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Susannah Lydon

Associate Professor in Plant Science, Faculty of Science

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Biography

Dr Lydon is Associate Professor in Plant Science in the School of Biosciences. She is Course Director and Admissions Tutor for the Plant Biology BSc & MSci programmes. She is the School of Biosciences Lead for outreach and work with the media. She gained her PhD in Palaeobotany at the University of Manchester, and undertook postdoctoral research in biodiversity informatics (at Manchester) and Earth science education (at Keele) before joining the School of Biosciences in 2007.

Expertise Summary

Science communication, palaeobotany, teaching & learning in Earth & plant sciences.

Teaching Summary

Dr Lydon teaches about plants, rocks and the fossil record. She also teaches science communication.

Dr Lydon is a Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy.

Research Summary

Dr Lydon is interested in how the plant fossil record is used to reconstruct past ecosystems, and how palaeobotany is communicated to different audiences.

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