Team members – REEFS

Antonio Allegretti

Started 17 May 2019 0 0 0

Antonio is a Lecturer at Lancaster Environment Centre and a member of the REEFS group working with Christina Hicks for the FAIRFISH project (ERC Starter Grant). Antonio has a PhD in Anthropology (Manchester) and long-standing research experience...

Khatija Alliji

Started 30 April 2019 0 0 0

Khatija is a Research Councils UK (RCUK)-funded PhD at the University of Lancaster supervised by Dr James Robinson, Prof Nick Graham, Dr Casey Benkwitt and Prof Simon Brandl (University of Texas). After completing a degree in Marine Biology at...

Eddie Allison

Started 17 April 2019 0 0 0

Eddie is an interdisciplinary researcher with a background in marine biology, fisheries science and international development studies and interests in coastal and marine social-ecological systems, particularly small-scale fisheries. His work is...

Casey Benkwitt

Started 17 February 2019 0 0 0

Casey was a Research Fellow at Lancaster Environment Centre, and has worked with the REEFS team from 2018 to 2025. Her work aimed to enhance both our basic understanding and conservation of ecological processes, with a focus on the behavioural...

Matt Cato

Started 24 January 2019 0 0 0

Matt is an ECORISC CDT NERC funded PhD student at Lancaster Environment Centre. His internal supervisory team consists of Dr Imke Grefe, Prof Nick Graham and Prof Crispin Halsall. Externally, Matt is also supervised by Prof Pete Kille (Cardiff...

Cher Chow

Started 20 January 2019 0 0 0

Cher is a marine ecologist interested in how animals participate and are affected by ecosystem functioning and how functioning links with biodiversity. She is currently a Senior Research Associate working with James Robinson. Before joining LEC...

Ruth Dunn

Started 6 December 2018 0 0 0

Ruth is a Visiting Researcher at Lancaster Environment Centre. She has worked on the effects of seabird nutrients on coral reef ecology alongside Nick Graham and Casey Benkwitt. Ruth now works at the Centre d’Ecologie Fonctionnelle et...

Chaim Elchik

Started 3 December 2018 0 0 0

Chaim Chai Elchik is a PhD student at Lancaster University, funded by an ExaGeo PhD studentship and supervised by Dr Sally Keith, Prof Christopher Nemeth, Dr David Roy (Lancaster University), and Dr Christopher Cooney (University of...

Gemma Fenwick

Started 30 November 2018 0 0 0

Gemma is a Lecturer in Lancaster Environment Centre. After graduating from the University of Essex with a degree in Marine and Freshwater Biology, Gemma took a contract lecturing coral reef ecology in Egypt, before returning to the UK to work for...

Molly Fowkes

Started 25 November 2018 0 0 0

Molly is a PhD student at Lancaster Environment Centre, funded by a Faculty Studentship and supervised by Dr David Jacoby, Dr Adam Piper (ZSL), and Dr Stephen Thackeray (UK Centre for Ecology and Hydrology). She holds an MSc in Marine Biology and...

Lisa Goberdhan

Started 22 November 2018 0 0 0

Lisa is a marine ecologist at Lancaster Environment Centre, working on the UKRI-funded project Ensuring Transformative Ecosystem Restoration in the Private Sector (ENTERPRISE). She joined LEC REEFS in 2026 after completing a PhD in Marine Biology...

Nick Graham

Started 9 November 2018 0 0 0

Nick is a Royal Society University Research Fellow and a Chair in Marine Ecology. Having completed his PhD at Newcastle University in the UK, he spent 7 years at the ARC Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies, at James Cook University...

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