Thomas Timberlake

The University of Leeds is offering a funded PhD opportunity in pollination ecology, focusing on how environmental conditions shape the quantity and quality of nectar and pollen and what this means for pollinators across the UK. The project will investigate how environmental change affects pollinator food supplies through a combination of fieldwork, controlled experiments and landscape modelling. The research will connect ecological measurements of floral resources with broader landscape-scale patterns, helping to clarify how changing conditions influence the resources available to pollinating insects. The work has a strong applied conservation dimension. Findings are intended to support more effective conservation approaches and inform practical responses to environmental change. The doctoral researcher will work within a supervisory team comprising Tom Timberlake, Bill Kunin, Elizabeth Duncan and Ruth Wade through the YES DTN. This opportunity is suited to candidates interested in pollination ecology, environmental change, pollinator food supplies and conservation applications.