Professor Jane Catford
Professor of Ecological Change
Research interests
- Environment
- Geography
Biography
Professor Jane Catford is a plant community ecologist with an interest in community assembly, biological invasions, environmental change and biodiversity. She has worked in terrestrial and freshwater ecosystems across the world, and uses theoretical, quantitative and empirical approaches in her work. She has established and maintains long-term field experiments in the US, UK and Australia, and collaborates widely.
She joined the Department of Geography in September 2018. Before moving to King’s, she was a Lecturer in Community Ecology at the University of Southampton. From 2012-2016, she held a research fellowship with the Australian Research Council and worked at The University of Melbourne, University of Minnesota and Australian National University.
She has worked as a consultant on projects involving: the prediction and management of exotic plant invasion; river health and environmental flow assessments; river restoration and rehabilitation; water sensitive urban design and the design of constructed wetlands.
She is an Editor for the journals Conservation Letters, Journal of Ecology and Neobiota, and is a member of the British Ecological Society's Publications Committee.
Qualifications
- BA/BSc (Honours), Monash University, Australia
- PGCAP, University of Southampton, UK
- PhD, University of Melbourne, Australia
See her full profile on janecatford.com.
Research
- Causes and consequences of biological invasions
- Using plant functional traits to understand responses to, and impacts of, global environmental change
- Prediction and management of novel ecosystems
- Community assembly, species coexistence and biodiversity
- Ecosystem restoration and management
- Ecosystem services (especially in rivers, wetlands, riparian zones and grasslands)
- Ecological impacts of global environmental change, including climate change, river regulation and nitrogen deposition
Teaching
PhD supervision
Jane welcomes interested students to contact her about potential projects.
Principal supervisor
- Angela Bartlett
- Abigail Mabey
- Junru Shen
Second supervisor
- Stefanie Kaupa
- Luis Moliner Cachazo
- Harry Shepherd
- Sarah Fischer
Further details
Research
Physical & Environmental Geography research group
Researching the interactions between the Earth’s hydrological, geomorphological, atmospheric and ecological processes at different geographical scales.
King's Water Centre
Researching water, environment and development. Our centre spans the humanities, social, and physical sciences to explore the challenges of water governance from global to local scales.
King's Climate Research Hub
Studying climate change through the relationship between science, policy and culture, particularly in the developing world.
Political Ecology, Biodiversity & Ecosystem Services
The Political Ecology, Biodiversity & Ecosystem Services (PEBES) group provides a collaborative focus for work on the social (re)production of nature, environmental conservation and resource management.
AlienImpacts
AlienImpacts aims to develop an approach for accurately predicting impacts of alien plants on floristic diversity.
Project status: Ongoing
News
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Events
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Research
Physical & Environmental Geography research group
Researching the interactions between the Earth’s hydrological, geomorphological, atmospheric and ecological processes at different geographical scales.
King's Water Centre
Researching water, environment and development. Our centre spans the humanities, social, and physical sciences to explore the challenges of water governance from global to local scales.
King's Climate Research Hub
Studying climate change through the relationship between science, policy and culture, particularly in the developing world.
Political Ecology, Biodiversity & Ecosystem Services
The Political Ecology, Biodiversity & Ecosystem Services (PEBES) group provides a collaborative focus for work on the social (re)production of nature, environmental conservation and resource management.
AlienImpacts
AlienImpacts aims to develop an approach for accurately predicting impacts of alien plants on floristic diversity.
Project status: Ongoing
News
King's hosts the Centre for Ecology & Evolution symposium
The symposium was an opportunity for ecologists and evolutionary biologists from across London to share their research on the topic 'Climate change and...
Deep dive into the 2023 King's Artists Programme
As this year's King’s Artists programme concludes, discover more about this year's 6-month research and development collaborations, supported by King's Culture
King's joins research network on ecology and evolutionary biology
Researchers now have access to the Centre for Ecology & Evolution, a network of scientists looking to foster research collaboration in these fields.
Six new collaborations launched as part of King's Artists programme
Artists-in-residence will collaborate with academics to explore imaginative approaches to research.
IWD 2022: Women leading the way within SSPP
The Faculty of Social Science & Public Policy has its research endeavour entirely led by women and four women academics from the faculty have just been...
Events
Hear from physical and environmental geographers
Hear from academics in the Department of Geography about their research interests in physical and environmental geography.
Please note: this event has passed.