Professor Sue Hartley

School of Biosciences

Vice-President for Research

Professor Sue Hartley
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s.hartley@sheffield.ac.uk
+44 114 222 9824
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Career

  • Vice-President for Research and Innovation, University of Sheffield (2022 – present)
  • Vice-President for Research, University of Sheffield (2020 – 2022)
  • University of York Research Champion for Environmental Sustainability and Resilience (2015-2019)
  • Director of the York Environmental Sustainability Institute and Professor of Ecology (Band 3) Department of Biology
  • University of York (2010-2019)
  • Director of Research and Knowledge Exchange School of Life Sciences, University of Sussex (2009-2010)
  • Reader then Professor of Ecology, University of Sussex (2001-2010)
  • Section Leader (Community Ecology) and Principle Scientific Officer Centre for Ecology and Hydrology, Banchory (1996-2000)
  • Royal Society of Edinburgh Research Fellowship - Institute of Terrestrial Ecology, Banchory Research Station (1993-1996)
  • Post-Doctoral Research Fellow - Institute of Terrestrial Ecology, Banchory (1990-1993)
  • NERC Personal Post-Doctoral Research Fellowship - University of York (1987-1990)
  • PhD University of York (1987)
  • BA University of Oxford (1984)
Research interests

I am interested in the chemical basis of the interactions between plants and other organisms, how these interactions are affected by environmental factors such as climate change, and how understanding these interactions can support more resilient and sustainable crop production.

My areas of expertise include: plant defences, particularly the role of silicon in crop resistance to biotic and abiotic stresses; plant-soil, plant-herbivore and multi-trophic interactions; the impacts of climate change on crops and their pests; sustainable pest management and food security; agri-environment policy.

