The University of Sheffield
Department of Animal and Plant Sciences

Opportunities for International Applicants

We welcome applications from overseas students in the following research areas. If these do not interest you, you may also wish to view the full range of research topics within our department.

Research Area Supervisor
Evolutionary biology Dr Rhonda Snook
Climate change and ecology Dr Gareth Phoenix
Large scale patterns in diversity across the Tree of Life Dr Gavin Thomas
Environmental change, biodiversity and ecosystems Dr Karl Evans
Human behavioural ecology Dr Virpi Lummaa
Evolutionary developmental biology Dr Gareth Fraser
Agriculture, ecology and evolution Dr Colin Osborne
The immunity of pest insects Professor Michael Siva-Jothy
Ecosystem services and urban ecology Dr Philip Warren
Eco-evolutionary dynamics Dr Patrik Nosil
Large-scale dynamics of marine biodiversity Dr Tom Webb
Freshwater ecology, pollution biology and ecotoxicology Professor Lorraine Maltby
Dangerous liaisons in the soil: how do orchids parasitise fungi? Dr Duncan Cameron