The Team
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Lead Scientist
Associate Professor
Associate Professor, University of Warwick, 2023-Current
Asst. Professor: University of Warwick, 2020-2023
Postdoc: Indiana University, 2017-2020
PhD, Texas A&M University, 2017
BS, Texas State University, 2012
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Ryan in Cornwall for CENTA Speed PhD '23
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NERC CENTA PhD Student
MSc in Pollution & Env. Control, University of Manchester
BS in Env. Engineering, University of Reading
BSc in Env. Sci., Nanjing University of Information Sci. & Tech.
Postdoctoral Research Fellow
NERC CENTA PhD Student
PhD in Soil Science, Bangor University
MSc Soil and Water Conservation, Beijing Forestry University
BASc in Global Sustainable Development, University of Warwick
Alex Thorpe
BBSRC MIBTP PhD Student
MSc in Biology, University of Lincoln
BSc in Biology, University of Lincoln
Gary Bending is lead supervisor
Senior Research Technician & Lab Manager
BSc in Biomedical Science, University of Warwick
Former Lab Members
PhD in Environmental Microbiology, Warwick, 2024
Neale Grant
Lab Manager, 2021-2023
Currently Senior Research Technician at the Univ. of Warwick
MSc in Environmental Bioscience, 2022
Currently PhD student at the University of Plymouth
Jingyi Shi,
MSc in Food Security, Warwick, 2021
Visiting MIBTP student, 2021
Currently PhD student at the University of Birmingham