Summary
I am Head of the Centre for UK Nature and academic lead for the Museum’s UK Nature Recovery research theme. The Centre’s mission is to build the UK’s collective agency to take evidence-based action for nature. We achieve this through a range of biodiversity-focused research, participative science and training programmes. As a physical hub at our main South Kensington site, the Centre provides free access to UK nature guidance, collections, identification resources and bookable meeting rooms.My expertise spans ecology, palaeoecology, community science and biodiversity data exchange. As a conservation biologist I am particularly interested in how we can work across science and society to accelerate and track evidence-led nature recovery. My current research focuses on scalable methods for monitoring and restoring nature within the UK’s urban areas. This includes the application of DNA metabarcoding for biodiversity discovery, whole-community studies and practical conservation monitoring. Current programmes include the Urban Nature Project and National Education Nature Park. I also lead a long-term study of invertebrate and soil communities across a network of London wildlife sites.
Qualifications
Degrees
- PhD, The University of Sheffield, United Kingdom, 1996 - 2000
- BA (Hons), The University of Cambridge, United Kingdom, 1993 - 1996
Employment history
Academic
- Head of Angela Marmont Centre for UK Nature, The Natural History Museum, United Kingdom, 2011 - ongoing
- OPAL Project Manager, The Natural History Museum, Department of Botany, United Kingdom, 2007 - 2011
- Data Manager for UK Species Inventory, The Natural History Museum, Department of Botany, United Kingdom, 2003 - 2007
- Seed Information Database Coordinator, Royal Botanic Gardens Kew, Millennium Seedbank, United Kingdom, 2001 - 2003
- Consultant Palynologist and Plant Macrofossil Analyst, University of Sheffield, Archaeology and Prehistory, United Kingdom, 1999 - 2000
Highlighted publications
- Ballard HL, Robinson LD, Young AN, Pauly GB, Higgins LM, Johnson RF, Tweddle JC (2017) Contributions to conservation outcomes by natural history museum-led citizen science: Examining evidence and next steps. Biological Conservation, Elsevier BV : 87 - 97. doi: 10.1016/j.biocon.2016.08.040
- Tweddle J (2016) Citizen Science. Hayhow, D.B. et al. (2016). State of Nature 2016. The State of Nature Partnership. : 68 - 69.
- West S, Tweddle J (2014) Identification Trainers for the Future - Inspiring the Next Generation of UK Wildlife Experts. In Practice, : 23 - 25.
- ROBINSON LD, TWEDDLE JC, POSTLES MC, WEST SE, SEWELL J (2013) Guide to running a BioBlitz 2.0. Natural History Museum, Bristol Natural History Consortium, University of York and Marine Biological Association
- TWEDDLE JC, ROBINSON LD, Pocock MJ, Roy HE (2012) Guide to citizen science: developing, implementing and evaluating citizen science to study biodiversity and the environment in the UK. Natural History Museum and NERC Centre for Ecology and Hydrology for UK-EOF
- Tweddle JC, Edwards KJ (2010) Pollen preservation zones as an interpretative tool in Holocene palynology. Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology, (1-2) Elsevier BV : 59 - 76. doi: 10.1016/j.revpalbo.2010.03.004
- Tweddle JC, Edwards KJ, Fieller NRJ (2005) Multivariate statistical and other approaches for the separation of cereal from wild Poaceae pollen using a large Holocene dataset. Vegetation History and Archaeobotany, (1) Springer Science and Business Media LLC : 15 - 30. doi: 10.1007/s00334-005-0064-0
- Pocock MJO, Tweddle JC, Savage J, Robinson LD, Roy HE The diversity and evolution of ecological and environmental citizen science. Achal V (Eds).PLOS ONE, (4) Public Library of Science (PLoS) : e0172579 - e0172579. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0172579
Highlighted publications
- Ballard HL, Robinson LD, Young AN, Pauly GB, Higgins LM, Johnson RF, Tweddle JC (2017) Contributions to conservation outcomes by natural history museum-led citizen science: Examining evidence and next steps. Biological Conservation, Elsevier BV : 87 - 97. doi: 10.1016/j.biocon.2016.08.040
- Tweddle J (2016) Citizen Science. Hayhow, D.B. et al. (2016). State of Nature 2016. The State of Nature Partnership. : 68 - 69.
- West S, Tweddle J (2014) Identification Trainers for the Future - Inspiring the Next Generation of UK Wildlife Experts. In Practice, : 23 - 25.
- ROBINSON LD, TWEDDLE JC, POSTLES MC, WEST SE, SEWELL J (2013) Guide to running a BioBlitz 2.0. Natural History Museum, Bristol Natural History Consortium, University of York and Marine Biological Association
- TWEDDLE JC, ROBINSON LD, Pocock MJ, Roy HE (2012) Guide to citizen science: developing, implementing and evaluating citizen science to study biodiversity and the environment in the UK. Natural History Museum and NERC Centre for Ecology and Hydrology for UK-EOF
- Tweddle JC, Edwards KJ (2010) Pollen preservation zones as an interpretative tool in Holocene palynology. Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology, (1-2) Elsevier BV : 59 - 76. doi: 10.1016/j.revpalbo.2010.03.004
- Tweddle JC, Edwards KJ, Fieller NRJ (2005) Multivariate statistical and other approaches for the separation of cereal from wild Poaceae pollen using a large Holocene dataset. Vegetation History and Archaeobotany, (1) Springer Science and Business Media LLC : 15 - 30. doi: 10.1007/s00334-005-0064-0
- Pocock MJO, Tweddle JC, Savage J, Robinson LD, Roy HE The diversity and evolution of ecological and environmental citizen science. Achal V (Eds).PLOS ONE, (4) Public Library of Science (PLoS) : e0172579 - e0172579. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0172579