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Staff Profiles

Graham Oliver: Head of Department

Expertise

Main area of research lies in the study of Molluscs with specific expertise in bivalves (clams) from the Indo-Pacific and from the deep sea. Molluscan conservation, particularly freshwater mussels. Member of Wales Biodiversity Group, National Biodiversity Network in Wales.

Current Projects

Principal investigator "Shoals of Capricorn". Expedition to Mascarene Ridge (Seychelles, Mauritius). Taxonomy and Functional Morphology of Deep Sea Molluscs from the Oman Margin. Taxonomy of bivalves from the Red Sea.

Tel: +44 (0)29 2057-3220
Email Graham Oliver

Michelle Forty: Departmental Secretary

Has secretarial/administrative responsibility for approximately 30 full-time members of staff and several contract staff. Works directly with the Keeper and also supervises one typist. Responsibility for the maintenance of the departmental budget.

Tel: +44 (0)29 2057-3220

Sarah Lendrum: Typist

Mainly involved with the typing of reports, scientific papers, accession sheets, publications and correspondence. Provides secretarial and administrative support for the Departmental Secretary.

Tel: +44 (0)29 2057-3224

Chris Meechan: Scientific Illustrator

Expertise

The production of Black and White and Colour illustrations and graphic artwork for inclusion in departmental publications and promotional material. Operates Desk-Top Publishing equipment.

Current Projects

Working on the production of illustrations of Madeiran and East African land snails and the Biomor 2 Report.

Tel: +44 (0)29 2057-3394

Helen Fraser: Curator (Botanical Photography) & Librarian

Responsible for the Biodiversity Library and the botanical photographic slide collection. Shared responsibility for the botanical archives. Collator for the biennial publication of the 'Bibliography of European Palaeobotany & Palynology' and for the departmental magazine 'Symbiont'. Assists in an administrative capacity with publications in the Vegetation History Section.

Tel: +44 (0)29 2057-3344

Piers Langhelt: Departmental Resources

Expertise

Maintenance and supervision of a Museum based flammable, corrosive and gas bottle store

Current Projects

Fish Distribution Survey (UK based).

Tel: +44 (0)29 2057-3242

Documentation Staff

Richard Sewell: Documentation Assistant

Expertise

Collection Management System, Zoology Database.

Current Projects

Documenting and Cataloguing the Rubus Collection. Documenting the Bird Skin Collection. Finalising the production of a catalogue of W.E. Hoyles Cephalapod Collection and documenting the catalogue of the Botanical Illustration Collection.

Tel: +44 (0)29 2057-3330

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