The Whitteners
The Whitten Programme supports researchers across all career stages, from graduate students to independent investigators.
Charlotte Andrew
PhD Student
Insect Biomechanics Group
Studies Nepenthes pitcher plant response to rainfall and the mechanical adaptations of pitcher infauna.
Iris Berger
PhD Alumna
Agroecology Group
Researches how to reconcile food production with biodiversity conservation.
Patrick Breckha
PhD Alumnus
Insect Biomechanics Group
Researches insect climbing in Southeast Asian Macaranga-Crematogaster ant-plants
Daisy Cooper
PhD Student
Marine Behavioural Ecology Group
Studies the collective decision making of groups of fish.
Daniel Cossey
PhD Student
Aquatic Ecology Group
Researching the drivers of freshwater mussel population declines and mass mortality events across Europe and North America.
Madeleine Emms
PhD Alumna
Evolutionary Ecology Group
Used population genetics to study the response of coral reef fish populations to climate-induced habitat loss
Giacomo Gattoni
PhD Alumnus
Benito Guiterrez Group
Studies the evolutionary origin of the brain by comparing nervous system development in marine invertebrates
James Herbert-Read
Whitten Lecturer in Marine Biology
Marine Behavioural Ecology Group
Studies the behavioural and sensory adaptations of marine organisms.
Amelia Hood
PhD Alumna
Insect Ecology Group
Studies social and ecological interventions to increase the sustainability of agriculture.
Roxy Holmes
PhD Alumna
Marine Behavioural Ecology Group
Investigates the sensory and behavioural ecology of invasive lionfish
James Kennerley
PhD Alumnus
Evolutionary Ecology Group
Researches the ecology and evolution of avian brood parasitism where multiple species of brood parasites and hosts co-exist.
Arlie McCarthy
PhD Alumna
Aquatic Ecology Group
Studied biofouling on ships’ hulls and pipework to see if people are introducing non-native marine species to Antarctica.
Sam Matchette
Postdoctoral Researcher
Marine Behavioural Ecology Group
Investigates the behavioural strategies of predatory fishes and their prey.
Isobel Ollard
PhD Alumna
Aquatic Ecology Group
Researches freshwater mussel population dynamics and ecosystem engineering in the UK and Bangladesh
Aime Rankin
PhD Alumna
Mammal Morphology Evolution Group
Researches the Asian origin and diversification of rodents and rabbits using fossilizable data.
Michael Schwimmer
PhD Alumnus
Benito-Guiterrez Group
Researching the evolution of cell-type diversity in the vertebrate brain, using the cephalochordate amphioxus.
Irene Soto Bajo
PhD Student
Studies how the brain evolves during ecological divergence by comparing neural development in cichlid fishes.
Eirlys Tysall
PhD Alumna
Evolutionary Ecology Group
Researches the genomics of adaptation in reef fishes separated by the Isthmus of Panama.