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Roman Arguello

Dr Roman Arguello

Lecturer in Genetics, Genomics and Fundamental Cell Biology

School of Biological and Behavioural Sciences
Queen Mary University of London

arguellolab.org

evolutionary genomics, sensory neurobiology, evo-devo, behaviour

Caroline Brennan

Prof Caroline Brennan

Professor of Molecular Genetics
Interim Head of School

School of Biological and Behavioural Sciences
Queen Mary University of London
020 7882 8888

www.qmul.ac.uk/sbbs/staff/carolinebrennan.html

zebrafish, development, comparative cognition, addiction, neurobiology

Richard Buggs

Prof Richard Buggs

Professor of Evolutionary Genomics
Senior Research Leader (Plant Health & Adaptation) at Royal Botanic Gardens Kew

School of Biological and Behavioural Sciences
Queen Mary University of London

www.qmul.ac.uk/sbbs/staff/richardbuggs.html

genomics, speciation, tree health, hybridisation, polyploidy, genetics

Elisabeth Busch-Nentwich

Dr Elisabeth Busch-Nentwich

Senior Lecturer in Organismal Biology

School of Biological and Behavioural Sciences
Queen Mary University of London

buschlab.org

Functional Genomics, Disease Modeling, Developmental Biology

Tanai Cardona

Dr Tanai Cardona

Reader in Synthetic Biology and Biotechnology

School of Biological and Behavioural Sciences
Queen Mary University of London

www.qmul.ac.uk/sbbs/staff/dr-tanai-cardona---.html

Photosynthesis, Photosystem, Directed Evolution, Molecular Evolution, Cyanobacteria

Alexandre De Mendoza Soler

Dr Alexandre De Mendoza Soler

School of Biological and Behavioural Sciences
Queen Mary University of London

www.qmul.ac.uk/sbbs/staff/alexandre-de-mendoza-soler.html
Mario dos Reis

Dr Mario dos Reis

Reader in Statistical Phylogenetics

School of Biological and Behavioural Sciences
Queen Mary University of London

dosreislab.github.io/

Phylogenetics, Molecular Evolution, Genomics, Population Genetics

Viji Draviam Sastry

Prof Viji Draviam Sastry

Professor of Cell and Molecular Biology

School of Biological and Behavioural Sciences
Queen Mary University of London

www.draviamlab.uk/

Cell division, Cytoskeleton, Genomic Instability, Proteomics, Genomic variants, Cancer cell biology

Christophe Eizaguirre

Prof Christophe Eizaguirre

Professor of Evolutionary and Conservation Genetics
Head of Biology Department

School of Biological and Behavioural Sciences
Queen Mary University of London

www.qmul.ac.uk/sbbs/staff/christopheeizaguirre.html

Conservation, Genomics, Endangered Species, Sea Turtles

Mohamed Elbadawi

Dr Mohamed Elbadawi

Lecturer in Computational Physiology / Biomedicine

School of Biological and Behavioural Sciences
Queen Mary University of London

www.qmul.ac.uk/sbbs/staff/dr-mohamed-elbadawi.html
Maurice Elphick

Prof Maurice Elphick

Professor of Animal Physiology and Neuroscience

School of Biological and Behavioural Sciences
Queen Mary University of London

www.qmul.ac.uk/sbbs/staff/mauriceelphick.html

Neuropeptide, Evolution, Neurobiology, Echinoderm, Physiology

Christoph Engl

Dr Christoph Engl

School of Biological and Behavioural Sciences
Queen Mary University of London

www.qmul.ac.uk/sbbs/staff/christophengl.html
Laurent Frantz

Dr Laurent Frantz

School of Biological and Behavioural Sciences
Queen Mary University of London

Maxim Freydin

Dr Maxim Freydin

School of Biological and Behavioural Sciences
Queen Mary University of London

www.qmul.ac.uk/sbbs/staff/maxim-freydin.html
Matteo Fumagalli

Dr Matteo Fumagalli

Senior Lecturer in Genetics

School of Biological and Behavioural Sciences
Queen Mary University of London

www.qmul.ac.uk/sbbs/staff/matteo-fumagalli.html

population genetics, bioinformatics, machine learning, evolutionary biology, human evolution

