Mark Goddard

Postgraduate student

Email address: bsmag@leeds.ac.uk
Room: Biology (Manton 8.94d)

Biography

Project details

Project title: Enhancing the active biodiversity of urban gardens: an interdisciplinary approach

Supervisors: Dr Andy Dougill and Prof.Tim Benton (Biology)

Start date: 1st October 2007

Funding: Earth and Biosphere Institute (EBI) Studentship

Biography

Degrees: BSc Zoology (University of Nottingham 2001); MRes Ecology & Environmental Management (University of York 2003).

After graduating from York in 2003 I worked for 10 months at the Tees Valley Wildlife Trust, based in Middlesbrough, north-east England. My work focussed on habitat enhancements for an urban water vole population and involved a variety of community initiatives to raise awareness of the plight of this rapidly declining mammal. On leaving the Wildlife Trust I worked as a professional ecological consultant for three years on a wide range of projects throughout the UK. I spent much of my time undertaking protected species and ecological impact assessment, but also developed an interest in the ecological design of urban greenspaces and the integration of wildlife features within the built environment.