Our people
Postgraduate students with an interest in climate change involved in the Priestley Climate Scholars programme of engagement and professional development.
Priestley Scholars
| Name | School | Job title | Areas of expertise |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alisha Ault | Earth and Environment | PhD researcher | Just transition, energy transition, adaptation and mitigation, critical minerals |
| Hannah Barnett | Geography | PhD researcher | Glacier detachment events and surges, remote sensing and GIS, risk and hazard |
| Jack Dalton | Civil Engineering | PhD researcher | Climate resiliency of WASH systems, greenhouse gas generation |
| Prahelika Deka | Geography | PhD researcher | Climate futures, creative arts-based methods |
| Fanhui Dong | Earth and Environment | PhD researcher | Disaster and community-based disaster management |
| Catriona Flesher | Law, Earth and Environment | PhD researcher | Loss and damage, climate law, human rights impacts of climate change |
| Mawaddah Ghazali | LUBS | Postgraduate Researcher | Healthcare Organisation resilience-adaptation |
| Abdur Rahim Hamidi | Earth and Environment | PhD researcher | Climate change; flooding; vulnerability; resilience; adaptation; governance |
| James Latham | Earth and Environment | Postgraduate Researcher | Energy demand reduction |
| Wenting Li | Civil Engineering | PhD researcher | Adaptive facades buildings and control system |
| Yutong Lu | Earth and Environment | PhD researcher | Regional climate change |
| Rose McCarthy | Chemistry | PhD researcher | Carbon capture |
| Megan Pickles | Institute for Transport Studies | Provisional PhD Student | Governance of energy demand reduction; environmental justice; participatory decision-making; place-based approaches to decarbonisation; policy alignment |
| Morven Rae-Seaman | Biology | PhD researcher | Coral reef adaptation to warming temperatures |
| Monica Stenzel | Philosophy, Religion and History of Science | PhD researcher | Circular economy, sustainable textiles |
| Kulankana Theivendrarajah | Geography | Postgraduate Researcher | GHGs |
| Shariq Waheed | Sociology & Social Policy | Postgraduate Researcher | Environmental Sociology, Climate Futures, Environmental Behavior, Youth & Environment |
| James Wallace | Civil Engineering | PhD researcher | Climate resilience of vulnerable communities |