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Dr Julia Cooke, Lecturer in Ecology

The Open University under Creative Commons BY-NC-SA 4.0 license Julia is a plant functional ecologist who uses plant traits, such as leaf longevity, plant height and maximum photosynthetic rate, as a powerful tool to describe plant ecological strategies. She has examined invasive species biology and how plants respond to climate change. Julia's work spans cellular to global patterns. 

Julia has taught courses on plant physiology, plant ecology and field studies, at Macquarie University, Sydney as well as an award-winning Masters level science communication course. At The Open University, she produces level 1 and 3 course materials.

Considering public engagement a critical part of being an academic, Julia is the author of a natural history picture book, has given public lectures, recorded postcasts and worked with school students to conduct an experiment that was later published in a peer-reviewed journal. Last year she was a presenter for Soapbox Science which seeks to bring science to a broader audience while increasing the visibility of women in science.

• Find out more about Dr Julia Cooke in her academic profile and hear all about her involvement working on the series in these short behind-the-scenes videos below.

The Open University under Creative Commons BY-NC-SA 4.0 license Dr Kadmiel Maseyk, Lecturer in Environmental Science

Kadmiel's research involves understanding ecosystem response to the environmental changes of the anthropocene, through linking plant processes with ecosystem function, particularly in the area of carbon and water cycling. He has worked in polar, boreal, mid-latitude and tropical regions.

Kadmiel produces and presents for level one Questions in Science, level two Environmental Science, and level three Ecosystems modules. This includes teaching on the changing Arctic, which focuses on how we are using space-based information to understand this rapidly changing region plus Kadmiel is developing material that introduces students to the critical role that space-based information plays for monitoring and investigating ecosystem processes.

• Find out more about Dr Kadmiel Maseyk in his academic profile. 

The Open University under Creative Commons BY-NC-SA 4.0 license Dr Clare Warren, Senior Lecturer

Clare is a Senior Lecturer in the School of Environment, Earth and Ecosystem Sciences. She is a geologist with specific interest in mountains and geological timescales. Clare researches the forming of mountains and tries to determine how quickly all these different processes happen, and also where and when, to build a 3D picture of how the mountain belt formed.

Clare teaches on the Masters dissertation module, and also on a couple of undergraduate modules where she focuses on metamorphic geology (the rocks that transformed under heat and pressure) and also on geological time and timescales. Clare has made a number of  short videos documenting fieldwork. She has also given a number of public lectures about her work.

• Find out more about Dr Clare Warren in her academic profile.

The Open University under Creative Commons BY-NC-SA 4.0 license Stacy Phillips, Research Student 

Stacy is a PhD researcher in the School of Earth, Environment and Ecosystems Sciences, and works with the Dynamic Earth research group. Her PhD research title is "When did crustal melting form the soft centre at the heart of the Himalaya?"

She is passionate about science communication and has produced a number of short videos explaining her research to a general audience. She also helped create a podcast to share her love of geology and fieldwork with others and is the co-host and website designer for the Fieldwork Diaries podcast, a podcast talking to researchers about their fieldwork experiences.

• Find out more about Stacy Phillips in her academic profile.