Meet the Animal Science & Zoo Biology team
Our team of animal experts are actively writing the legislation that’s reshaping UK zoo standards, regularly publishing research with student input, and connecting to help you with the industry to help give you professional credentials before you even graduate. In addition, we regularly engage a number of industry experts to support the curriculum and inject additional industry experience and insights to our students education.
Dr Paul Rose
Animal Science & Zoo Biology
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James Brereton
Animal Science & Zoo Biology
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Helen Jarrat
Animal Science & Zoo Biology
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Dr Marianne Freeman
Animal Science & Zoo Biology
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Georgia Abernethy Palmer
Animal Science & Zoo Biology
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Matt Jupe
Animal Science & Zoo Biology
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Katy Lester
Animal Science & Zoo Biology
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Dr Paul Rose
- PhD study in the social organisation of captive wild animals
- Research into the social organisation of giraffe and flamingos in a zoo environment
- Investigating the group dynamics of the flamingo flocks at the Wildfowl & Wetlands Trust (WWT) Slimbridge
- Member: IUCN Giraffe & Okapi Specialist Group; Giraffe Conservation Foundation; IUCN Flamingo Specialist Group
- Vice‑chair of BIAZA research committee; research liaison officer, BIAZA Bird Working Group.
James Brereton
- Masters’ in Wild Animal Biology
- Lecturer in Zoo Biology and Animal Management
- Experience in a range of UK zoo collections
- Applied Animal Science Typesetter for the Journal of Zoo and Aquarium Research
- Supervised projects in nutrition, behavioural research and enclosure design for zoo‑housed birds, reptiles and amphibians.
Helen Jarratt
- Certified Clinical Animal Behaviourist
- PGDip in Companion Animal Behaviour Counselling
- Member of the Association of Pet Behaviour Counsellors and Association of Pet Dog Trainers.
Dr Marianne Freeman
- PhD, Queens University Belfast – development of camera trap methodology in monitoring deer distribution and abundance
- MSci Zoology, University of Glasgow – researched environmental and social influences on enclosure use and behaviour of zoo housed primates
- Co‑founder of the ManyZoos initiative and collaborator on several ManyX projects
- Animal Behaviour and Training Council Assessor co‑chair of the British Ecological Society Grants Committee and section editor for the Journal of Zoo and Aquarium Research.
Georgia Abernethy Palmer
- Subject lead for Animal Science and Zoo Biology
- Masters’ in Equine Behaviour, Performance and Training
- Lecturer in Animal Science and Access to Higher Education Science
- Keen interest in agricultural and livestock science
- Experience in the equine industry, completed funded projects by Dodson & Horrell
- Masters research project was founded around rider weight and the implications of this on competition
- Taught in both Further Education and Higher Education.
Matt Jupe
- Experience working with a variety of taxa within the industry, from educational facilities to public facing
- Lecturer in Applied Zoo Science and Animal Science
- Keen interest in the evolution of species and the taxonomy involved
- Dissertation project on the observer effect for blue dart frogs and golden mantella
Katy Lester
- Over 15 years’ experience across the animal welfare industry including marine conservation projects, zoological collections, educational animal facilities and commercial farms
- Lecturer in Zoo Biology and Animal Management
- Qualifications include an MSc in Large Marine Vertebrate Sciences and a BSc in Zoo Biology, with a strong interest in elasmobranch and marine mammal behaviour and welfare both in and ex-situ
- Specialising in animal behaviour, with a strong research interest in human-animal relationships, and training for behavioural husbandry and medical management in a variety of species.