St Andrews — Primary Supervision

Amber Cowans
Amber Cowans
PhD Student
2022 – present

How can conservation technology advance our understanding of recreational disturbance effects on wildlife, and how can pro-environmental behaviour be encouraged in outdoor recreationists?

Georgie Whittome
Georgie Whittome
PhD Student
2022 – present

Abundance and distribution of blue whales off the United States west coast over the last 30 years.

Oliver Hartley
Oliver Hartley
PhD Student
2024 – present

Developing data-to-decision AI supported workflows for applied conservation and management.

Sarah Rehman
Sarah Rehman
PhD Student
2024 – present

Using DNA to track how host movement shapes vector-borne disease dynamics in a water vole metapopulation in Assynt, Scotland.

Alessandro Araldi
Alessandro Araldi
PhD Student
2025 – present

SCR modelling for carnivores integrating camera trapping, genetic sampling, track surveys and Traditional Ecological Knowledge.

Jack Reidy
Jack Reidy
PhD Student
2026 – present

Investigating the impact of forestry plantations on ground-nesting birds and diversionary feeding to reduce predation and improve survival.

Liliana Tarrant Snedden
Liliana Tarrant Snedden
PhD Student
2026 – present

Exploring new ways to track ecosystem recovery using ecological complexity and key species to aid effective nature restoration.

Rekha Mohan
Rekha Mohan
PhD Student
2026 – present

Integrating diverse data types to map Africa's servals and forecast their survival in changing landscapes.

St Andrews — Co-Supervised

Savannah Rogers
Savannah Rogers
PhD Student
2020 – 2026

Spatial capture-recapture methods for data collected with moving detectors, including boat-based photo-ID surveys for dolphins.

Gordon Hannah
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PhD Student
2025 – present
Isabella Prado
Isabella Prado
PhD Student
2025 – present

Developing machine learning methods for squid fisheries monitoring in the Eastern Pacific.

Jiayi Liu
Jiayi Liu
PhD Student
2026 – present

Developing Hidden Markov Models for butterflies, snow leopards, and voles.

Sam Durston
Sam Durston
PhD Student
2026 – present

Assessing the effects of offshore windfarm development on seabirds and marine mammals, and comparing model performance for distribution and abundance estimation.

Co-Supervised Students

Gonçalo Ferrão da Costa
Gonçalo Ferrão da Costa
PhD Student
2020 – present
Univ. of Aveiro

Strengthening the analytical framework for wolf monitoring under environmental impact assessment procedures.

Jessica Frater
Jessica Frater
PhD Student
2025 – present
Univ. of Oxford

Investigating the ecology and social/moral psychology of deer culling in Scotland.

Charlie Willis
Charlie Willis
PhD Student
2026 – present
Durham Univ.

Balancing deer management, ecological recovery and traditional values in a charged land management context.

Joseph Davidson
Joseph Davidson
PhD Student
2026 – present
Univ. of Aberdeen

Predicting vole population cycles using raptor data to support conservation, farming, and forestry.

Morgan Moutte
Morgan Moutte
PhD Student
2026 – present
Univ. of Venda

How management practices and predator/non-predator species presence impact small antelope species ecology.

Muntasir Akash
Muntasir Akash
PhD Student
2026 – present
Durham Univ.

Occupancy, density and the ecology of terrestrial British mammals.

Albert Bonet Bigata
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PhD Student
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Univ. of Aberdeen
Rosie Irwin-Holbrey
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PhD Student
– – None
Univ. of Aberdeen
Seunyeon Lee
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PhD Student
– – None
Univ. of Aberdeen

Lab Alumni

Travis King Univ. of Washington 2018–2026
Yan Ru Choo 2022–2026
Lucy Perera-Romero Postdoc, Washington State University 2016–2024
Patricia Levasseur Postdoc, Smithsonian Environmental Research Center 2018–2022
Gonçalo Curveira-Santos Researcher, CIBIO 2018–2021
Joe Drake Postdoc, Ohio University 2016–2021
Benjamin Padilla Assistant Professor, Univ. of Texas at El Paso 2016–2020