Keiron Young
I am interested in population assessment and intensive conservation effort through policy management and practical applications. I have previously studied habitat connectivity and food availability of migratory salmonid species within rivers in Scotland. This research took me in an unusual direction of looking at habitats as a wider concept rather than species focused which mean that I could look at the wider impacts of removing river weirs on trophic changes. After my masters, I completed an internship at the Restoration Ecology and Management centre at The Wilds in Ohio, USA. I was involved in a successful breeding programme of the endangered American Burying Beetle and studied the effects of grassland management methodologies on the abundance and diversity of invertebrates. In 2021 I was approached by a non-profit organisation called the EarthLoveUnited Foundation that was interested on looking at carbon capture capabilities of marine ecosystems through seagrasses, algae and mangroves. I took over the research and innovation department and along with a team of researchers developed a new method of increasing the carbon capture capabilities of seagrasses and deployed these on our working site in Benin. The research was presented at COP 26 by our board members and collaborated with the Benin Government. I previously was involved within the consultancy sector that was involved with protected species licencing and responsible for multiple clans of badgers impacted by a large infrastructure project in the UK. The application of policy and habitat survey skills needed in this role was a good introduction into the research of badger populations within the whole of the UK. Position: PhD Student Supervised by: Prof. Philip Stephens, Prof. Russel Hill Research groups: Conservation Ecology Group (Durham University) Email: [email protected] Publications Nolan, A. K., Young, K. and Swab, R. 2020. ARTHROPOD RESPONSE TO PRAIRIE MANAGEMENT ON RECLAIMED MINE LAND IN APPALACHIA. Journal American Society of Mining and Reclamation 9(1). https://www.asrs.us/DOI/Journals/JASMR/2020v9i1/JASMR20010029-Nolan.pdf Education 2014-2015, MSc Wildlife Biology and Conservation 2010-2014 BSc Marine and Freshwater Biology |
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