• name: Dr. Jonathan Ranford
• email: jon.ranford@staffs.ac.uk
• phone: 01782 294892 (+44 outside UK)
• post 1: Senior Science IT Officer , School of Sciences, Staffordshire University, Mellor Building, College Road, Stoke-on-Trent ST4 2DE, United Kingdom
• post 2: Lecturer (pt), Applied Sciences, Staffordshire University.
• post 3: Lecturer, Environmental Science, Open University (West Midlands)

Published research in the Media -

• The Daily Telegraph - "Holly suffering due to polluted atmospheredue" 22/12/2007
• New Scientist - "Holly trees hobbled by smog" (22/12/2006)
• The Sunday Observer - "Deck the halls with boughs of holly before it dies out" (24/12/2006)

Ph.D

• The impact of tropospheric ozone on European Holly (Ilex aquifolium L.), the leaf-miner (Phytomyza ilicis Curtis) and its parasites: a tritrophic interaction. Supervisor Dr. K. Reiling.
  Submitted Januaray 2006, Successful Viva July 2006. External Examiners Dr. Gina Mills (CEH Bangor) & Dr Anthony Polwart (Keele University)

Research Interests

• Effects of ground level ozone on native plant species and insect herbivory. Collaborating with Dr. K Reiling, Dr. J. Dover & Dr. G. Mills (CEH Bangor).

Publications:

• Ranford, J. J. & Reiling, K. (2007). Ozone induced leaf loss and decreased leaf production of European Holly (Ilex aquifolium L.) over multiple seasons. Environmental Pollution 145, 355-364.
• Ranford, J. J. & Reiling, K. (2007). The effect of winter stress on Ilex aquifolium L. previously fumigated with ozone. Environmental Pollution 145, 171-178.
• Ranford, J. J. & Reiling, K. (2006). The impacts of tropospheric ozone on European Holly (Ilex aquifolium L.), its leaf miner (Phytomyza ilicis Curt.) and its parasites. Environmental Pollution. (In Prep). Abstract accepted.
• Ranford, J. J. & Reiling, K. (2006). Evaluation of ozone impacts on stomatal development in native species. Environmental Pollution. (In Prep). Abstract accepted.

Conference Presentations:

• The impact of tropospheric ozone on European holly (Ilex aquifolium L.) and its leaf miner (Phytomyxa ilicis Curt.). J .J. Ranford & Dr Kevin Reiling, CAPER, Leeds, 8-10/04/02.
• The effects of winter Stress on Ilex aquifolium previously fumigated with ozone. J. J. Ranford, K. Reiling, British Ecological Society (B.E.S) Winter Meeting, Leeds University, 20-22/12/99.
• The impact of ozone on European holly. J. J. Ranford, .K. Reiling, B.E.S. Winter Meeting, University of Leicester, 5-8/01/99.
• The impact of ozone pollution on holly. J. J. Ranford & K. Reiling, B.E.S. Winter Meeting, Warwick University, 12/97.
• The impact of ozone polution on leaf production & abscission of holly. J. J. Ranford & K. Reiling, B.E.S Winter Meeting, Durham University, 12/96.
• Introduction to tropospheric ozone and its impacts on native plants. J. J. Ranford & K. Reiling, Staffordshire University. 6/96.
• Ozone impacts on European holly. K. Reiling & J. J. Ranford,. CAPER, Rothamsted IARC, 1998 .

• 2006: Awarded Doctor of Philophosy
• 1998: Adult & Higher Education Teaching Certificate, Stoke-on-Trent College
• 1997: Professional Development Diploma
• 1996 to Present: Part Time Lecturer, Staffordshire University
• 1993: B.Sc. (Hons) Biological Sciences & Environmental Science, Staffordshire University.
  

Professional Membership

• The British Ecological Society

Current Teaching:

Level 1

• Bioskills

Level 2

• British Wildlife
• Ecology of Habitats

Level 3

• Conservation Biology
• Managing Habitats for Wildlife

MSc. Habitay Creation & Management

• Picos de Europa Fieldcourse