Meet our COP27 team

Several members of staff and alumni from the University of Leeds will be involved in COP27 in Sharm El Sheikh. Find out more about some of them below.

Aya Al-sharqawy

Environmental researcher, entrepreneur and University of Leeds alumna

Sumedha Basu

Postdoctoral Research Fellow

Francesca Giliberto

Research Fellow on Heritage for Global Challenges

Simon Lewis

Professor, Global Change Science

Nicole Nisbett

Postdoctoral Research Fellow in Climate Politics

Luba Pirgova-Morgan

Research Fellow

Rebecca Sarku

Research Fellow in Climate Change and Food Systems

Bianca van Bavel

Postdoctoral Research Fellow in Climate Change and Health

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