UNIVERSITY OF EXETER - Key Persons


Glenn Slade

Oppenheimer-Turvill Doctoral Scholar in the Department of Geography, University of Exeter. Glenn is developing new fine-scale remote sensing methods to monitor invasive plant species occurrence and improve the reproducibility of measurements of plant traits in rangeland and savanna ecosystems.

Guy Lomax

Job Titles:
  • Doctoral Researcher Working on Measuring and Managing Rangeland Resilience With Remote Sensing to Understand the Impacts of Climate Change on African Rangeland and Livestock

Jake Dykes

Job Titles:
  • Development Coordinator for Funding International Partners
Development Coordinator for Funding International Partnerships, helping to maximise the impact of OPALS by helping to implement a new Funding Finder signposting awards that could help talented Africans join OPALS (Jake's short-term post was funded by UoE).

Stephanie Cherrington-Rimmel

Job Titles:
  • Head of Development for the Faculty of Environment, Science
Head of Development for the Faculty of Environment, Science and Economy. Steff has a background in developing partnerships and managing philanthropic income for the University, principally in environmental research. Steff is helping to develop additional projects expanding on the core OPALS programme.

Tom Powell

Job Titles:
  • Fellow at the Global Systems Institute
Oppenheimer Research Impact Fellow at the Global Systems Institute, University of Exeter. Tom has a broad background in ecology, geography and systems thinking, spanning food systems and land-use change, natural climate solutions, environmental monitoring & payments for ecosystem services, and community-led responses to environmental degradation. Tom helps to facilitate engagement with our partners, to co-design our research and maximise its real-world impacts.