Professor Andrew Beckerman

School of Biosciences

Professor in Evolutionary Ecology, Faculty Director of Education

Prof Andrew Beckerman
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a.beckerman@sheffield.ac.uk
+44 114 222 0026

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Professor Andrew Beckerman
School of Biosciences
Alfred Denny Building
Western Bank
Sheffield
S10 2TN
Profile
  • Professor in Evolutionary Ecology, University of Sheffield (2019 - present)
  • Lecturer, Senior Lecturer, Department of Animal and Plant Sciences, University of Sheffield (2005-2019)
  • NERC Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Animal and Plant Sciences, University of Sheffield (2002-2005)
  • NERC Postdoctoral Associate, University of Stirling (1999-2002)
  • PhD Yale University (1999)
  • MFS Yale School of Forestry and Environmental Studies (1994)
  • BSc Tufts University, Massachusetts (1990)
Research interests

We explore the structure, complexity and dynamics of food webs. We use optimal foraging theory to define the rules linking predators and prey. We predict the impacts of multiple simultaneous threats to ecosystems. We study the local adaptation of plasticity in real ponds and in daphnia and algae. We explore the genes that underpin plasticity and local adaptation. We work with predators, metals and algae biotechnology. We study the conservation and demography of parrots in Central America and the Caribbean. We link this to socioeconomics and trade-offs in conservation management. We study trade networks. We build models.

Publications

Books

  • Petchey OL, Beckerman AP, Cooper N & Childs DZ (2021) Insights from Data with R. Oxford University Press. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Beckerman A, Childs D & Petchey O (2017) Getting Started with R. Oxford University Press. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Beckerman AP, Petchey OL & Childs DZ (2017) Getting Started with R: An Introduction for Biologists. Oxford University Press. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Beckerman AP & Petchey OL (2012) Getting Started with R: An Introduction for Biologists. RIS download Bibtex download

