Ambroise Baker

Ambroise Baker is a Senior Lecturer in Biology at Teesside University's SHLS Life Sciences Centre for Biodiscovery. He specializes in plant ecology, focusing on ecosystem responses to environmental change, rewilding, and freshwater biodiversity. His research partners include organizations like Forestry England and the RSPB, with fieldwork at sites like Wild Saltholme. He holds a PhD from the University of Oxford and a Post-Doctoral position at University College London.

Research interests include rewilding impacts, freshwater ecosystem resilience, and paleoecological methods. Notable projects include studying the long-term effects of megaherbivores and the use of coprophilous fungal spores as ecological proxies. He leads initiatives like the 'Beaver introduction: a virtual tour' and contributes to datasets on lake sediment analysis and bryophyte viruses.

His work bridges academia and practical conservation, emphasizing nature-positive policies. He accepts PhD students in areas like rewilding monitoring and nature recovery policy efficiency. Collaborations span UK and international ecosystems, with publications in Nature Communications and Restoration Ecology.