Lee Henry

Dr Lee Henry

Reader in Molecular Microbial Ecology
Centre Lead

School of Biological and Behavioural Sciences
Queen Mary University of London

www.qmul.ac.uk/sbbs/staff/leehenry.html
Paul Hurd

Dr Paul Hurd

Reader in Genome Regulation and Epigenetics

School of Biological and Behavioural Sciences
Queen Mary University of London

qmulepigenetics.com/hurd

Honey bee, Functional Genomics, Epigenetics, Chromatin, Phenotypic plasticity

Pavel Kratina

Dr Pavel Kratina

Senior Lecturer in Ecology

School of Biological and Behavioural Sciences
Queen Mary University of London

www.qmul.ac.uk/sbbs/staff/pavelkratina.html
Nadine Lavan

Dr Nadine Lavan

Lecturer in Biological Psychology

School of Biological and Behavioural Sciences
Queen Mary University of London

www.qmul.ac.uk/sbbs/staff/nadine-lavan.html

voice perception, identity perception, person perception, first impressions, face perception, emotion perception

Chema Martin Duran

Dr Chema Martin Duran

Reader in Organismal Biology

School of Biological and Behavioural Sciences
Queen Mary University of London

martinduranlab.com

EvoDevo, Animal embryology, Evolutionary biology, Comparative genomics, Epigenomics

Richard Nichols

Prof Richard Nichols

Professor of Evolutionary Genetics

School of Biological and Behavioural Sciences
Queen Mary University of London

www.qmul.ac.uk/sbbs/staff/richardnichols.html
Vicencio Oostra

Dr Vicencio Oostra

School of Biological and Behavioural Sciences
Queen Mary University of London

www.qmul.ac.uk/sbbs/staff/vicencio-oostra.html
Isabel Palacios

Dr Isabel Palacios

School of Biological and Behavioural Sciences
Queen Mary University of London

www.qmul.ac.uk/sbbs/staff/isabelpalacios.html
Charalampos (Babis) Rallis

Dr Charalampos (Babis) Rallis

Reader in Genetics, Genomics and Fundamental Cell Biology
Director of Industrial Innovation, Theme Leader for Genetics of Disease and Ageing

School of Biological and Behavioural Sciences
Queen Mary University of London

www.rallislab.org

Ageing, Metabolism, Fission yeast, Neurons, Senescence, Phenomics

Stephen Rossiter

Prof Stephen Rossiter

Professor of Molecular Ecology and Evolution

School of Biological and Behavioural Sciences
Queen Mary University of London
020 7882 5096

www.qmul.ac.uk/sbbs/staff/stephenrossiter.html

Molecular ecology, bat ecology and evolution, Mammalian phylogenetics, southeast Asian biodiversity

Angelika Stollewerk

Dr Angelika Stollewerk

School of Biological and Behavioural Sciences
Queen Mary University of London

www.qmul.ac.uk/sbbs/staff/angelikastollewerk.html
Peter Thorpe

Dr Peter Thorpe

Senior Lecturer in Biochemistry
Deputy Dean for Research - Impact

School of Biological and Behavioural Sciences
Queen Mary University of London

www.qmul.ac.uk/sbbs/staff/peterthorpe.html

cell division, chromosome segregation, kinetochore, cell cycle

Elena Torlai Triglia

Dr Elena Torlai Triglia

Lecturer in Genetics, Genomics & Fundamental Cell Biology

School of Biological and Behavioural Sciences
Queen Mary University of London

www.qmul.ac.uk/sbbs/staff/elena-torlai-triglia.html
Petra Ungerer

Dr Petra Ungerer

Technical Facilities Manager

School of Biological and Behavioural Sciences
Queen Mary University of London

www.qmul.ac.uk/sbbs/staff/petraungerer.html
Elisabetta Versace

Dr Elisabetta Versace

Senior Lecturer (Associate Professor)

School of Biological and Behavioural Sciences
Queen Mary University of London

www.preparedmindslab.org/

animal cognition, predispositions, experimental evolution, early cognition, crossmodality, dance science - positive psychology

Yannick Wurm

Prof Yannick Wurm

Professor of Evolutionary Genomics and Bioinformatics

School of Biological and Behavioural Sciences
Queen Mary University of London

www.qmul.ac.uk/sbbs/staff/yannickwurm.html

genome evolution, bioinformatics, ants, pollinators, pollinator health, social insects