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Head of Institute

Name Email Address Telephone
Professor Josephine Pemberton iebhead@ed.ac.uk +44 (0) 131 650 5505

Institute Secretary

Name Email Address Telephone
Kath Tracey Kath.Tracey@ed.ac.uk +44 (0) 131 650 5456

Building Manager

Name Email Address Telephone
Dr David Brown David.Brown@ed.ac.uk +44 (0) 131 650 5453

Administrative Staff

Name Position Email Address Telephone
Christine Bradbury GenePool Administrative Assistant Christine.Bradbury@ed.ac.uk +44 (0) 131 651 3633
Carole Ferrier Postgraduate Secretary Carole.Ferrier@ed.ac.uk +44 (0) 131 650 5455
Jayne Glendinning School Research Administrator Jayne.Glendinning@ed.ac.uk +44 (0) 131 650 7274
Ms Frances Stratford MSc Programme Administrator Frances.Stratford@ed.ac.uk

Academic Staff and Principal Investigators

Name Research Interest Email Address
BAYER-WILFERT, Lena Dr Host-parasite coevolution and virus evolution in pollinators lena.wilfert@ed.ac.uk
BELL, Matthew Dr Lecturer in Behaviour & Evolution Matt.Bell@ed.ac.uk
BLAXTER, Mark Professor The biology and evolution of nematodes, including the analysis of genes and gene families in the model nematode Caenorhabditis elegans Mark.Blaxter@ed.ac.uk
BROTHERSTONE, Susan Dr Genetic parameters underlying quantitative traits in dairy cattle S.Brotherstone@ed.ac.uk
BROWN, Sam Dr Social evolution of microbial virulence Sam.Brown@ed.ac.uk
COLEGRAVE, Nick Dr Senior Lecturer N.Colegrave@ed.ac.uk
COLLINS, Sinead Dr Adaptation in complex environments s.collins@ed.ac.uk
CUNNINGHAM, Emma Dr Evolutionary and behavioural ecology of reproductive strategies. Life-history evolution - in particular, how life history decisions are affected by parasitism and disease. Sexual selection and sexual conflict e.cunningham@ed.ac.uk
ENNOS, Richard Dr Evolution and adaptation in plants and fungi rennos@staffmail.ed.ac.uk
FRENCH, Vernon Dr Senior Lecturer Vernon.French@ed.ac.uk
HADDRILL, Penelope Dr Population genetics and evolutionary ecology of Drosophila and other insects p.haddrill@ed.ac.uk
KEIGHTLEY, Peter Professor The evolutionary impact of new mutations. The evolutionary analysis of genome sequences. Complex trait genetics
KNOTT, Sara Dr Statistical methods to analyse genetic variation underlying complex traits in outbred populations (of plants, animals or humans) s.knott@ed.ac.uk
KRUUK, Loeske Professor Life history evolution and quantitative genetics in natural populations, particularly wild vertebrate populations Loeske.Kruuk@ed.ac.uk
LEIGH-BROWN, Andrew Professor Genetic variation and evolution of HIV, particularly the evolution of drug resistance A.J.Leigh-Brown@ed.ac.uk
LEWIS, Sue Dr Population ecology, particularly the impact of individual variation on population processes Sue.Lewis@ed.ac.uk
LITTLE, Tom Dr The evolutionary implications of parasitism and disease on host populations tom.little@ed.ac.uk
LOHSE, Konrad Population genomics and speciation klohse@staffmail.ed.ac.uk
NUSSEY, Daniel Dr Evolutionary ecology and genetics of ageing and phenotypic plasticity dan.nussey@ed.ac.uk
OBBARD, Darren Dr The evolution of insect viruses and insect immune systems darren.obbard@ed.ac.uk
PEDERSEN, Amy Dr The ecology and evolution of infectious diseases; particularly co-infection dynamics in wild mammals and disease emergence Amy.Pedersen@ed.ac.uk
PEMBERTON, Josephine Professor Using molecular techniques to investigate issues in behaviour, ecology and evolution in natural populations J.Pemberton@ed.ac.uk
RAMBAUT, Andrew Professor Molecular evolution and molecular epidemiology of RNA viruses; Computational techniques in molecular phylogenetics and evolution a.rambaut@ed.ac.uk
REECE, Sarah Dr Transmission strategies and life-history evolution of malaria parasites Sarah.Reece@ed.ac.uk
SHARP, Paul Professor Evolution of viruses; evolution of bacterial genomes paul.sharp@ed.ac.uk
SMISETH, Per Dr Evolution of parental care, parent-offspring conflict, sexual conflict and sibling competition per.t.smiseth@ed.ac.uk
STONE, Graham Professor Molecular ecology of insect-plant interactions Graham.Stone@ed.ac.uk
WALLING, Craig Evolutionary ecology particularly sexual selection and the maintenance of genetic variation in life history traits craig.walling@ed.ac.uk
WALSH, Patrick Dr Behavioural ecology and animal cognition: life history responses to environmental factors, and the cognitive requirements of avian nest building. Patrick.Walsh@ed.ac.uk
WILSON, Alastair Dr Evolutionary ecology and genetics of wild vertebrates Alastair.Wilson@ed.ac.uk
WOOLHOUSE, Mark Professor Infectious Disease Epidemiology Mark.Woolhouse@ed.ac.uk

