Staff and associates
CERF is led by Dr Mick Whelan and is host to 13 academic staff, 8 research fellows, a knowledge exchange manager, and 7 visiting professors. This, coupled with our extensive pool of associate members from all five schools of the University (Engineering, Management, Health, Applied Science, and Defence) allows us a pan-discipline perspective on risk.
Management team
Head of Centre, Senior Lecturer in Environmental Science
Centre Director. Head of Department, Environmental Science and Technology.
Dean, Faculty of Environment, Science and Manufacturing.
Core academic staff and researchers
Lecturer in Natural Resource Economics
Economics, economic risk management, resource security, cost-benefit analysis, econometrics.
Senior Lecturer in Crop Ecology and Management
Bio-economic models, crop models, farm woodlands, forestry, agroforestry, tea, agronomy, bioenergy crops, public perception, plant physiology.
Julia Chatterton
Researcher in Systems Modelling
Life cycle assessment, mathematical modelling environment, agriculture, water footprint, uncertainty.
Dr Aine Gormley
Post Doctoral Researcher, Theme Leader for Risk and Evidence
Environmental risk, environmental governance, risk communication, science journalism, limnology, heavy metals, freshwater algae, algae biofuel, water utilities; freshwater contamination.
Senior Research Fellow in Land Use Systems
Economics of ecosystem services and land use policy, stakeholder analysis.
Dr Peter Howsam
Reader in Legal and Regulatory Frameworks
Legal, frameworks, regulatory reform, policy, practice, governance, directives, UK environment.
Principle Research Fellow - Horizon Scanning and Futures
Horizon scanning, scenario building, futures, government, policy support, trends.
Principal Research Fellow in Operational Research
Operational research, mathematics, systems modelling, optimisation, agriculture, risk, decision support.
Kerry Pearn
Researcher in Systems Modelling
Dr Humberto Perotto-Baldivieso
Lecturer in Geographic Information
Landscape ecology, spatial analysis, conservation, natural hazards, remote sensing, wildlife habitat, connectivity, spatial structure.
Research Fellow in Strategic Risk Appraisal
Environmental risk appraisal, risk communication, environmental pollution and remediation.
Academic Fellow
Geostatistics, freshwater ecosystems, spatio-temporal modelling, motitoring strategy, hydromorphology, river habitat and restoration, ecosystem services, error propagation, uncertainty analysis, econometrics.
Lecturer in Nanotoxicology
Toxicology, REACH, engineered nanomaterials, risk, environment, human health, chemicals, perception, communication, monitoring.
Research Fellow in Operational Research and Natural Resources Management
Agriculture, environment, modelling, operational research (OR), policy analysis, decision analysis, linear programming (LP), life cycle assessment (LCA).
Knowledge Exchange Manager
Knowledge exchange, knowledge management, communication, change, marketing, website editing, social networks, media, risk.
Principal Research Fellow in Operational Research
Life Cycle Assessment, greenhouse gases, agriculture, food, environment, systems, analysis, carbon footprint.
Lecturer in Risk and Decision Analysis
Reliability engineering, probability risk assessment, statistical data analysis, expert elicitation.
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Research areas:
- Agriculture and forestry systems modelling
- Economics and Policy
- Ecosystem services and well-being
- Evidence and uncertainty
- Emerging technologies
- Horizon scanning and futures
- Life cycle assessment
- Integrated landscape management
- Reliability engineering
- Strategic risk appraisal
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