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Professional Services Staff

General Enquiries
Department of Environment and Geography
University of York
YO10 5NG
Telephone number: +44(0) 1904 322999
email:environment@york.ac.uk 

Instagram: uoyenvandgeo   
Twitter: YorkEnvironment

 

Deputy Head of Faculty Operations (Environment and Geography)

 

Lucy Orange
Deputy Head of Faculty Operations (Environment and Geography)
Tel: +44 (0)1904 326502
environment-dhfo@york.ac.uk

  • Overall responsibility for all business processes and professional services support
  • Planning and financial management
  • HR and recruitment processes
  • Member of the Department Leadership Team
 

Student Services Team

 

Michelle Barton (Wed-Fri)
Student Services Manager
Tel: +44 (0)1904 32 6851
environment-studentservicemanager@york.ac.uk

  • Student experience (collectively and individually)
  • Administration & operational support for teaching & learning
  • Welfare & student progress
  • Strategic development of student services operations
  • Relationships with university services related to students/teaching
 

Jackie Coates (Monday - Wednesday morning)
Student Services Manager
Tel +44 (0)1904 32 5040
jackie.coates@york.ac.uk

  • Student experience (collectively and individually)
  • Administration & operational support for teaching & learning
  • Welfare & student progress
  • Strategic development of student services operations
  • Relationships with university services related to students/teaching

Dr Katariina Nara-Zanotti
Student Services Coordinator
Tel: +44 (0)1904 32 1971
katariina.nara-zanotti@york.ac.uk

  • Handling escalated student enquiries, welfare and student progress
  • Oversight and continuous improvement of student administration processes, including assessment and module evaluation
  • Coordination of the Department's VLE provision
  • Deputy to the Student Services Manager and coordination of day-to-day office operations
 

Nadine Hodson
Timetabling Officer
nadine.hodson@york.ac.uk 

  • Part of the Timetabling Services team
  • Development and maintenance of the Department’s timetable
 

Rachel Vonderdell
Student Support Assistant 
environment@york.ac.uk 

  • Dealing with general enquiries
  • Supporting the welfare of students and administrating Exceptional Circumstances affecting
    Assessment (ECA) and Student Support Plans (SSP)
  • Processing assessments
  • General administrative duties including booking rooms, travel and accommodation 


Rebecca Reid Rodrigues
Student Services Administrator (Undergraduate/MEnv & PGT)
Tel: +44 (0)1904 32 4769
environment-pgtstudents@york.ac.uk
environment-pgtstudents@york.ac.uk

  • Maintaining the UG/MEnv and PGT student records
  • Processing assessments and feedback
  • Responding to queries in relation to the administration of  the UG/MEnv and PGT programmes of study
  • Supporting the welfare of students and administrating Exceptional Circumstances affecting Assessment (ECA) and Student Support Plans (SSP)
  • Other Administrative duties including room booking, catering and accommodation arrangements 

Maroula Hill 
Student Services Administrator
Tel: +44 (0)1904 324068

  • First point of contact for postgraduate research students and teaching staff handling queries across all postgraduate research matters
  • Maintenance of PGR student records, including admissions, enrolment, progression, examination and awards
  • Oversight of scholarships, studentships and DTPs
  • Support for internal exam boards
  • Support for the Department's recruitment and admissions activity
 

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Dr Maria Gehrels
Student Services Admnistrator
maria.gehrels@york.ac.uk

 

Amanda Pauw
YMP (York-Maastricht Programme) Student Services Coordinator
amanda.pauw@york.ac.uk

 

Careers & Employability 

 

Jenny Pollard
YMP (York-Maastricht Programme) Industry Liaison Officer
Tel: +44 (0)1904 322996

  • External engagement
  • Management of placement programmes 
  • Careers Liaison Officer 
  • Mental Health First Aider
 

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Angela Purdham
Industry Liaison Officer
angela.purdham@york.ac.uk
environment-careers@york.ac.uk 

