{"id":20555,"date":"2025-10-02T00:10:14","date_gmt":"2025-10-02T00:10:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.glos.ac.uk\/staff\/profile\/cicely-marshall\/"},"modified":"2026-10-05T11:15:27","modified_gmt":"2026-10-05T11:15:27","slug":"cicely-marshall","status":"publish","type":"staff","link":"https:\/\/www.glos.ac.uk\/staff\/profile\/cicely-marshall\/","title":{"rendered":"Cicely Marshall"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<section id=\"lead--8901\" class=\"acf-block acf-block--lead align     lead--default\">\n<style>\n\t#lead--8901.lead--arrow-centre,\n\t#lead--8901.lead--boxed {\n\t\tborder-color: !important;\n\t}\n\t#lead--8901::before,\n\t#lead--8901::after{background-color:!important;}\n<\/style>\n<svg aria-hidden=\"true\" version=\"1.2\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" xmlns:xlink=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/1999\/xlink\" overflow=\"visible\" preserveAspectRatio=\"none\" viewBox=\"0 0 117.99999 146\" width=\"117.99999\" height=\"146\"><g transform=\"translate(0, 0)\"><g transform=\"translate(0, 9.298117831235686e-16) rotate(0)\"><path fill=\"\" d=\"M61.26887,146h-61.26887l55.69763,-73.0111l-55.64577,-72.926l61.26887,-0.0629l56.67926,73.15169zM6.20468,142.6372l53.60471,-0.0518l54.30111,-69.73311l-0.06297,-0.08139l-54.23444,-69.99209l-53.56396,0.0555l53.31207,69.8626z\" style=\"stroke-width: 0; stroke-linecap: butt; stroke-linejoin: miter;\" vector-effect=\"non-scaling-stroke\"\/><\/g><defs><path id=\"path-1677255449551573141\" d=\"M61.26887,146h-61.26887l55.69763,-73.0111l-55.64577,-72.926l61.26887,-0.0629l56.67926,73.15169zM6.20468,142.6372l53.60471,-0.0518l54.30111,-69.73311l-0.06297,-0.08139l-54.23444,-69.99209l-53.56396,0.0555l53.31207,69.8626z\" vector-effect=\"non-scaling-stroke\"\/><\/defs><\/g><\/svg>\n\t<div class=\"columns is-flex\">\n\t\t<div class=\"column is-paddingless\">\n\t\t\tCicely is an ecologist, plant scientist and biodiversity conservation specialist who uses mixed methods to achieve better outcomes for nature and people during economic development. \t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"heading wp-block-heading is-3 is-3\">Biography<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Cicely specialises in the rainforest flora of West Africa and Britain\u2019s plants and habitats. During her doctoral studies she established continent-wide conservation tools including conservation ratings for all tropical Africa\u2019s plant species, and a quantitative biogeographic framework. <br><br>She has significant field experience in tropical Africa, having carried out (ethno-)botanic projects in Liberia, Guinea, Ghana, Mali, Uganda, Tanzania, Cameroon and Ethiopia, and specialises in habitat surveys (botanic surveys, vegetation surveys) for critical habitat assessment, environmental impact assessment, baseline assessment, environmental management and policy. <br><br>During her time at Cambridge she worked in emerging nature credit markets, publishing the first ecological ground-truthing of Defra\u2019s statutory biodiversity metric, and a field trial of Wallacea Trust\u2019s biodiversity credit framework. She co-established the Sustainable Oil Palm in West Africa project, using traditional ecological knowledge to improve biodiversity outcomes in industrial oil palm farms. <br><br>Cicely has significant teaching experience with Oxford\u2019s Biological Sciences undergraduate degree and Cambridge\u2019s Natural Sciences undergraduate degree, having lectured, delivered small group teaching and led field courses across all year groups in quantitative methods, ecology, plant physiology, conservation, plant evolution and systematics. <br><br>At University of Gloucestershire, Cicely is undertaking a population genetic study of Britain\u2019s elm tree diversity (<em>Ulmus<\/em>). Her environmental policy work is developed through Defra policy evaluation projects in tree planting and plant health and biosecurity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"heading wp-block-heading is-3 is-3\">Qualifications<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li class=\"\">DPhil, Department of Plant Sciences, University of Oxford, 2018<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"\">MA, Environmental Studies, Brown University (USA), 2011<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"\">BA (Hons) (MA Oxon), Biological Sciences, University of Oxford, 2009.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"heading wp-block-heading is-3 is-3\">Membership of Professional Bodies<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li class=\"\">Fellow, Advance HE (Higher Education Academy)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"\">Associate of the Senior Combination Room (ASCR), King\u2019s College, University of Cambridge<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"\">Member of the British Ecological Society<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"heading wp-block-heading is-3 is-3\">Teaching<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>External teaching \u2013 Course Director for the Undergraduate Certificate in Ecology &amp; Conservation, University of Cambridge<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"heading wp-block-heading is-3 is-3\">Publications<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Publications from Cicely Marshall can be found in the <a href=\"https:\/\/eprints.glos.ac.uk\/view\/creators\/14974.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Research Repository<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Cicely is an ecologist, plant scientist and biodiversity conservation specialist who uses mixed methods to achieve better outcomes for nature and people during economic development. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":129000009454,"parent":0,"template":"","schools":[],"subject_area":[],"staff_tag":[],"class_list":["post-20555","staff","type-staff","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.glos.ac.uk\/staff\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/staff\/20555","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.glos.ac.uk\/staff\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/staff"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.glos.ac.uk\/staff\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/staff"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.glos.ac.uk\/staff\/wp-json\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.glos.ac.uk\/staff\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20555"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"schools","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.glos.ac.uk\/staff\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/schools?post=20555"},{"taxonomy":"subject_area","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.glos.ac.uk\/staff\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/subject_area?post=20555"},{"taxonomy":"staff_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.glos.ac.uk\/staff\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/staff_tag?post=20555"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}