Project team
External Advisory Board
The project is supported by an independent advisory board of experts who provide strategic guidance, review progress, and help maintain high scientific and ethical standards throughout the project.
Project Management
The LUNZ Grasslands Project is overseen by a core group of senior academics from leading UK universities, responsible for strategic direction, coordination, and overall delivery of the project’s objectives.
Angelina Sanderson Bellamy
Principle Investigator
Laurence Smith
Co Principle Investigator
Sokratis Stergiadis
Co Principle Investigator
Simon Moakes
Co Investigator
Alistair McVittie
Co Investigator
Christina Marley
Co Investigator
Claire Morgan-Davies
Co Investigator
Katerina Theodoridou
Co Investigator
Nicola Lambe
Co Investigator
Phillipa Nicholas-Davies
Co Investigator
John Holland
Co Investigator
Lisa Norton
Co Investigator
Christine Watson
Co Investigator
Davy McCracken
Co Investigator
Kairsty Topp
Co Investigator
Zoe Truong
Project Manager
Project Team
A network of industry partners contributes practical expertise, field resources, and sector-specific knowledge, ensuring that research outcomes are grounded in real-world agricultural and environmental needs.
Marina Suarez
WP2 Co-Lead
May Wheeler
WP2 Co-Lead
Paul Totterdell
Group Director
Richard Kipling
WP2 Co-Lead
Robert Barbour
WP2 Co-Lead
Researchers
An interdisciplinary cohort of researchers supports the project through field studies, data analysis, modelling, and experimental work, driving the scientific insights that underpin the project’s findings.
Sally Westaway
Researcher
Tom Staton
Researcher
Christos Christodoulou
Researcher
Eleri Phillips
Researcher
Jo Bushell
Researcher
Mari Davies
Researcher
Ran Yi
Researcher
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