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Xin Liu

Posted on
23rd October 202531st July 2026

Xin Liu is a joint PhD student supervised by Professor Sandy Harrison of the University of Reading and Professor Xiaozhong Huang of Lanzhou University. His area of research focuses on…Read More >

Xin Liu

Lucas Ellison

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23rd October 202531st July 2026

Lucas Ellison was a PDRA at the University of Reading, where he used outputs from climate model ensembles to quantify uncertainties in current and future vegetation predictions arising from the…Read More >

Lucas Ellison

Mary-Ann Egbudom

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23rd October 202531st July 2026

Mary-Ann was the Data Manager and Scientific Programmer for the SPECIAL group, specializing in database cleaning, extraction, maintenance, and design, with a focus on ensuring comprehensive and accurate data collection…Read More >

Mary-Ann Egbudom

Yicheng Shen

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23rd October 202531st July 2026

Yicheng obtained her PhD from the SPECIAL research group where she worked on understanding how fire and plant traits interacted at a global scale. Yicheng is now an intern at…Read More >

Yicheng Shen

Theo Keeping

Posted on
23rd October 202531st July 2026

Theodore Keeping was a PhD student at University of Reading working under the supervision of Professors Sandy Harrison and Ted Shepherd at the University of Reading and Professor Colin Prentice…Read More >

Theo Keeping

Mengmeng Liu

Posted on
23rd October 202531st July 2026

Mengmeng Liu was a PDRA at the University of Reading where she focused on Earth system feedbacks. Many feedbacks in the Earth systems are positive (not equal to “good”, just…Read More >

Mengmeng Liu

Olivia Haas

Posted on
23rd October 202531st July 2026

Olivia was a PDRA at the University of Reading and a member of the Leverhulme Centre for Wildfires, Environment and Society. Her primary interest is exploring the impact of CO2…Read More >

Olivia Haas

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s.p.harrison@reading.ac.uk

or

s.l.cain@reading.ac.uk

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