Joe Beesley

Joe is a Spatial Scientist with multidisciplinary interests spanning woodland ecology, forest management and spatial modelling. His work encompasses a wide range of projects, from investigating how temperate rainforest lichens colonise secondary woodlands to studying woodland creation through long-term field experiments. In collaboration with colleagues at Forest Research, Joe has quantified public access to woodlands in England and is developing methods to detect and mitigate shake in oak, as well as to better understand how woodland structure influences biodiversity.

Before joining Forest Research, Joe completed a PhD in Biochemistry at the University of Bristol and worked as a Researcher at the Future Trees Trust, a research charity focused on hardwood tree improvement, tree health and forest genetics.