This section relates to colleagues in the Department - who to contact and how. Please visit Professional Services Org Chart to see a breakdown of PSS staff.

Environment & Geography Leadership Team (EGLT)

Our Environment and Geography Leadership Team (EGLT) are made up of Directors who lead the accountability structure. They meet every week to discuss upcoming issues and goals for the next quarter, year, and beyond!

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  Photo Name Role Email address Roland Gehrels Head of Department (HoD) environment-hod@york.ac.uk Nic Carslaw Deputy Head of Department and Director of Research (latter post until end of August 2023) nicola.carslaw@york.ac.uk Claire Hughes Deputy Head of Department c.hughes@york.ac.uk Adrian Gonzalez Director of Teaching & Learning adrian.gonzalez@york.ac.uk Ioan Fazey Director for Strategy ioan.fazey@york.ac.uk Bryce Stewart Director of Engagement & Partnerships bryce.stewart@york.ac.uk Samarthia Thankappan Director for Students samarthia.thankappan@york.ac.uk Daryl Stump Director of Sustainability daryl.stump@york.ac.uk Matthew Badham Deputy Head of Faculty Operations environment-dhfo@york.ac.uk Piran White Director of Research (in post from September 2023) piran.white@york.ac.uk

  
  

  
  

General Admin Support

'General admin' covers everything that isn't directly student or research related, including our PAs, HR, Finance, Media & Comms and more! For admin process support, please visit our general admin support and guidance wiki section.

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  PA support environment-pa@york.ac.uk Looked after by: Annabel Jackson and Chloe Mitchell (PA/Administrator) Use for: PA support for Roland and departmental staff meetings (Chloe); anything related to the rest of EGLT, EDC, DMT, staff purchasing, staff events, and the newsletter (Annabel). food-climate-society-pa@york.ac.uk Looked after by: Maimie Hume (PA to Sarah Bridle) Use for: PA support for Sarah Bridle; anything Food, Climate and Society-related. HR-related enquiries environment-hr@york.ac.uk Looked after by: Lucy Orange (Department Administration Manager) Use for: anything HR-related, including: FlexiLeave issues, sickness absence, probations, leaving the university, redundancy, contract changes, flexible working requests, maternity/paternity leave, inductions, new starters, PDRs, recruitment, GTAs, process improvement, anything wiki-related, staffing report and line management support. You can also visit the HR wiki section to view HR guidance and information. Finance environment-finance@york.ac.uk Looked after by: Maja Mackowska (Finance Assistant) Use for: Any financial enqueries. Any complex queries will be escalated to Naurin Fatima. You can also visit the Finance wiki section for lots of financial information.  Project-related linda.elvin@york.ac.uk Looked after by: Linda Elvin (CDT Admin Manager) Use for: Any CDT-related enquiries. jonathan.haslam@york.ac.uk Looked after by: Jonathan Haslam (AFN Project Manager (maternity cover)) Use for: Any AgriFood Network Plus enquiries. Media and Communications-related paul.drury-bradey@york.ac.uk Looked after by: Paul Drury-Bradey (Media and Communications Officer (for DEG)) Use for: Anything related to Media and Communications for the department. molly.watson@york.ac.uk Looked after by: Molly Watson (Media and Communications Officer (for Sarah Bridle)) Use for: Anything related to Media and Communications for the department.

  
  

Student Services and Careers

Our Student Services team cover all things student-related, and have different email addresses for different areas.  Our Careers colleagues support students through placements and in industry. For more information, please visit our Student Service and Careers wiki section.