Publications

Journal articles

  • Shaw K, Thorne S, Chapman C, Fleming A, Hartley S & Gray J (2025) . Frontiers in Plant Science, 16.
  • Zhang W, Pang Z, Zheng W, Hartley SE, Zhang Z, Peng H & Liang Y (2025) . Environmental Research, 285, 122280-122280.
  • Johnson SN, Simpson KJ & Hartley SE (2025) . PLANTS, PEOPLE, PLANET.
  • Denarié M-E, Nielsen UN, Hartley SE & Johnson SN (2025) . Plants, 14(8).
  • Franco Ortega S, Bedford JA, James SR, Newling K, Ashton PD, Boshier DH, Clark J, Hartley SE & Harper AL (2025) . G3: Genes, Genomes, Genetics, 15(5).
  • Neesham-McTiernan TH, Randle-Boggis RJ, Buckley AR & Hartley SE (2025) . Applied Energy, 385.
  • Tsouvalis J, Burns C, Fajardo-Escoffié J, Rose DC, Hartley S & Little R (2025) . Science, Technology and Human Values, 50(3), 553-581.
  • Pang Z, de Tombeur F, Hartley SE, Zohner CM, Nikolic M, Violle C, Mo L, Crowther TW, Guan D-X, Luo Z , Zhu Y-G et al (2025) . Nature Communications, 16(1).
  • Tsouvalis J, Little R, Fajardo-Escoffie J, Hartley SE, Rose DC, Ambrose-Oji B, de Boon A, Maderson S & Urquhart J (2025) . Land Use Policy, 150.
  • Randle-Boggis RJ, Barron-Gafford GA, Kimaro AA, Lamanna C, Macharia C, Maro J, Mbele A & Hartley SE (2025) . Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, 208.
  • Cibils‐Stewart X, Vandegeer RK, Mace WJ, Hartley SE, Powell JR, Popay AJ & Johnson SN (2025) . Journal of Ecology, 113(6), 1368-1381.
  • Johnson SN, Waterman JM, Hartley SE, Cooke J, Ryalls JMW, Lagisz M & Nakagawa S (2024) . Ecology Letters, 27(10).
  • Little R, Tsouvalis J, Escoffié JLF, Hartley SE & Rose DC (2024) . Land Use Policy, 147.
  • Beerling DJ, Epihov DZ, Kantola IB, Masters MD, Reershemius T, Planavsky NJ, Reinhard CT, Jordan JS, Thorne SJ, Weber J , Val Martin M et al (2024) . Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 121(9).
  • Silva MP, Whitehead C, Ordonio RL, Fernando TC, Castillo MPB, Ordonio JL, Larson T, Upton DJ, Hartley SE & Gomez LD (2024) . Biomass and Bioenergy, 182.
  • van Griethuysen P, Redeker KR, MacFarlane SA, Neilson R & Hartley SE (2024) . New Phytologist, 241(5), 2275-2286.
  • Putra R, Islam T, Cibils-Stewart X, Hartley SE & Johnson SN (2024) . Agriculture, Ecosystems & Environment, 365.
  • Cibils‐Stewart X, Putra R, Islam T, Fanna DJ, Wuhrer R, Mace WJ, Hartley SE, Popay AJ & Johnson SN (2023) . Functional Ecology, 37(12), 3177-3192.
  • Mahaut L, Violle C, Shihan A, Pélissier R, Morel J, de Tombeur F, Rahajaharilaza K, Fabre D, Luquet D, Hartley S , Thorne SJ et al (2023) . Functional Ecology, 37(9), 2399-2412.
  • Thorne SJ, Maathuis FJM & Hartley SE (2023) . Journal of Experimental Botany, 74(17), 5363-5373.
  • Hodson ME, Brailey-Jones P, Burn WL, Harper AL, Hartley SE, Helgason T & Walker HF (2023) . Geoderma, 433.
  • de Tombeur F, Pélissier R, Shihan A, Rahajaharilaza K, Fort F, Mahaut L, Lemoine T, Thorne SJ, Hartley SE, Luquet D , Fabre D et al (2023) . Journal of Experimental Botany, 74(10), 3094-3103.
  • Wiethase JH, Critchlow R, Foley C, Foley L, Kinsey EJ, Bergman BG, Osujaki B, Mbwambo Z, Kirway PB, Redeker KR , Hartley SE et al (2023) . Scientific Reports, 13(1).
  • Johnson SN, Vandegeer RK, Borevitz JO, Hartley SE, Tissue DT & Hall CR (2023) . Plants, 12(5).
  • de Tombeur F, Raven JA, Toussaint A, Lambers H, Cooke J, Hartley SE, Johnson SN, Coq S, Katz O, Schaller J & Violle C (2023) . Trends in Ecology & Evolution, 38(3), 275-288.
  • Hejnowicz AP, Thorn JPR, Giraudo ME, Sallach JB, Hartley SE, Grugel J, Pueppke SG & Emberson L (2022) . Earth's Future, 10(12).
  • de Tombeur F, Lemoine T, Violle C, Fréville H, Thorne SJ, Hartley SE, Lambers H & Fort F (2022) . Functional Ecology, 36(11), 2833-2844.
