Media directory

This is a directory of academic staff who are available, through arrangement with our Press Office, to speak to the media on their areas of expertise. 
  • Professor Adrian Taylor
    Professor in Health Services Research
    • Wellbeing
    • Mental health
    • Health psychology
    • Health inequalities
    • Exercise and physical activity
    • Health behaviour change
    • Motivation
    • Clinical trials
    • Epidemiology
    • Experimental methods
    • Randomised controlled trials
    • Systematic reviews
    School/Division: Peninsula Medical School (Faculty of Health)
  • Dr Matt Telfer
    Associate Professor of Physical Geography
    • Climate change
    • Geomorphology
    • Deserts
    • Dune formation
    • Pluto
    • Planetary surface processes
    School/Division: School of Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences (Faculty of Science and Engineering)
  • Professor Richard Thompson OBE FRS
    Director of the Marine Institute
    • Marine pollution
    • Plastic pollution
    • Marine debris
    • Microplastics
    • Marine biology
    • Plastics
    • Government policy
    • Marine litter
    School/Division: School of Biological and Marine Sciences (Faculty of Science and Engineering)
  • Dr Oliver Tills
    Senior Research Fellow
    • Climate change
    • Artificial intelligence
    • Marine biology
    • 3D printing
    • Developmental ecophysiology
    • Embryonic development
    • Phenomics
    • High content screening
    School/Division: School of Biological and Marine Sciences (Faculty of Science and Engineering)
  • Dr Simon Topping
    Associate Professor
    • History
    • American history
    • American civil rights
    • American popular culture
    • Black US soldiers and World War Two
    • American politics/elections/Republican Party
    • Northern Ireland and World War Two
    School/Division: School of Society and Culture (Faculty of Arts, Humanities and Business)
  • Dr John Tredinnick-Rowe
    Research Fellow in Advanced Clinical Practice
    • Revalidation
    • Medical education
    • Medical regulation
    • eHealth
    • Medical philosophy
    • Primary care
    • Ethnography
    • Mixed-methods
    • Qualitative research
    • Systematic reviews
    School/Division: School of Nursing and Midwifery (Faculty of Health)
  • Dr Sarah Tuck
    Lecturer in Maritime Business
    • Maritime commerce
    • Ports stakeholders
    • Grounded theory
    • Shipping and ports (environment)
    School/Division: Plymouth Business School (Faculty of Arts, Humanities and Business)
  • Dr Andrew Turner
    Associate Professor (Reader) in Environmental Sciences
    • Marine pollution
    • Plastic pollution
    • Estuarine chemistry
    • Environmental Impact Assessment
    • Marine chemistry
    • Toxins in consumer products
    • Mining waste
    School/Division: School of Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences (Faculty of Science and Engineering)
  • Professor Mathew Upton
    Associate Head of School (Research)
    • Microbiology
    • Molecular biology
    • Disinfection
    • Aquatic biofilms
    • Novel antimicrobials
    • Antibiotic resistance
    • Bacteria
    • Pathogens
    • Laboratory methods
    • Medical/pathological research
    School/Division: School of Biomedical Sciences (Faculty of Health)
  • Dr Alison Warren
    Associate Professor of Occupational Therapy
    • Dementia
    • Occupational therapy
    • Air travel
    • Practice placement models
    School/Division: School of Health Professions (Faculty of Health)
  • Dr Yinghui Wei
    Associate Head of School (Resources)
    • Applied statistics
    • Statistical methodology
    • Clinical trials
    • Observational studies
    School/Division: School of Engineering, Computing and Mathematics (Faculty of Science and Engineering)
  • Ms Penelope Welbourne
    Associate Professor in Social Work
    • Social work
    • Social services
    • Childcare
    • Sexual offences by young people
    School/Division: School of Health Professions (Faculty of Health)
  • Professor Liz Wells
    Emeritus Professor
    • Photography
    • Film and video (experimental)
    • Exhibitions
    • Contemporary practice
    • Arts debate
    • Arts criticism
    • Art and environment
    School/Division: School of Art, Design and Architecture (Faculty of Arts, Humanities and Business)
  • Dr Thomas Wennekers
    Associate Professor in Computational Neuroscience
    • Computational neuroscience
    • Brain modelling
    • Neural networks
    School/Division: School of Engineering, Computing and Mathematics (Faculty of Science and Engineering)
  • Dr Ben Whalley
    Associate Professor
    • Psychology
    • Mental health
    • Applied statistics
    • Bayesian statistics
    • Case–control studies
    • Clinical trials
    • Correlation study
    • Panel data analysis
    • Quantitative research
    • Randomised controlled trials
    • Rasch Analysis
    • Time-series analysis
    School/Division: School of Psychology (Faculty of Health)
  • Dr Hannah Wheat
    Senior Research Fellow in Dementia Research
    • Health services
    • Primary care
    • Analysing conversation
    • Qualitative research
    School/Division: Peninsula Medical School (Faculty of Health)
  • Dr John White
    Associate Professor (Senior Lecturer)
    • Marketing
    • Advertising
    • Branding
    • Marketing communications
    School/Division: Plymouth Business School (Faculty of Arts, Humanities and Business)
  • Dr Karen Wickett
    Lecturer in Early Childhood Studies
    • Creativity
    • Collaborations between the arts and cultural sector and Early Years settings
    • Learning environments for children and adults
    School/Division: Plymouth Institute of Education - School of Society and Culture (Faculty of Arts, Humanities and Business)
  • Dr Min Wild
    Honorary Research Fellow
    • Literature
    • 18th century literature
    • Rhetoric, persuasion, oratory
    • Christopher Smart
    • Literary theory
    • Philosophy
    School/Division: School of Society and Culture (Faculty of Arts, Humanities and Business)
  • Dr Graham Williamson
    Associate Professor in Adult Nursing
    • Nursing
    School/Division: School of Nursing and Midwifery (Faculty of Health)

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