  • External engagement
  • Management of placement programmes (UG and PG)
  • Employability advice and support
  • Mental Health First Aider 

Research Support

 


Laura Smith
Research Facilitator
Tel: +44 (0)1904 32 4063
environment-research@york.ac.uk

  • Management of departmental research support
  • Help with research grant proposals
  • Management of current research and consultancy projects
  • REF support
 

Ciaran Ogilvie
Research Administrator
environment-research@york.ac.uk

 

Technical Operations

 

Hay, Dave

Dave Hay 
Health & Safety and Technical Manager
Tel: +44 (0)1904 324071


  • Management of departmental technical teams and facilities
  • Departmental Safety Manager
  • Departmental Radiation Protection Supervisor
  • Management of building, laboratory, security and IT operations
  • Responsible for technical budget management and purchasing operations

Anthony Jones
Research Technician
Tel: +44 (0)1904 324788

  • Carrying out field work at sites in the Yorkshire Dales including water sampling and greenhouse gas flux measurement
  • Overseeing laboratory analysis of peat and water samples 
  • Data input, writing standard operating procedures and risk assessing work associated with the project 
  • Supporting project students (undergraduate and postgraduate) in their laboratory and fieldwork

Dr Matt Pickering
Experimental Officer
Tel: +44 (0)1904 324788

  • Laboratory support of environmental analytical chemistry research.
  • Providing technical support and training on analytical instrumentation to staff and students.
  • Responsibility for gas chromatography (GC-MS and GC-FID), liquid chromatography (HPLC) and ion chromatography instruments including maintenance, troubleshooting and analytical method development.
  • To assist the reporting of analytical data as a contribution to research reports.
  • Stock control of chemicals, consumables and equipment relating to the chromatography facility. 
 

Rebecca Sutton
Senior Research Technician
Tel: +44 (0)1904 324788




  • Support to departmental research staff
  • Support of students engaged in research projects at BSc and MSc/PhD level
  • Laboratory organisation including purchasing, instrument specification etc
  • Provision of instruction and training to members of academic and research staff in detailed and safe usage of complex laboratory equipment
  • Maintenance, operation and troubleshooting of key specialised analytical instrumentation
  • Advice on the handling and disposal of hazardous laboratory chemicals. 
 
Deborah Sharpe
Laboratory Technician
Tel: +44 (0)1904 324788


  • To assist with operation and maintenance of lab equipment
  • Preparation of experimental and stock solutions for teaching purposes
  • General housekeeping of teaching labs.
  • Disposal of chemical waste and glass
  • Stock control of chemicals, consumables and lab equipment
  • To assist in the operation of department field trips 
 


Mark Tolley
Departmental Computing Officer
Tel: +44 (0)1904 324191
mark.tolley@york.ac.uk

  • 1st and 2nd line IT support (at desk, telephone and remote support)
  • Software installation and deployment
  • New IT installations and upgrades of existing equipment
  • Advice and guidance with all IT matters
  • Asset management 
  • Environment website management 
 

Tom Chapman
Graduate Research Software Engineer
tom.chapman@york.ac.uk

 

Caroline Swann
Research Technician
caroline.swan@york.ac.uk

 

Luke Andrews
Field Technician
luke.andrews@york.ac.uk

 
General Administration, Finance & Marketing  

Role currently vacant
Department Administration Manager
environment-hr@york.ac.uk

  • Oversight, documentation and continuous improvement of general administrative processes across the Department
  • Support for departmental HR processes and record-keeping
  • Support for equality, diversity and inclusivity activity
  • Support for sustainability activity
  • Management of casual workers
  • Executive support to the E&G Leadership Team

Chloe Mitchell 
PA / Administrator to HoD   
Tel: +44 (0)1904 32 8640
environment-pa@york.ac.uk