  • Chadfield VGA, Hartley SE & Redeker KR (2022) . New Phytologist, 235(6), 2393-2405.
  • Wade RN, Donaldson SM, Karley AJ, Johnson SN & Hartley SE (2022) . Plant and Soil, 477(1-2), 69-81.
  • Gunton RM, Hejnowicz AP, Basden A, van Asperen EN, Christie I, Hanson DR & Hartley SE (2022) . Ecological Economics, 196.
  • Putra R, Waterman JM, Mathesius U, Wojtalewicz D, Powell JR, Hartley SE & Johnson SN (2022) . Plant and Soil, 477, 201-217.
  • Johnson SN, Cibils-Stewart X, Waterman JM, Biru FN, Rowe RC & Hartley SE (2022) . Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 289(1969).
  • Thorne SJ, Stirnberg PM, Hartley SE & Maathuis FJM (2022) . Rice, 15(1).
  • Cibils‐Stewart X, Mace WJ, Popay AJ, Lattanzi FA, Hartley SSE, Hall CR, Powell JR & Johnson SN (2022) . Functional Ecology, 36(1), 249-261.
  • Frew A, Antunes PM, Cameron DD, Hartley SE, Johnson SN, Rillig MC & Bennett AE (2022) . New Phytologist, 233(3), 1022-1031.
  • Putra R, Vandegeer RK, Karan S, Powell JR, Hartley SE & Johnson SN (2021) . Functional Ecology, 35(12), 2856-2869.
  • Waterman JM, Cibils‐Stewart X, Cazzonelli CI, Hartley SE & Johnson SN (2021) . Ecology, 102(9).
  • Kaloterakis N, van Delden SH, Hartley S & De Deyn GB (2021) . Scientia Horticulturae, 288.
  • Oram NJ, Sun Y, Abalos D, van Groenigen JW, Hartley S & De Deyn GB (2021) . Functional Ecology, 35(10), 2205-2218.
  • Hall CR, Rowe RC, Mikhael M, Read E, Hartley SE & Johnson SN (2021) . Oecologia, 196(1), 145-154.
  • Vandegeer RK, Cibils‐Stewart X, Wuhrer R, Hartley SE, Tissue DT & Johnson SN (2021) . Functional Ecology, 35(6), 1200-1211.
  • Thorne SJ, Hartley SE & Maathuis FJM (2021) . Plants, 10(4).
  • Waterman J, Cibils-Stewart X, Hall C, Mikhael M, Cazzonelli C, Hartley S & Johnson S (2021) . EGU General Assembly 2021.
  • Johnson SN, Hartley SE, Ryalls JMW, Frew A & Hall CR (2021) . Ecology, 102(3).
  • Johnson SN, Hartley SE & Moore BD (2021) . Trends in Plant Science, 26(2), 99-101.
  • Waterman JM, Hall CR, Mikhael M, Cazzonelli CI, Hartley SE & Johnson SN (2021) . Functional Ecology, 35(1), 82-92.
  • Vandegeer RK, Zhao C, Cibils‐Stewart X, Wuhrer R, Hall CR, Hartley SE, Tissue DT & Johnson SN (2021) . Physiologia Plantarum, 171(3), 358-370.
  • Cibils-Stewart X, Powell JR, Popay AJ, Lattanzi FA, Hartley SE & Johnson SN (2020) . Frontiers in Plant Science, 11.
  • Brightly WH, Hartley SE, Osborne CP, Simpson KJ & Strömberg CAE (2020) . Global Change Biology, 26(12), 7128-7143.
  • Thorne SJ, Hartley SE & Maathuis FJM (2020) . Frontiers in Plant Science, 11.
  • Chen L, Czechowski T, Graham IA & Hartley SE (2020) . Plant-Environment Interactions, 1(2), 122-133.
  • Pretty J, Attwood S, Bawden R, van den Berg H, Bharucha ZP, Dixon J, Flora CB, Gallagher K, Genskow K, Hartley SE , Ketelaar JW et al (2020) . Global Sustainability, 3.
  • Singh A, Kumar A, Hartley S & Singh IK (2020) . Journal of Experimental Botany, 71(21), 6730-6743.
  • Kelland ME, Wade PW, Lewis AL, Taylor LL, Sarkar B, Andrews MG, Lomas MR, Cotton TEA, Kemp SJ, James RH , Pearce CR et al (2020) . Global Change Biology, 26(6), 3658-3676.
  • Waterman JM, Mann TJ, Cazzonelli CI, Hartley SE & Johnson SN (2020) . Ecological Entomology, 45(5), 1224-1229.
  • Putra R, Powell JR, Hartley SE & Johnson SN (2020) . Functional Ecology, 34(6), 1142-1157.
  • Hall CR, Mikhael M, Hartley SE & Johnson SN (2020) . Functional Ecology, 34(5), 993-1002.
  • Vandegeer RK, Tissue DT, Hartley SE, Glauser G & Johnson SN (2020) . Environmental and Experimental Botany, 171, 103954-103954.
