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Research Statement
I am a Leverhulme Early Career Fellow and Proleptic Lecturer based at Queen's University Belfast in the School of Biological Sciences. I am also an Associate Editor at Marine Biology, Honorary Research Associate at the South African Institute for Aquatic Biodiversity and Member of the Young Academy of Ireland. Previously, I held a Humboldt Postdoctoral Research Fellowship at GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel, funded by the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation. My current Fellowship is entitled Ecosystem resistance to biological invasion and is funded by the Leverhulme Trust.
My research interests broadly gravitate around global changes and their impacts on ecosystems, economies and health. I use a range of experimental and modelling techniques to address research questions. My most recent research has centred around the following specific themes:
- Forecasting effects of environmental changes on invasive alien species impacts;
- Quantifying and predicting economic costs of biological invasions;
- Improving biosecurity to prevent biological invasion and emergent disease risk;
- Developing One Health approaches to pest and disease vector management;
- Understanding food webs and trophic interaction strengths;
- Monitoring pollution loads in aquatic and terrestrial environments
I collaborate widely with colleagues in natural and social sciences within and across these themes. I am open to student supervision in these areas.
Research Focus
Biological invasions, climate change, disease vector biology, ecosystems, plastics pollution, socio-economic impacts, trophic interactions, water quality
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Academic history
2025– : Lecturer, Queen's University Belfast
2022–2025: Leverhulme Early Career Fellow, Queen's University Belfast
2020–2022: Visiting Scholar, Queen's University Belfast
2020–2022: Humboldt Postdoctoral Research Fellow, GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel
2019–2024: Honorary Research Associate, South African Institute for Aquatic Biodiversity
2016–2019: PhD Biology, Queen's University Belfast
2014–2016: MSc Ecological Management and Conservation Biology (Distinction), Queen's University Belfast (part-time)
2011–2014: BSc (Hons) Geography (First Class), Queen's University Belfast
Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
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Biological invasions are as costly as natural hazards
Turbelin, A. J., Cuthbert, R. N., Essl, F., Haubrock, P. J., Ricciardi, A. & Courchamp, F., 29 Mar 2023, (Early online date) In: Perspectives in Ecology and Conservation.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Divergent desalination effects on alien and native gammarid functional responses
Cuthbert, R. N. & Briski, E., 07 Feb 2023, In: Marine Biology. 170, 2Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Economic costs of invasive rodents worldwide: the tip of the iceberg
Diagne, C., Ballesteros-Mejia, L., Cuthbert, R. N., Bodey, T. W., Fantle-Lepczyk, J., Angulo, E., Dobigny, G. & Courchamp, F., 24 Mar 2023, In: PeerJ. 11, e14935.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Highways to invasion: Powerline servitudes as corridors for alien plant invasionsn,
Dalu, T., Stam, E., Ligege, M. & Cuthbert, R. N., 07 Feb 2023, (Early online date) In: African Journal of Ecology.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Limited effect of ground floor fogging on mosquito distribution in high-rise condominia
Lee, J. M., Wasserman, R. J., Wilson, R., Cuthbert, R. N., Rahman, S. & Yek, S. H., 02 May 2023, (Early online date) In: EcoHealth.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Prizes
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Associate Fellow of Advance HE
Cuthbert, Ross (Recipient), 2022
Prize: Fellowship awarded competitively
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Francesca Gherardi Memorial Prize
Cuthbert, Ross (Recipient), 2022
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
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Leverhulme Early Career Fellowship
Cuthbert, Ross (Recipient), 2021
Prize: Fellowship awarded competitively
Activities
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Sheena Talma
Ross Cuthbert (Host)
Jun 2023Activity: Hosting a visitor types › Hosting an academic visitor
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Applying for Fellowships: Networking with Successful Fellows
Ross Cuthbert (Speaker)
May 2023Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Participation in workshop, seminar, course
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Gulf University for Science and Technology
Ross Cuthbert (Keynote speaker)
May 2023Activity: Talk or presentation types › Invited talk
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Invasive Species in Mesopotamia Workshop
Ross Cuthbert (Member of scientific committee)
Apr 2023Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Participation in workshop, seminar, course
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Young Academy of Ireland (External organisation)
Ross Cuthbert (Member)
Mar 2023 → …Activity: Membership types › Membership of network
Press/Media
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The multi-billion economic toll of marine invaders
01/11/2022
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Public Engagement Activities
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Invasive species bullfrog and snake cost world $16bn – study
01/08/2022
1 Media contribution
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Prevention strategies for invasive species could save trillions
01/02/2022
1 Media contribution
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The global economic costs of invasive aquatic crustaceans amounted to at least US$ 271 million
01/01/2022
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Public Engagement Activities
Thesis
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Biological control of Culex mosquitoes using multiple predators
Author: Cuthbert, R., Dec 2019Supervisor: Dick, J. (Supervisor) & Reid, N. (Supervisor)
Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis › Doctor of Philosophy
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