Interests
Andy’s the one on the right…
I am a community ecologist interested in biodiversity loss and its consequences for the stability and functioning of ecosystems and the provision of ecological services. I currently work mainly in grassland and forest ecosystems. I am scientific leader of the Sabah Biodiversity Experiment in Borneo where we examine the impact of enrichment planting on forest regeneration after logging. I am part of the new NERC thematic programme: Human-modified tropical forests, which includes the SAFE project that investigates the effects of forest fragmentation on biodiversity. On the grassland side I am part of the Nutrient Network, a global co-operative program to understand how nitrogen enrichment impacts biodiversity in grasslands. I also have a sideline in ecological statistical analysis.
Contact details
andrew.hector(a)plants.ox.ac.uk
Education & Professional Positions
| 2013 | Professor of Ecology, Department of Plant Sciences, University of Oxford.
Fellow of Linacre College, Oxford Co-director, Plants for the 21st Century. |
| 2009-2012 | Associate Professor and deputy director, Institute of Evolutionary Biology and Environmental Studies, University of Zurich. |
| 2003-2009 | Assistant Professor, Institute of Environmental Sciences, University of Zurich. |
| 2002-2003 | Royal Society University Research Fellowship, Imperial College London. |
| 1999-2001 | Post-Doctoral Research Fellow, NERC Centre for Population Biology. |
| 1996-1999 | Scientific coordinator and PDRA for the EC BIODEPTH Project. |
| 1992-1995 | PhD and Diploma, Imperial College, London. |
| 1988-1991 | BSc (Hons.), First Class, Natural Environmental Science, University of Sheffield. |
| Schooling | Whitchurch High School & Rumney Technical College, Cardiff, Wales, UK. |
Teaching
- Quantitative Methods: introducing the first year biology undergraduates to statistics
- Tropical ecology field course to Danum Valley Field Centre in Malaysian Borneo.