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Leadership and operations

Centre directors and leadership

Name Role Contact
Moya Kneafsey Research Centre Director apy034@coventry.ac.uk

 

Operations

Name Role Contact
Carole Fox Head of Research Management and Administration ab4702@coventry.ac.uk
Michelle Nailor Research Support Manager edu113@coventry.ac.uk
Liza Marley Research Support Officer aa0251@coventry.ac.uk
Rachel Frost Research Support Officer ad0562@coventry.ac.uk
Natalie Morley Research Support Administrator ae1278@coventry.ac.uk

 

Research delivery support

Name Role Contact
Julia Stew Research Project Manager aa2276@coventry.ac.uk

 

Research funding and development

Name Role Contact
Amy Beaumont Research Funding and Development Manager ad7676@coventry.ac.uk
Dave Duncan Research Funding and Development Officer ad9936@coventry.ac.uk
Jake Holland Research Funding and Development Co-ordinator ae0036@coventry.ac.uk

 

Lab technicians

Name Role Contact
Richard Collins Head Laboratory Technician apy106@coventry.ac.uk

 

Research team

Name Role  Contact
Jackie Abell Associate Professor aa3387@coventry.ac.uk 
James Bennett Associate Professor apy073@coventry.ac.uk 
Liliane Binego Research Assistant ab9819@coventry.ac.uk 
Anna Bogush Associate Professor ad2855@coventry.ac.uk 
Josh Brem-Wilson Assistant Professor ab9313@coventry.ac.uk 
Geraldine Brown Associate Professor hsx520@coventry.ac.uk 
Sue Charlesworth Professor apx119@coventry.ac.uk 
Priscilla Claeys Research Fellow ac4203@coventry.ac.uk 
Judith Conroy Research Assistant ac3492@coventry.ac.uk 
Steve Coupe Associat Professor aa0698@coventry.ac.uk 
Katharina Dehnen-Schmutz Associate Professor ab6340@coventry.ac.uk 
Bastien Dieppois Assistant Professor ab9482@coventry.ac.uk 
Jon Eden Associate Professor ac6218@coventry.ac.uk 
Adrian Evans Associate Professsor ab7794@coventry.ac.uk 
Michelle Farrell Assistant Professor ac5086@coventry.ac.uk 
Gemma Foster Research Assistant aa8938@coventry.ac.uk 
Alex Franklin Professor ac0569@coventry.ac.uk 
Jana Fried Assistant Professor ab9318@coventry.ac.uk 
Samantha Green Research Assistant ad2237@coventry.ac.uk 
Michael Kennedy Assistant Professor ab9280@coventry.ac.uk 
Csilla Kiss Research Assistant ab8083@coventry.ac.uk 
Ivan Kourtchev Assistant Professor/Associate Professor ad5363@coventry.ac.uk 
Margi Lennartsson Turner Assistant Professor ab2745@coventry.ac.uk 
Iain MacKinnon Assistant Professor ab9315@coventry.ac.uk 
Chris Maughan Assistant Professor ac3010@coventry.ac.uk 
Donna Oldbury-Thomas Research Assistant ab1993@coventry.ac.uk 
Francis Rayns Associate Professor ab5438@coventry.ac.uk 
Lopa Saxena Assistant Professor ac0775@coventry.ac.uk 
Ulrich Schmutz Professor ab6217@coventry.ac.uk 
Jasber Singh Assistant Professor ac5866@coventry.ac.uk 
Barbara Smith Associate Professor ac0738@coventry.ac.uk 
Chiara Tornaghi Associate Professor ac0952@coventry.ac.uk 
Liz Trenchard Assistant Professor apy157@coventry.ac.uk 
Marco Van De Wiel Professor ab9182@coventry.ac.uk 
Julia Wright Associate Professor aa9469@coventry.ac.uk 

 

Projects

Name Role Contact
Lindy Binder Senior Media and Communications Officer ad3461@coventry.ac.uk
Amelie Dakoure Research Fellow ae5582@coventry.ac.uk
Leonardo Faedo Research Assistant ae3185@coventry.ac.uk
Sian Green Research Fellow ae5554@coventry.ac.uk
Lovemore Gwiriri Research Fellow ad9525@coventry.ac.uk 
Csilla Kiss Research Assistant ab8083@coventry.ac.uk
Claire Lyons Research Fellow ae5443@coventry.ac.uk
Rosie Venn Research Assistant ad6294@coventry.ac.uk

 

Postgraduate researchers

Name Director of Studies Thesis Title
Amoluck Eluri Ivan Kourtchev Release of atmospheric New and Emerging Pollutants (NEPs) from e-waste
Ffion Thomas Francis Rayns Agroecological approaches to managing ash dieback
Jolaade Magreth Olatunbosun Michelle Farrell Modelling Waterborne Pollen Transport to Improve Vegetation Reconstructions from Lake Pollen Records
Zarmina Zahoor Jon Eden Forest Fires Scenarios for Pakistan under Climate Change for Risk Reduction, Resilience and Sustainability
Mariana Simon Lopa Saxena Food insecurity in the UK: exploring the role of food literacy in bridging the gap between food, health, and social justice
Lamis Jamil Professor Moya Kneafsey A Decade of Shaping Food Culture in South Kilburn, London: Case Study of the Granville Community Kitchen
David Ifeanyi Anna Bogush Microplastics and chemical additives released from facemasks: Health and Environmental impact
Peter Hollings Sue Charlesworth Treating New and Emerging Pollutants Associated with Informal Settlements in Developing Countries Using Sustainable Drainage Systems (SuDS): Monitoring and Modelling
Nathaniel Deakin Geraldine Brown Narratives of Men in Child Protection Social Work
Yasaman Namazi Sue Charlesworth The use of green infrastructure to mitigate overheating in schools
Megan Bedford Katharina Dehnen-Schmutz The contribution of trees and urban forests to biodiversity and ecosystem services in Coventry
Jason Hoepfl James Bennett Working through institutional pluralism, social complexity and power in South Africa’s communal rangelands: Prospects for more equitable and sustainable governance
Emma Burnett Professor Moya Kneafsey The roles of competition, cooperation, and self-organisation in local agrifood systems in the UK and Germany
Anya Goncalves Geiger Francis Rayns Novel fertility management in vegan organic cropping systems
Yitbarek Weldesemaet Katharina Dehnen-Schmutz Towards Sustainable Tree Planting Governance Strategies in Africa
Gordon Madamombe Jackie Abell Historical Knowledges of Charterhouse Coventry and their Influence on Contemporary Perceptions, Planning and Practice of Ecological Restoration of Charterhouse Fields
Behnam Mirgol Bastien Dieppois Impacts of climate change on agriculture productivity and practices in the southern Mediterranean region

Visiting researchers

Name Position at CAWR Home Institution
Dr Luke Owen Honorary Research Fellow Zero Waste Scotland
Alan P Newman Visiting Professor of Environmental Technology Independent Environmental Services Professional
Anton Rosenfeld Honorary Research Fellow Garden Organic
Bruce Pearce Honorary Research Fellow Garden Organic
Tawanda Marandure Honorary Research Fellow Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
Stefanie Lemke Honorary Research Fellow BOKU University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Vienna
Martin Evans Honorary Research Fellow

 

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