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Leadbeater Lab: Team

Discover the key people leading our research, teaching and support at the Leadbeater Lab.

Name	Role
Elli Leadbeater	Principal Investigator, Professor of Ecosystems and Biodiversity Research
Avishikta Chakraborty	Research Fellow
Matti Leponiemi	Visiting Research Fellow
Tianfei Peng	Research Fellow (to start Spring 2026)
Leo Fordham	PhD Student
Lisa Mijares	Visiting PhD student (to start Sept 2025)
Alejandro Maeda Obrejon	Research Technician

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Leadbeater Lab

ellouise.leadbeater@ucl.ac.uk