Media directory

This is a directory of academic staff who are available, through arrangement with our Press Office, to speak to the media on their areas of expertise. 
  • Professor Janet Richardson
    Emeritus Professor
    • Sustainability
    • Nursing
    • Sustainability in health
    School/Division: School of Nursing and Midwifery (Faculty of Health)
  • Professor Verity Campbell Barr
    Director of Plymouth Institute of Education
    • Preschool
    • Childhood
    • Early education
    • Child-centred pedagogy
    • Nurseries
    • Childminder sustainability
    • Families
    School/Division: Plymouth Institute of Education (Faculty of Arts, Humanities and Business)
  • Professor Daniel Merrifield
    Professor of Aquaculture Health and Nutrition
    • Nutrition
    • Sustainable aquaculture
    • Aquaculture
    • Fish health
    • Food production
    • Probiotics
    • Prebiotics
    • Protein sources
    School/Division: School of Biological and Marine Sciences (Faculty of Science and Engineering)
  • Dr Victor Kuri
    Lecturer in Food Quality
    • Food safety
    • Food science
    • Food nutrition
    • Sustainable food
    • Food perception
    • Food quality
    School/Division: School of Biological and Marine Sciences (Faculty of Science and Engineering)
  • Professor Jon Shaw
    Head of School of Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences
    • Geography
    • Transport
    • Sustainable transport
    • Public transport
    • Transport policy
    • Air travel
    • Government policy
    • Trains
    School/Division: School of Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences (Faculty of Science and Engineering)
  • Dr Jennifer Rowntree
    Associate Professor in Ecological Genetics
    • Plant ecology
    • Mangrove forests
    • Biodiversity
    • Soil health
    • Ecological genetics
    • Sustainable agriculture
    • Food security
    School/Division: School of Biological and Marine Sciences (Faculty of Science and Engineering)
  • Professor Ralph Fyfe
    Professor
    • Climate change
    • Environmental change
    • Archaeology
    • Mapping
    • Sustainability
    • Deforestation
    • Human impact on the environment 
    • Pollen records
    School/Division: School of Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences (Faculty of Science and Engineering)
  • Dr Clare Pettinger
    Associate Professor in Public Health Dietetics
    • Nutrition
    • Public health dietetics
    • Public health nutrition
    • Food insecurity
    • Food justice
    • Food systems and sustainability
    School/Division: School of Health Professions (Faculty of Health)
  • Professor Will Blake
    Professor of Catchment Science
    • Soil erosion
    • River pollution
    • Catchment science
    • River basin science
    • Agriculture
    • Land and water degradation
    • UN Sustainable Development Goals and the environment
    School/Division: School of Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences (Faculty of Science and Engineering)
  • Professor Steve Goodhew
    Professor of Environmental Building and Discipline Leader
    • Building
    • Sustainable construction processes
    • Building physics
    • Thermal imaging
    • Natural building materials
    • Energy efficiency and buildings
    • Renovation of historic buildings
    • Traditional building techniques
    School/Division: School of Art, Design and Architecture (Faculty of Arts, Humanities and Business)

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