Honorary and Visiting Staff

Name Position Email Address
Professor Nicholas Barton Senior Honorary Professorial Fellow n.barton@ist.ac.at
Dr Lutz Bunger Honorary Fellow Lutz.Bunger@sac.ac.uk
Professor Brian Charlesworth Senior Honorary Professorial Fellow brian.charlesworth@ed.ac.uk
Professor Deborah Charlesworth Senior Honorary Professorial Fellow deborah.charlesworth@ed.ac.uk
Professor William G Hill Professor Emeritus W.G.Hill@ed.ac.uk
Professor Andrew Illius Senior Honorary Professorial Fellow a.illius@ed.ac.uk
Dr Lee Innes Honorary Fellow
Dr Peter Jones Honorary Fellow Peter.Jones@ed.ac.uk
Professor Aubrey Manning OBE Professor Emeritus
Dr Martyn Murray Honorary Fellow m.murray@ed.ac.uk
Dr Richard Phillips Honorary Fellow
Dr Patricia Preston Honorary Fellow pat.preston@ed.ac.uk

Research Staff

Name Group / Position Email Address
Mr Kyle Adair Research Associate kadair@staffmail.ed.ac.uk
John Allen Knott Group jallen@nesc.ac.uk
Clare Andrews clare.andrews@ed.ac.uk
Trevor Bedford Newton International Fellow t.bedford@ed.ac.uk
Camillo Berenos Pemberton Group Camillo.Berenos@ed.ac.uk
Roberta Bergero Charlesworth Group R.Bergero@ed.ac.uk
Stephen Bridgett GenePool stephen.bridgett@ed.ac.uk
Jose Campos jcampos@staffmail.ed.ac.uk
Timothee Cezard GenePool (GenePool) Timothee.Cezard@ed.ac.uk
John Davey GenePool john.davey@ed.ac.uk
Dr Job de Roij Job.DeRoij@ed.ac.uk
Mrs Sally Donaldson Field Assistant sally.donaldson@ed.ac.uk
Mr Ben Elsworth Post Doc ben.elsworth@ed.ac.uk
Dr Jennie Garbutt Post Doc J.Garbutt@ed.ac.uk
Karim Gharbi GenePool (Scientific Manager, Genepool) karim.gharbi@ed.ac.uk
Andrew Grimmer A. Wilson Group agrimmer@staffmail.ed.ac.uk
Daniel Halligan Keightley Group Daniel.Halligan@ed.ac.uk
Katherine Herborn Cunningham Group kherborn@staffmail.ed.ac.uk
Mr Damien Hicks Research Associate dhicks@staffmail.ed.ac.uk
Martin Jones GenePool martin.jones@ed.ac.uk
Jerome Kelleher Barton Group jerome.kelleher@ed.ac.uk
Peter Korsten Kruuk Group (MC Fellowship) peter.korsten@ed.ac.uk
Dr Ilkka Kronholm ikronhol@staffmail.ed.ac.uk
Samantha Lycett Leigh-Brown Group samantha.lycett@ed.ac.uk
Sophie Marion de Proce sdeproce@staffmail.ed.ac.uk
Andrew Morgan Keightley Group Andrew.Morgan@ed.ac.uk
Rob Ness Keightley Group Rob.Ness@ed.ac.uk
James Nicholls Stone Group james.nicholls@ed.ac.uk
Aidan O'Donnell Reece Group aodonne3@staffmail.ed.ac.uk
Dr Albert Phillimore NERC Advanced Fellow Albert.Phillimore@ed.ac.uk
Jill Pilkington Pemberton Group J.Pilkington@ed.ac.uk
Carolyn Riddell Little Group criddell@staffmail.ed.ac.uk
Despoina Roumpeka Seasonal Fieldworker droumpek@staffmail.ed.ac.uk
Jen Scholefield jscholef@staffmail.ed.ac.uk
Stuart Taylor Boettcher Group S.J.Taylor@ed.ac.uk
Marian Thomson GenePool (GenePool) Marian.Thomson@ed.ac.uk
Urmi Trivedi GenePool urmi.trivedi@ed.ac.uk
Kathryn Watt Nussey Group kwatt2@staffmail.ed.ac.uk
Claire Webster Obbard Group Claire.Webster@ed.ac.uk
Ian White Knott Group i.m.s.white@ed.ac.uk
Philip Wilson Little Group phil.wilson@ed.ac.uk

Technical Staff

Name Group / Position Email Address
Martyn Baker Kruuk Group Martyn.Baker@ed.ac.uk
Helen Borthwick Charlesworth Group Helen.Borthwick@ed.ac.uk
Cathlene Eland GenePool Cathlene.Eland@ed.ac.uk
Philip Ellis Pemberton Group Philip.Ellis@ed.ac.uk
Giada Ferrari Technical Assistant giada.ferrari@ed.ac.uk
Andrew Gillies GenePool (GenePool) Andrew.Gillies@ed.ac.uk
Stewart Laing GenePool (GenePool) slaing@staffmail.ed.ac.uk
Jenna Mann GenePool (GenePool) jmann3@staffmail.ed.ac.uk
Anna Montazam GenePool (GenePool) Anna.Montazam@ed.ac.uk
Ronnie Mooney Smiseth Group Ronnie.Mooney@ed.ac.uk
Alison Morris Kruuk Group amoore2@staffmail.ed.ac.uk
Miss Rebecca Muir Technical Assistant rmuir23@staffmail.ed.ac.uk
Jill Nicholls GenePool J.Lovell@ed.ac.uk
Jenna Nichols GenePool J.Paxton@ed.ac.uk
Shaun Robertson Technical Assistant Shaun.Robertson@ed.ac.uk
Karolina Szufnara GenePool kgrabara@staffmail.ed.ac.uk
Nicola Wrobel GenePool Nicola.Wrobel@ed.ac.uk

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