People

Together with our international research partners, LEEP brings together experts from the diversity of social, economic and natural sciences needed to provide an integrated understanding of the ways in which these complex systems interact.

Team members

‌‌Directors

Professor Ian Bateman

(LEEP Institute)

Professor of Environmental Economics at the University of Exeter Business School and Director of the South West Partnership for Environment & Economic Prosperity (SWEEP)

Professor Brett Day

(LEEP Institute)

Professor of Environmental Economics at the University of Exeter Business School

Members

	Rebecca Abrahams	SWEEP Impact Officer at the University of Exeter
	Professor Martin Attrill	Professor of Marine Ecology at the University of Plymouth SWEEP Marine Co-Lead
	Professor Melanie Austen	Professor of Ocean and Society at the University of Plymouth SWEEP Marine Co-Lead
	Dr Sian de Bell	SWEEP Impact Fellow at the University of Exeter Medical School
	Dr Amy Binner	Senior Lecturer LEEP at the University of Exeter Business School (Currently on maternity leave)
	Dr Ross Brown	Senior Research Fellow at the Biological Sciences Department - University of Exeter SWEEP Impact Fellow
	Dr Arlan Brucal	Lecturer in Economics (Education and Research) at the University of Exeter Business School
	Wendy Cowell	Personal Assistant to Directors – LEEP Institute at the University of Exeter Business School (currently on secondment to RILD until January 2022)
	Dr Katrina Davis	LEEP Postdoctoral Research Fellow
	Rachel Deacon	Interim Personal Assistant to Directors – LEEP Institute at the University of Exeter Business School
	Dr Sabrina Eisenbarth	Lecturer in Economics (LEEP) at the University of Exeter Business School
	Dr Michela Faccioli	Research Fellow in Environmental Economics/SWEEP Impact Fellow at the University of Exeter Business School
	Dr Carlo Fezzi	Senior Lecturer (LEEP) at the University of Exeter Business School
	Professor Ben Groom	Professor of Economics and Dragon Capital Chair of Biodiversity Economics at the University of Exeter Business School
	Professor Guangtao Fu	Professor of Water Intelligence and SWEEP Principle Investigator at the Engineering Department - University of Exeter
	Professor Kevin Gaston	Professor of Biodiversity and Conservation and SWEEP Biodiversity and SME Lead at the Biological Sciences Department - University of Exeter
	Dr William Gaze	Professor of Microbiology and SWEEP Health Co-Lead at the College of Medicine and Health - University of Exeter
	Kate Hind	SWEEP Impact Fellow at the University of Business School
	Dr Tara Hooper	SWEEP Project Principal Investigator at the University of Plymouth
	Professor Alex Inman	Professor of Practice (LEEP) at the University of Business School
	Phillip Laws	LEEP and SWEEP Project Finance Assistant Manager at the University of Exeter
	Boyi Liang	Assiociate linke with Peking University
	Dr Christopher Lee	Lanscape Decision Fellow
	Dr Rebecca Lovell	Research Fellow and SWEEP Co-Investigator at the University of Exeter Medical School
	Dr Ilya Maclean	Associate Professor of Global Change Biology and SWEEP Co-Investigator at the Biological Sciences Department - University of Exeter
	Dr Mattia Mancini	LEEP Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the University of Exeter
	Professor Gerd Masselink	Professor of Coastal Geomorphology at the University of Plymouth SWEEP Coastal Protection Lead
	Dr Jonathan Mosedale	Associate Research Fellow and SWEEP Impact Fellow at the Biological Sciences Department - University of Exeter
	Professor Juliet Osborne	Chair in Applied Ecology and SWEEP Food Sector Lead at the Biological Sciences Department - University of Exeter
	Dr Nathan Owen (LEEP Institute)	Associate
	Dr Timothy Poate (University of Plymouth)	Senior Research Consultant at the University of Plymouth SWEEP Impact Fellow
	Dr Sian Rees	Associate Professor of Social-Ecological Systems (Research) at the University of Plymouth SWEEP Co-Investigator and Senior Impact Fellow
	Dr Dawn Scott	SWEEP Programme Manager at the University of Exeter Business School
	Samantha Starkey	SWEEP Communications Officer at the University of Plymouth
	Dr Kit Stokes	Senior Research Fellow (Impact) at the University of Plymouth SWEEP Impact Fellow
	Dr Diana Tingley	SWEEP Impact Evaluation Manager at the University of Exeter Business School
	Dr Grace Twinston-Davies	SWEEP Impact Fellow at the Biological Sciences Department - University of Exeter
	Professor Charles Tyler	Professor of Environmental Biology/Academic Lead and SWEEP Water Co-Lead at the Biological Sciences Department - University of Exeter
	Dr James Webber	SWEEP Research Fellow at the Engineering Department - University of Exeter
	Dr Ben Wheeler	SWEEP Senior Research Fellow at the College of Medicine and Health - University of Exeter
	Sara Zonneveld	SWEEP Impact Fellow at the Biological Sciences Department - University of Exeter (Currently on maternity leave)

PhD Students

Ben Balmford

(LEEP Institute)

PhD Researcher

Gemma Delafield

(LEEP Institute)

PhD Researcher

Frankie Cho

(LEEP Institute)

PhD Researcher

Affiliates and honorary members

Affiliates

	Mr Matthew Agarwala	University of East Anglia
	Dr Barnaby Andrews	University of East Anglia
	Tomas Badura	University of East Anglia
	Dr Angela Cassidy	University of Exeter
	Associate Professor Thiago Fonseca Morello Ramalho da Silva	Center for Engineering, Modeling and Applied Social Sciences (CECS) at UFABC
	Louis Haddrell	University of Exeter
	Associate Professor Solmaria Halleck-Vega	Wageningen University & Research
	Dr Amii Harwood	University of East Anglia
	Dr Keith Howe	University of Exeter
	Alex Rusby	Harrow School for Boys
	Dr Greg Smith	CSIRO
	Professor Michael Winter OBE	University of Exeter

Honorary appointments

	Professor Tim O’Riordan	Honorary Professor (University of East Anglia)
	Professor Kerry Turner	Honorary Visiting Professor (University of East Anglia)

Science Advisory Board

	Gretchen Daily	Bing Professor of Environmental Science at Stanford University
	Dieter Helm	Official Fellow in Economics at New College, Oxford, Professor of Energy Policy at the University of Oxford, Professorial Research Fellow of the Smith School of Enterprise and the Environment and Chair of the Natural Capital Committee
	Tim O’Riordan	Emeritus Professor of Environmental Sciences at the University of East Anglia
	Stephen Polasky	Regents Professor and the Fesler-Lampert Professor of Ecological/Environmental Economics at the University of Minnesota
	Sir Robert Watson	Director of Strategic Development at the Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research, University of East Anglia

Tribute to Professor Dame Georgina Mace CBE

It is with extreme sadness that we announce the passing of Professor Dame Georgina Mace CBE on 19th September 2020.

Remembering Georgina Mace