Current and past members of the group
Group Leader – Dr Simon Goodman
I undertook my PhD in the Department of Genetics, University of Cambridge and then moved to a post-doctoral position at the University of Edinburgh. This was followed by a Research Fellowship at the Institute of Zoology, Zoological Society of London, before joining the University of Leeds in 2004.
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Visiting Fellows
- Dr Laura Najera Cortazar – Conservation genomics of myotis bats in Baja Mexico
- Dr Elena Valsecchi – Marine eDNA
- Dr Lilia Dmitrieva – Caspian seal ecology and conservation
- Dr Jenny Dunn – Avian disease ecology
- Dr Leandro Patino – Galapagos giant tortoise disease ecology
PhD Students
- Betty Boyse- Monitoring marine vertebrates through eDNA
- Julia Lopez Delgado – Evolutionary genomics of Galapagos iguana species
- Harrison Tan – Population dynamics and climate change risks for Caspian seals
- Linas Svolkinas – Human impacts & biodiversity conservation in the Caspian region
- Liam Fitzpatrick – Disease Ecology of avian malaria in Galapagos
- David Orr – Evolution & genomics of lactation strategies in pinnipeds
Alumni
Past PhD students
- Laura Najera Cortazar
- Jude Lane
- Rebecca Thomas
- Leandro Patino
- Paddy Brock
- Lilia Dmitrieva
- Rose Cairns
- Gillian Eastwood
- Larisa Lee Cruz
- Arnaud Bataille
- Alex McCarthy
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