  • Meeting, travel and accommodation support for the HoD
  • Diary management for the HoD
  • Email management for the HoD inbox
  • Finance support for the HoD and department
  • Servicing the departmental staff meetings
  • General administrative duties

Annabel Jackson
PA / Administrator to EGLT
environment-pa@york.ac.uk

  •  Booking meetings, travel and accommodation for EGLT members
  • Diary management for EGLT members
  • Raising POs and processing expenses
  • Servicing the EGLT, DMT and EDC meetings
  • Administrating the staff newsletter
  • General administrative duties

Naurin Fatima
Management Accountant 
n.fatima@york.ac.uk

  • Management Accountant for Department of Environment & Geography and Stockholm Environment Institute
 

Maja Mackowska
Finance Assistant
environment-finance@york.ac.uk 

  • Handling invoices, expenses claims, and general financial processing
  • Ensures compliance with University financial regulations 

Maimie Hume
PA/Administrator for Professor Sarah Bridle
PA to PI on AgriFood Network Project envr553@york.ac.uk

 

Linda Elvin
CDT Admin Manager
linda.elvin@york.ac.uk 

 
Stockholm Environment Institute at York   


Sarah West

Centre Director

  • Centre Director for SEI York 

Emma Holland 
Executive Assistant, SEI-Y
Tel: +44 (0)7552 285885
emma.holland@york.ac.uk

  • Executive support for SEI-Y Director
  • Oversight of administrative functions within SEI-Y 

Sam Bland
Software Developer
sam.bland@sei.org

  • Software development for a number of  environmental models and tools
  • Data visualisation
  • Interactive user interface design.
  • Urban simulation 

Frances Dixon
Communications Manager
frances.dixon@sei.org

  • Designing and implementing communication strategies
  • Content developer for infographics and videos
  • Editing and copywriting content for different audiences
  • Policy engagement
  • Online event planning (seminars, workshops etc.) 


Anwen Hughes
Research Manager
Tel: +44 (0)7552 285934
anwen.hughes@york.ac.uk

  • Research facilitation and management for SEI-Y 

 

Howard Cambridge
Research Support Group Manager
Tel: +44 (0)7552 285887
howard.cambridge@york.ac.uk

 

  • Provision of IT, communications, software development and spatial mapping services to SEI researches at York.
  • Developing creative approaches for engaging different stakeholders including focus groups and participatory mapping.
  • Development of online tools, bespoke software and apps. 

Trudy Stapley
SEI-Y Administrative Assistant
Tel: +44 (0)7552 285 895
trudy.stapley@york.ac.uk

 

Douglas Wang
Software Developer
douglas.wang@sei.org

  • Software developer of user interfaces for research tools and management planning
  • Agile development using programming (Python/Django) and server side scripting languages (PHP / JavaScript) both for local use and in online, cloud-based, environments.
  • Full stack web development using HTML, CSS, JavaScript for web-based interface design and web-based GIS techniques using  GeoServer, OpenLayers, Leaflet/MapBox. 

Lizzie White 
SEI-Y Adminstrator
Tel: +44 (0)7552 285885
lizzie.white@york.ac.uk

 

Lucy Way
Project Coordinator
lucy.way@sei.org

 

Juri Kirby

Research Support Officer
juri.kirby@sei.org

 

Victoria Beale
Communications Specialist
victoria.beale@sei.org

 

Rhian Ebrey
Project Coordinator
rhian.ebrey@sei.org

 

Thomas Holmes
Research Technician
tom.holmes@york.ac.uk

 

Connie O'Neill
Project Coordinator
connie.oneill@sei.org

 

Joe Simpson
Research Assistant
joe.simpson@sei.org

 

John Werboweckjy
Communications Specialist
john.werboweckjy@sei.org

 

Chris West
Deputy Center Director (Research)
chris.west@sei.org

 

Eve Palmer
Research Assistant
ep933@york.ac.uk 

 

Rebecca Newman
Research Assistant
rebecca.newman@sei.org