  • Thackeray SJ, Robinson SA, Smith P, Bruno R, Kirschbaum MUF, Bernacchi C, Byrne M, Cheung W, Cotrufo MF, Gienapp P , Hartley S et al (2020) . Global Change Biology, 26(3), 1042-1044.
  • Stewart BD, Burns C, Hejnowicz AP, Gravey V, O'Leary BC, Hicks K, Farstad FM & Hartley SE (2019) . People and Nature, 1(4), 442-456.
  • Hall CR, Waterman JM, Vandegeer RK, Hartley SE & Johnson SN (2019) . Frontiers in Plant Science, 10.
  • Wilkinson TDJ, Miranda J-P, Ferrari J, Hartley SE & Hodge A (2019) . Frontiers in Plant Science, 10.
  • Thomas CD, Jones TH & Hartley SE (2019) . Global Change Biology, 25(6), 1891-1892.
  • Waterman JM, Cazzonelli CI, Hartley SE & Johnson SN (2019) . Trends in Ecology & Evolution, 34(5), 447-458.
  • Talukdar P, Hartley SE, Travis AJ, Price AH & Norton GJ (2019) . Journal of Plant Nutrition and Soil Science, 182(2), 265-276.
  • Moise ERD, McNeil JN, Hartley SE & Henry HAL (2019) . Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata, 167(2), 91-97.
  • Wilkinson TDJ, Ferrari J, Hartley SE & Hodge A (2019) . Functional Ecology, 33(4), 576-586.
  • Pretty J, Benton TG, Bharucha ZP, Dicks LV, Flora CB, Godfray HCJ, Goulson D, Hartley S, Lampkin N, Morris C , Pierzynski G et al (2018) . Nature Sustainability, 1(8), 441-446.
  • Ruffino L, Hartley SE, DeGabriel JL & Lambin X (2018) . Ecology and Evolution, 8(16), 7752-7762.
  • Hejnowicz AP, Hartley SE & Gilbert N (2018) . Nature, 556(7700), 174-174.
  • Doheny-Adams T, Lilley CJ, Barker A, Ellis S, Wade R, Atkinson HJ, Urwin PE, Redeker K & Hartley SE (2018) . Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry, 66(20), 5108-5116.
  • Johnson SN, Lopaticki G, Aslam TJ, Barnett K, Frew A, Hartley SE, Hiltpold I, Nielsen UN & Ryalls JMW (2018) . Annals of Applied Biology, 172(3), 282-294.
  • Johnson SN, Ryalls JMW, Gherlenda AN, Frew A & Hartley SE (2018) . Frontiers in Plant Science, 9.
  • Hill EM, Robinson LA, Abdul-Sada A, Vanbergen AJ, Hodge A & Hartley SE (2018) . Journal of Chemical Ecology, 44(2), 198-208.
  • Johnson SN & Hartley SE (2018) . Global Change Biology, 24(9), 3886-3896.
  • Hoysted GA, Lilley CJ, Field KJ, Dickinson M, Hartley SE & Urwin PE (2017) . Frontiers in Plant Science, 8.
  • Simpson KJ, Wade RN, Rees M, Osborne CP & Hartley SE (2017) . Functional Ecology, 31(11), 2108-2117.
  • McLarnon E, McQueen-Mason S, Lenk I & Hartley SE (2017) . Frontiers in Plant Science, 8.
  • Singh K, McClean CJ, Büker P, Hartley SE & Hill JK (2017) . Agricultural Systems, 156, 76-84.
  • Johnson SN, Hartley SE, Ryalls JMW, Frew A, DeGabriel JL, Duncan M & Gherlenda AN (2017) . Functional Ecology, 31(10), 1903-1909.
  • Wade RN, Karley AJ, Johnson SN & Hartley SE (2017) . Functional Ecology, 31(8), 1647-1658.
  • Doheny-Adams T, Redeker K, Kittipol V, Bancroft I & Hartley SE (2017) . Plant Methods, 13.
  • Ryalls JMW, Hartley SE & Johnson SN (2017) . Biology Letters, 13(3), 20160912-20160912.
  • Johnson SN, Benefer CM, Frew A, Griffiths BS, Hartley SE, Karley AJ, Rasmann S, Schumann M, Sonnemann I & Robert CAM (2016) . Applied Soil Ecology, 108, 96-107.
  • Power SA, Barnett KL, Ochoa-Hueso R, Facey SL, Gibson-Forty EVJ, Hartley SE, Nielsen UN, Tissue DT & Johnson SN (2016) . Frontiers in Plant Science, 7.
  • Cooke J, DeGabriel JL & Hartley SE (2016) . Functional Ecology, 30(8), 1270-1276.
  • Hartley SE & DeGabriel JL (2016) . Functional Ecology, 30(8), 1311-1322.
  • Johnson SN, Erb M & Hartley SE (2016) . New Phytologist, 210(2), 413-418.
  • Johnson SN, Lopaticki G, Barnett K, Facey SL, Powell JR & Hartley SE (2016) . Functional Ecology, 30(6), 894-902.
