Lucy Gardner
Broadly, my research interests lie in the area of biodiversity conservation and the impacts of climate change on species. More specifically, I am interested in how climate change is effecting agriculture and the subsequent effect this will have on food security. I am also interested in whether it is possible to harmonise food production with biodiversity conservation, and for my undergraduate dissertation I considered this by reviewing ‘land sharing’ and ‘land sparing’ methods of farming. 

During my time as an undergraduate I also spent a year working at Kew Gardens, carrying out taxonomic research on the Cyperaceae family. This year fuelled my passion for research and is one of the main reasons why I decided to study for an MSc.

For my MSc, I am researching how climate change is effecting species extinction responses. Specifically, I will be looking at the world’s bird and mammal species, and will be using population viability analysis to model their extinction risks under future climate scenarios.

Most recently, due to my interests in science communication and citizen science, I have co-led a camera trapping project to get school children and university students interested in biodiversity

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Position:  MSc Student in the Department of Biosciences
Supervised by: Dr. Stephen Willis, Dr. Philip Stephens
Membership: Behaviour, Ecology and Evolution Research (BEER) Centre

Contact Details: Department of Biosciences,
                            Durham University, South Road, Durham, DH1 3LE.
                            Phone: +44 (0)191 3341252                      
                            Email: l.r.gardner@durham.ac.uk

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Education

2014-present    Masters by Research, Durham University
2010-2014        BSc (Hons) Biological Sciences with Industrial Placement, Durham University 

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Publications

Gardner, L.R., Weber, O. & Simpson, D.A. (2014) Cyperus beentjei, a new species of Cyperaceae from Tropical East Africa delimited through morphometric analysis. Kew Bulletin, 69 (2), 1-10.

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Selected Awards and Fellowships

Ustinov Global Citizenship Scholarship, Durham University , 2014
Highly Commended, The Undergraduate Awards, 2014