at the University of Ghent, Belgium.

Michał Jezierski: Previously an undergraduate research internt. Currently doing his PhD at the Department of Zoology, Oxford

Georgia Marshall: Previously at the University of Queensland, Australia, she did her honours thesis examining the predictive power of functional traits for population dynamics of Plantago lanceolata in various population of Queensland exerted to varying degrees of competition and abiotic stressors, co-advised with John Dwyer. Currently in an environmental consultant in Perth.

Dr Tristan Lemke: Previously at Rostock University, Germany, where he completed his PhD thesis "Population dynamics of the plant species Trollius europaeus (Ranunculaceae) in response to land use and variation in pollination efficiency". Currently, working for the private consulting sector in Germany.

Thomas Merrien: Previously at the University of Oxfor, UK, where he carried out his MSc thesis project "Urban environments as filters of species demographic resilience", co-supervised with Dr Pol Capdevila, Dr Katrina Davis, and Dr Moreno Di-Marco. Currently doing a PhD at the Finnish Museum of Natural History.

Dr Melanie Morales: Previously at the University of Barcelona, Spain, where she was a postdoc supported by Rob's DECRA project "Is plant organization the secret of eternal youth?". Currently, a postdoc at the University of the Balearic Islands, Spain.

Dr Maria Paniw: Previously at Cadiz University, Spain, where she completed her PhD thesis "Effects of fire on an endemic, carnivorous plant species: Drosophyllum lusitanicum (Drosophyllaceae)" co-advised with Fernando Ojeda. Until recently, a Juan de la Cierva fellow at CREAF, Spain. Now a Marie Curie fellow at the CSIC, Spain.

Dr John Park: Previously a Marie Curie fellow in the group, now working with Prof Ben Sheldon at Oxford.

Abir Patwary: Previously a summer intern at University of Oxford. Currently doing a PhD at the BBSRC DTP of Oxford.

Robert Penman: Previously a NERC DTP summer intern at University of Oxford. Currently completing his BSc in Physics at the University of Oxford, UK.

Kamen Petrov: Previously a research assistant helping in a project examining the role of splitting of planaria on senescence. Currently finishing a medical degree at Kings College, UK.

Dr Tomos Potter: Previously a research assistant working with the PADRINO IPM Database. Currently doing a postdoc at the University of Florida, USA.

Vinaya Roehl: Previously a research assistant with RainDrop, now doing her MRes at Oxford.

Dr Simon Rolph: Previously at Sheffield University, where he completed his PhD thesis "The determinants of optimal life history strategies in a variable world", co-advised with Dr Dylan Childs, Prof Rob Freckleton, and Dr Jonathan Potts. Now a research analyst at the Centre for Ecology and Hydrology.

Dr Gesa Römer: Previously at the Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research, Germany, where she was a Dual MEd student of Biology and German at the University of Rostock. She worked as a student helper of COMPADRE and COMADRE during 2012-2016. Currently, a teacher in Germany.

Dr Gabriel Santos: Previously a PhD student co-supervised with Maja Kajin, examining responses of natural populations to stochastic environments. Currently a science teacher.

Emily Seccombe: Previously a MSc student examining habitat suitability indexes of the great crested newt. Now a project officer at Freshwater Habitat Trust, UK.

Veronika Sommer: Previously a student helper of COMPADRE and COMADRE at the MPIDR. MSc student of Functional Plant Science at the University of Rostock.

Elisa Teichman: Previously a student helper of COMPADRE and COMADRE. Currently working at the Institute of Pharmacology & Toxicology at the University of Rostock, Germany.

Jemima Tweedale: Previous a research assistant in the group working in RainDrop. She is now a 3rd yr Biology BSc student at Oxford.

Dr Matthew Tye: Previously at the University of Central Florida, USA, where he completed his MSc thesis "Effects of habitat, climate and herbivores on the population dynamics of an endemic plant species: Liatris ohlingerae (Asteraceae)" co-advised with Pedro Quintana-Ascencio. Recently finished a PhD at Uppsala University, Sweden, and is currently working in the private sector.

Julia Wille: Previously a student helper of COMPADRE and COMPADRE at the MPIDR. MSc student of Demography at the University of Rostock. Currently working in the private sector.

Lucy Williamson: Previously a research assistant helping with DRAGNet work. Currently a research assistant examining microbiota dynamics in rodents at Oxford.

Clarice Xu: Previously a visiting student in the group, examining the role of caloric restriction across the tree of life. Now back in the US, finishing her studies at Haverford College

Stefan Zeh: Previously at the Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research, Germany, where he completed a MSc in Demography at the University of Rostock. He worked as a student helper of COMPADRE and COMADRE during 2012-2015. Currently, he is a consultant in Berlin

Other past student helpers of COMPADRE and COMADRE include: Christoph Bein, Erik Brinks, Gabriela Cosma, Gabriel Hoppe, Christin Endert, Elizabeth McCuaig, Jens Runge, Henry Tai, Dr Bonnie Waring (Assistant Professor at Imperial College London), and Angela Zeh (MD PhD)