About

The Biodiversity Futures Lab is based at the Natural History Museum in London. We research how environmental and land use change effect biodiversity change, developing new modelling approaches and tools to better understand and predict biodiversity trends.

Our Team

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Dr Adriana De Palma

Principal Researcher and Lab Co-Lead of BFL

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Professor Andy Purvis

Research Leader and Lab Co-Lead of BFL

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Sara Contu

Biodiversity Data Supervisor, lead developer of the PREDICTS database.

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Dr Connor Duffin

Research Engineer, specialising in software development, HPC, and modelling.

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Charlotte McGinty

Charlotte McGinty

Geospatial Analyst, geospatial modelling/data team lead.

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Dr Alexa Varah

Postdoctoral Researcher, working on biodiversity conservation.

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Dr Patrick Walkden

Postdoctoral Researcher, projecting biodiversity models with refined land-use.

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Justin Isip

PhD Student

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Sophie Jane Tudge

PhD Student