Dr Philip Stephens is at Sassari University, Sardinia, as a ‘Visiting Professor’ this week. He is visiting the “Dipartimento di Zoologia e Genetica Evoluzionistica” and working with Dr Stefano Grignolio and Prof. Marco Apollonio on various projects and initiatives associated with large mammal ecology. And hopefully swimming in a sea a bit warmer than the one here!
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On Friday 4 July, we celebrated the graduation of four members of the Conservation Ecology Research Group. Receiving PhDs were Miranda Davis, Georgina Palmer and Tom Mason, while Bethan Hindle received her MRes. The graduation ceremony occurred in the historic Durham Cathedral which is a World Heritage Site. Friends and family attended from far and wide and gathered on the Palace Green to celebrate the conferring of these degrees. Unfortunately Tom Mason could not attend because he is currently living in Quebec, Canada, as a postdoctoral researcher at Laval University. All four have been as successful following their degrees as they were during them, securing research positions at other Universities around the world. Members of CEG DUrham and the School of Biology on the Palace Green Stephen Willis, Miranda Davis and Georgina Palmer Miranda Davis, Bethan Hindle and Georgina Palmer on the Palace Green after the conferring of their degrees.
Andrew Rogers, is a visiting researcher in our group, who recently started fieldwork in Borneo. Andrew was lucky enough to get video coverage of the Bornean bearded pig, Sus barbatus, at night using a camera trap. Andrew is working at the Danum Valley Conservation Area in Malaysian Borneo alongside researchers from Sheffield University collecting carbon data in primary and logged lowland rainforest. Turns out photographing wildlife in primary rain forest with a 60+ meter canopy is hard work, but Andrew is gradually honing his skills and has some photographs to prove it:
Stay tuned for more Borneo updates from Andrew or follow us on twitter!
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