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  General enquiries for academics and students environment@york.ac.uk Looked after by: James Alves and Rachel Vonderdell (Student Services Assistants) Use for: If in doubt, send your student-related enquiry here for triage. This is the best address to use if you want to circulate emails to students. Undergraduates environment-ugstudents@york.ac.uk Looked after by: Maria Gehrels, Rebecca Reid Rodrigues, Marie Robson (Student Services Administrators), Katariina Nara-Zanotti (Student Services Coordinator) Use for: specific enquiries relating to undergraduate students. Taught Postgraduates environment-pgtstudents@york.ac.uk Looked after by: Maria Gehrels, Rebecca Reid Rodrigues, Marie Robson (Student Services Administrators), Katariina Nara-Zanotti (Student Services Coordinator) Use for: specific enquiries relating to postgraduate taught students. Research Postgraduates environment-pgrstudents@york.ac.uk Looked after by: Maroula Hill (Student Services Administrator) Use for: specific enquiries relating to postgraduate research students. Student Services Manager environment-studentservicemanager@york.ac.uk Looked after by: Jackie Coates from Monday - Wednesday morning, Michelle Barton from Wednesday - Friday Use for: escalation of issues in the Student Services Team; more complex issues and enquiries relating to students. Assessments environment-assessments@york.ac.uk Looked after by: The Student Services Team Use for: anything relating to assessments.  York-Maastricht Partnership (YMP) amanda-pauw@york.ac.uk Looked after by: Amanda Pauw (YMP Student Services Coordinator) Use for: anything related to the York-Maastricht Partnership  Student Wellbeing robert.bennett@york.ac.uk Looked after by: Rob Bennett (DEG Student Wellbeing Officer) Use for: anything related to student wellbeing; directing students with wellbeing queries. Careers environment-careers@york.ac.uk Looked after by: Angela Purdham and Marie Robson look after Use for: anything to do with our Year in Industry and placement students and the department's employability activity. environment-sublim-ilo@york.ac.uk: Looked after by: Jenny Pollard (YMP Industry Liaison Officer) Use for: all Careers-related activity for our York-Maastricht Partnership students.

  
  

Research Support

Our Research Team support look after anything research-related, including: pre-award support, consultancy, research strategy, E&G Development Fund, Open Access and PURE, REF. Please visit the Research wiki section for more information and support.

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  Research Support General Enquiries environment-research@york.ac.uk Looked after by: Laura Smith (Research Facilitator) and Ciaran Ogilvie (Research Administrator) Use for: research-related enquiries, including: pre-award support 0advice, guidance on deadlines and internal processes, costing projects, drafting letters of support), consultancy, research strategy, E&G Development Fund, Open Access and PURE, REF. Ethics environment-ethics@york.ac.uk Looked after by: Colin McClean (on behalf of the Ethics Committee) Use for: ethics proposals, reviews and anything else ethics-related.

  
  

Technical and Operational Support

Our Technical team cover everything from labs and equipment to heath & safety and risk assessments. Please visit Technical Support to see a breakdown of Technical staff, as well as further information about Geography Research technical support.

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  General laboratory or technical enquiries environment-technicians@york.ac.uk Looked after by: The Laboratory Technical Team: Luke Andrews, Blaine Hancock (Technicians) Dave Hay (Technical Operations Manager), Matt Pickering (Experimental Officer), Debs Sharpe (Laboratory Technician), Rebecca Sutton (Senior Research Technician) Use for: all general laboratory or technical enquiries Health and Safety environment-safety@york.ac.uk Looked after by: Dave Hay (Technical Operations Manager / Departmental Safety Adviser) Use for: all health & safety issues, including risk and CoSHH assessments Computing issues, Technical Management, Building Issues, Car Hire dave.hay@york.ac.uk  Looked after by: Dave Hay (Technical Operations Manager / Departmental Safety Adviser) Use for: any of these ad hoc enquiries.

  
  

Other useful contacts and links

University Directory

Find colleagues around the University via the Directory.

Timetabling

Get in touch with our timetabling contact via timetabling@york.ac.uk or extension 4500. Our Department Timetabler is Nadine Riley.

Marketing

For general marketing enquiries, contact marketing-support@york.ac.uk.

Environment occupancy master sheet

An oversight of all staff members and their office space.

DEG non-personal email addresses

All the departmental non-personal email addresses, with information on who owns them and what the email is for. 

DEG academic admin roles

Details of all of the academic admin roles within the department.