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The Team
Get to Know Us
Dr. Tony Madgwick
Team Leader
Tony is our Project Leader for "Bees in the City" and Principal Lecturer in Cellular Pathology at the University of Westminster. His main interests rest in the relationship between human activity and bee populations, and the development of citizen science projects to track and monitor populations of bees in the city.
Dr. Polly Hayes
Parasitology Leader
Polly's research interests include the diversity, ecology and evolution of arthropods and how they interact with parasites and other pathogens. She works on both aquatic and terrestrial arthropod systems, including species of wildlife, agricultural and medical importance, ranging from bees to blood feeding flies.
Dr. Adele McCormick
Virology Leader
Adele is a Virologist with research interests currently focusing on HCV and HIV antiviral drug resistance.
Dr. Nadege Presneau
Sequencing Technology (Genomics) Leader
Nadege is a Cancer Genetics and Genomics researcher at the University of Westminster. She leads the Westminster Genomics Facility and is a Molecular Biologist with expertise in Cancer Genetics and Genomics but also with a strong interest in the biology and Genomics of Vertebrate and Invertebrate organisms.
Prof. Izzet Kale
Engineering Leader
Izzet's research area is in Applied Digital Signal and Image Processing Systems and Sensors and Sensor Networks for Remote Sensing, Monitoring and Diagnostics in Various Application Areas Including Biomedical Applications. He is particularly interested in Sensing, and monitoring of the bees, and their activities, their automated identification as well as the construction of the bee hotels.
Dain Son Robinson
Public Relations and Communication
Dain is a recent graduate from the University of Westminster and the Founder of the student Environmental Society at the university with a passion for increasing biodiversity and wildlife population in London. She works closely with our academic team to help deliver our goals and outcomes by engaging with the students and stakeholders within the university.