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
Beth Taylor
NERC CENTA PhD Student
BBSRC MIBTP PhD Student
MSc in Biology, University of Lincoln
BSc in Biology, University of Lincoln
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MSc in Sustainability, Planning, & Env. Policy, Cardiff University
BASc in Global Sustainable Development, University of Warwick
Gary Bending is lead supervisor
Former Lab Members
Alex Thorpe
Lab Manager, 2023-2024
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PhD in Environmental Microbiology, Warwick, 2024
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Neale Grant
Lab Manager, 2021-2023
Currently Senior Research Technician at the Univ. of Warwick
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MSc in Environmental Bioscience, 2022
Currently PhD student at the University of Plymouth
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Jingyi Shi,
MSc in Food Security, Warwick, 2021
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Visiting MIBTP student, 2021
Currently PhD student at the University of Birmingham