Journal articles

Chapters

  • Petchey OL, Beckerman AP, Cooper N & Childs DZ (2021) Dealing with data 1, Insights from Data with R (pp. 141-168). RIS download Bibtex download
  • Petchey OL, Beckerman AP, Cooper N & Childs DZ (2021) Dealing with data 2, Insights from Data with R (pp. 169-194). RIS download Bibtex download
  • Petchey OL, Beckerman AP, Cooper N & Childs DZ (2021) Getting acquainted, Insights from Data with R (pp. 19-54). RIS download Bibtex download
  • Petchey OL, Beckerman AP, Cooper N & Childs DZ (2021) Getting to grips with ggplot2, Insights from Data with R (pp. 195-210). RIS download Bibtex download
  • Petchey OL, Beckerman AP, Cooper N & Childs DZ (2021) Introduction, Insights from Data with R (pp. 1-18). RIS download Bibtex download
  • Petchey OL, Beckerman AP, Cooper N & Childs DZ (2021) Looking back and looking forward, Insights from Data with R (pp. 271-282). RIS download Bibtex download
  • Petchey OL, Beckerman AP, Cooper N & Childs DZ (2021) Making deeper insights part 1, Insights from Data with R (pp. 211-246). RIS download Bibtex download
  • Petchey OL, Beckerman AP, Cooper N & Childs DZ (2021) Making deeper insights part 2, Insights from Data with R (pp. 247-270). RIS download Bibtex download
  • Petchey OL, Beckerman AP, Cooper N & Childs DZ (2021) Workflow Demonstration part 1, Insights from Data with R (pp. 55-96). RIS download Bibtex download
  • Petchey OL, Beckerman AP, Cooper N & Childs DZ (2021) Workflow Demonstration part 2, Insights from Data with R (pp. 97-140). RIS download Bibtex download
  • (2021) Preface (pp. v-xx). Oxford University PressOxford RIS download Bibtex download
  • Beckerman AP, Childs DZ & Petchey OL (2017) Advancing Your Statistics in R, Getting Started with R (pp. 131-166). Oxford University Press RIS download Bibtex download
  • Beckerman AP, Childs DZ & Petchey OL (2017) Getting Started with Generalized Linear Models, Getting Started with R (pp. 167-202). Oxford University Press RIS download Bibtex download
  • Beckerman AP, Childs DZ & Petchey OL (2017) Pimping Your Plots: Scales and Themes in ggplot2, Getting Started with R (pp. 203-218). Oxford University Press RIS download Bibtex download
  • Beckerman AP, Childs DZ & Petchey OL (2017) Visualizing Your Data, Getting Started with R (pp. 79-92). Oxford University Press RIS download Bibtex download
  • Beckerman AP, Childs DZ & Petchey OL (2017) Introducing Statistics in R, Getting Started with R (pp. 93-130). Oxford University Press RIS download Bibtex download
  • Beckerman AP, Childs DZ & Petchey OL (2017) Data Management, Manipulation, and Exploration with dplyr, Getting Started with R (pp. 57-78). Oxford University Press RIS download Bibtex download
  • Beckerman AP, Childs DZ & Petchey OL (2017) Closing Remarks: Final Comments and Encouragement, Getting Started with R (pp. 219-222). Oxford University Press RIS download Bibtex download
  • Beckerman AP, Childs DZ & Petchey OL (2017) Getting Your Data into R, Getting Started with R (pp. 35-56). Oxford University Press RIS download Bibtex download
  • Beckerman AP, Childs DZ & Petchey OL (2017) Getting and Getting Acquainted with R, GETTING STARTED WITH R: AN INTRODUCTION FOR BIOLOGISTS, 2ND EDITION (pp. 1-34). RIS download Bibtex download
  • Beckerman AP, Childs DZ & Petchey OL (2017) Getting Started with R An Introduction for Biologists Second Edition Preface, GETTING STARTED WITH R: AN INTRODUCTION FOR BIOLOGISTS, 2ND EDITION (pp. IX-XVIII). RIS download Bibtex download
  • Beckerman AP & Petchey OL (2012) Why R?, Getting Started with R (pp. 1-4). Oxford University Press RIS download Bibtex download
  • Beckerman AP & Petchey OL (2012) Final Comments and Encouragement, Getting Started with R (pp. 105-108). Oxford University Press RIS download Bibtex download
  • Beckerman AP & Petchey OL (2012) Final Comments and Encouragement, GETTING STARTED WITH R: AN INTRODUCTION FOR BIOLOGISTS (pp. 105-107). RIS download Bibtex download
  • Beckerman AP & Petchey OL (2012) Doing your Statistics in R Getting Started, GETTING STARTED WITH R: AN INTRODUCTION FOR BIOLOGISTS (pp. 65-104). RIS download Bibtex download
  • Beckerman AP & Petchey OL (2012) Import, Explore, Graph III Graphs, GETTING STARTED WITH R: AN INTRODUCTION FOR BIOLOGISTS (pp. 39-64). RIS download Bibtex download
  • Beckerman AP & Petchey OL (2012) Import, Explore, Graph II Importing and Exploring, GETTING STARTED WITH R: AN INTRODUCTION FOR BIOLOGISTS (pp. 23-37). RIS download Bibtex download
  • Beckerman AP & Petchey OL (2012) Import, Explore, Graph I Getting Started, GETTING STARTED WITH R: AN INTRODUCTION FOR BIOLOGISTS (pp. 5-22). RIS download Bibtex download
  • Schmitz OJ & Beckerman AP () Food Webs John Wiley & Sons, Ltd RIS download Bibtex download

Conference proceedings papers

Preprints

Research group

See Professor Andrew Beckerman's website

Teaching activities

At level 1, I coordinate and teach on APS123 (Population and Community Ecology 1), based on lectures, an all-day field trip and a data presentation workshop.

At Level 2, I coordinate and teach on APS273 (Population and Community Ecology 2), a course combining lectures and a variety of workshops focused on modelling populations and conservation applications.

I also coordinate and teach APS405; APS6606; APS 6607 (Advanced Biological Analysis), a week-long intensive training module for 4th year MBiolSci students, MRes students and fist year PhD students.

I supervised level 4 MBiolSci students with project focused on food webs, phenotypic plasticity, biotechnology and conservation modelling.

Professional activities and memberships
  • Board of Directors, DRYAD
  • Editor-in-Chief, Ecology and Evolution (Wiley - BES - SSE- ESEB; 2014 - present)
  • External Examiner, Periodic Review, Life Sciences, University of Liverpool (2019)
  • External Examiner, Ecology, Evolution and Conservation, Imperial College London (2017-2019)
  • Director of Student Recruitment, School of Biosciences (2018 - present)
  • R4All - Training and Statistics in R