{"id":349,"date":"2021-12-03T11:50:45","date_gmt":"2021-12-03T11:50:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/gcrf-tropical\/?page_id=349"},"modified":"2022-08-12T10:58:44","modified_gmt":"2022-08-12T09:58:44","slug":"reading-team","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/gcrf-tropical\/about\/meet-the-team\/reading-team\/","title":{"rendered":"Reading Team"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<h3><strong>Dr Deepa Senapathi &#8211; Principal Investigator<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-380 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/gcrf-tropical\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/176\/2021\/12\/Deepa-Sena-website-crop-295x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"292\" height=\"297\" \/>Dr Deepa Senapathi&#8217;s research focuses on the impacts of environmental change on biodiversity and ecosystem services. To date, she has worked in both tropical and temperate systems and assessed the effects of climate change and land-use change on avian populations and insect pollinator communities. Dr Senapathi also works as a knowledge exchange fellow with different stakeholder communities including policymakers, non-government organisations, delivery agencies and land managers. You can learn more about Dr Senapathi&#8217;s research <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reading.ac.uk\/apd\/staff\/g-d-senapathi.aspx\">here.<\/a>[\/vc_column_text][vc_separator][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<h3><strong>Professor Simmon Potts &#8211; Co-Investigator<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-257 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/gcrf-tropical\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/176\/2021\/11\/SGP-with-bee-hi-res-279x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"279\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/gcrf-tropical\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/176\/2021\/11\/SGP-with-bee-hi-res-279x300.jpg 279w, https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/gcrf-tropical\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/176\/2021\/11\/SGP-with-bee-hi-res-953x1024.jpg 953w, https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/gcrf-tropical\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/176\/2021\/11\/SGP-with-bee-hi-res-768x826.jpg 768w, https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/gcrf-tropical\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/176\/2021\/11\/SGP-with-bee-hi-res-1429x1536.jpg 1429w, https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/gcrf-tropical\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/176\/2021\/11\/SGP-with-bee-hi-res-1905x2048.jpg 1905w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 279px) 100vw, 279px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Professor Simon Potts&#8217; areas of interest include; understanding the relationships between land use, biodiversity and ecosystem services, food security: role of biodiversity and ecosystem services in food production, developing evidence-based adaptation and mitigation options for policy and management applications, conservation of pollinators and sustainable management of pollination services. Find out more about Professor Potts&#8217; research <a href=\"http:\/\/www.reading.ac.uk\/staff\/s-g-potts\">here<\/a>.[\/vc_column_text][vc_separator][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<h3><strong>Dr Michael Garrett &#8211; Co-Investigator<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-255 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/gcrf-tropical\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/176\/2021\/11\/Mike-Garratt-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"291\" height=\"218\" srcset=\"https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/gcrf-tropical\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/176\/2021\/11\/Mike-Garratt-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/gcrf-tropical\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/176\/2021\/11\/Mike-Garratt-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/gcrf-tropical\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/176\/2021\/11\/Mike-Garratt-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/gcrf-tropical\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/176\/2021\/11\/Mike-Garratt-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/gcrf-tropical\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/176\/2021\/11\/Mike-Garratt-2048x1536.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 291px) 100vw, 291px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Dr Michael Garrett&#8217;s research focuses on invertebrate ecology in the agri-environment and primarily the impacts of farming practice and land management on the ecosystem services of pest control and pollination underpinning crop production.\u00a0 He has worked in a number of cropping systems including arable, soft fruit and top fruit production and his research is applied and often industry-funded. You can find out more about Dr Garrett&#8217;s research <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reading.ac.uk\/apd\/staff\/m-p-garratt.aspx\">here.<\/a>[\/vc_column_text][vc_separator][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<h3><strong>Dr Tom Breeze &#8211; Co-Investigator<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-282 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/gcrf-tropical\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/176\/2021\/11\/me-240x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"240\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/gcrf-tropical\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/176\/2021\/11\/me-240x300.jpg 240w, https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/gcrf-tropical\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/176\/2021\/11\/me-819x1024.jpg 819w, https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/gcrf-tropical\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/176\/2021\/11\/me-768x960.jpg 768w, https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/gcrf-tropical\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/176\/2021\/11\/me.jpg 1080w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 240px) 100vw, 240px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Dr Tom Breeze is a research fellow working on the economic and social impacts of biodiversity loss. His work spans a variety of topics, from the economic benefits of biodiversity management and monitoring, to the resilience of food systems to pollinator losses. Tom also works on the Horizon 2020 project <a href=\"https:\/\/europabon.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-auth=\"NotApplicable\" data-linkindex=\"0\">EuropaBON<\/a> and the GFS Transforming Food Systems Project <a href=\"https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/food-system-equality\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-auth=\"NotApplicable\" data-linkindex=\"1\">FoodSEqual<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;[\/vc_column_text][vc_separator][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<h3><strong>Dr Selvakumar Dhandapani &#8211; Post Doctoral Research Assistant (PDRA)<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-256 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/gcrf-tropical\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/176\/2021\/11\/Selvakumar-Dhandapani-257x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"257\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/gcrf-tropical\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/176\/2021\/11\/Selvakumar-Dhandapani-257x300.jpg 257w, https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/gcrf-tropical\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/176\/2021\/11\/Selvakumar-Dhandapani.jpg 473w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 257px) 100vw, 257px\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">Dr Selvakumar Dhandapani&#8217;s past research was primarily focused on the\u202fimpacts of anthropogenic land-use changes and different oil palm cropping systems on biodiversity, peat biogeochemistry, microbial communities, and greenhouse gas emissions, and their complex interactions in tropical peatlands. Dr Dhandapani has fieldwork experience in 4 different countries covering different tropical and temperate ecosystems. He is interested in ecological, social and biodiversity impacts of global land-use changes and how scientific evidence can inform long term management of both natural and agricultural ecosystems around the world.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span>[\/vc_column_text][vc_separator][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<h3>Dr Bryony Willcox &#8211; Postdoctoral Research Assistant<\/h3>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-750 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/gcrf-tropical\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/176\/2022\/08\/bryony-wilcox-profile-pic-300x240.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"240\" srcset=\"https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/gcrf-tropical\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/176\/2022\/08\/bryony-wilcox-profile-pic-300x240.jpg 300w, https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/gcrf-tropical\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/176\/2022\/08\/bryony-wilcox-profile-pic-1024x819.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/gcrf-tropical\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/176\/2022\/08\/bryony-wilcox-profile-pic-768x614.jpg 768w, https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/gcrf-tropical\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/176\/2022\/08\/bryony-wilcox-profile-pic-1536x1228.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/gcrf-tropical\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/176\/2022\/08\/bryony-wilcox-profile-pic.jpg 2017w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>Dr Bryony Willcox\u2019s research focuses on the biodiversity that provide ecosystem services, such as pollination and natural pest control, in agricultural systems. Areas of interest include how farming practices and land use management impact on insect communities, service provisioning and crop outcomes and how data from remote sensing can be incorporated into this research to improve our understanding and modelling capabilities. She has worked in several crop systems in temperate and tropical regions, and most recently within smallholder communities exploring how ecological intensification can enhance biodiversity and livelihoods.[\/vc_column_text][vc_separator][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Dr Deepa Senapathi &#8211; Principal Investigator Dr Deepa Senapathi&#8217;s research focuses on the impacts of environmental change on biodiversity and ecosystem services. 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