  • Hartley SE, Green JP, Massey FP, Press MCP, Stewart AJA & John EA (2015) . Ecology, 96(9), 2408-2416.
  • Amy SR, Heard MS, Hartley SE, George CT, Pywell RF & Staley JT (2015) . Basic and Applied Ecology, 16(5), 443-451.
  • Hartley SE (2015) . Functional Ecology, 29(2), 151-153.
  • Hartley SE, Eschen R, Horwood JM, Gange AC & Hill EM (2015) . New Phytologist, 205(2), 816-827.
  • Rowntree JK, Fisher Barham D, Stewart AJA & Hartley SE (2014) . Functional Ecology, 28(4), 829-836.
  • Guérin V, Lebreton A, Cogliati EE, Hartley SE, Belzile F, Menzies JG & Bélanger RR (2014) . Plant Disease, 98(12), 1632-1638.
  • Ewald NC, Hartley SE & Stewart AJA (2013) . Freshwater Biology, 58(12), 2481-2493.
  • Soininen EM, Bråthen KA, Jusdado JGH, Reidinger S & Hartley SE (2013) . Oikos, 122(1), 30-41.
  • Johnson SN, Clark KE, Hartley SE, Jones TH, McKenzie SW & Koricheva J (2012) . Ecology, 93(10), 2208-2215.
  • Reidinger S, Ramsey MH & Hartley SE (2012) . New Phytologist, 195(3), 699-706.
  • Reynolds JJH, Lambin X, Massey FP, Reidinger S, Sherratt JA, Smith MJ, White A & Hartley SE (2012) . Oecologia, 170(2), 445-456.
  • McMenemy LS, Hartley SE, MacFarlane SA, Karley AJ, Shepherd T & Johnson SN (2012) . Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata, 144(1), 56-68.
  • Clark KE, Hartley SE, Brennan RM, Jennings SN, McMenemy LS, McNicol JW, Mitchell C & Johnson SN (2012) . Crop Protection, 32, 76-82.
  • Clark KE, Hartley SE, Brennan RM, MacKenzie K & Johnson SN (2012) . Agricultural and Forest Entomology, 14(2), 157-163.
  • Clark KE, Hartley SE, Brennan RM, MacKenzie K & Johnson SN (2012) . Bulletin of Entomological Research, 102(1), 63-70.
  • EWALD NC, JOHN EA & HARTLEY SE (2011) . Ecological Entomology, 36(5), 596-604.
  • Garbuzov M, Reidinger S & Hartley SE (2011) . Annals of Botany, 108(7), 1355-1363.
  • CLARK KE, HARTLEY SE & JOHNSON SN (2011) . Ecological Entomology, 36(2), 117-124.
  • Johnson SN, Staley JT, McLeod FAL & Hartley SE (2011) . Journal of Ecology, 99(1), 57-65.
  • Bass KA, John EA, Ewald NC & Hartley SE (2010) . Functional Ecology, 24(6), 1228-1233.
  • Eichhorn MP, Nilus R, Compton SG, Hartley SE & Burslem DFRP (2010) . Ecology, 91(4), 1092-1101.
  • Denyer JL, Hartley SE & John EA (2010) . Journal of Ecology, 98(2), 498-508.
  • Massey FP, Massey K, Roland Ennos A & Hartley SE (2009) . Basic and Applied Ecology, 10(7), 622-630.
  • SINKA M, JONES TH & HARTLEY SE (2009) . Ecological Entomology, 34(5), 588-594.
  • Hartley SE & Gange AC (2009) . Annual Review of Entomology, 54(1), 323-342.
  • Massey FP & Hartley SE (2009) . Journal of Animal Ecology, 78(1), 281-291.
  • Eichhorn MP, Compton SG & Hartley SE (2008) . Biotropica, 40(6), 707-713.
  • Walker M, Hartley SE & Jones TH (2008) . Journal of Animal Ecology, 77(5), 1063-1071.
  • Massey FP, Smith MJ, Lambin X & Hartley SE (2008) . Biology Letters, 4(4), 419-422.
  • Romeis J, Bartsch D, Bigler F, Candolfi MP, Gielkens MMC, Hartley SE, Hellmich RL, Huesing JE, Jepson PC, Layton R , Quemada H et al (2008) . Nature Biotechnology, 26(2), 203-208.
  • Bartsch D, Gathmann A, Hartley S, Hendriksen NB, Hails R, Lheureux K, Kiss J, Mesdagh S, Neemann G, Perry J , Renckens S et al (2007) . Journal für Verbraucherschutz und Lebensmittelsicherheit, 2(S1), 33-36.
  • Massey FP & Hartley S (2007) Grasses bite back. Planet Earth(WINTER), 24-25.
  • Denyer JL, Hartley SE & John EA (2007) . Oikos, 116(7), 1186-1192.
  • Sinka M, Jones TH & Hartley SE (2007) . Applied Soil Ecology, 36(2-3), 92-99.
  • Massey FP, Roland Ennos A & Hartley SE (2007) . Oecologia, 152(4), 677-683.
  • MASSEY FP, ENNOS AR & HARTLEY SE (2007) . Journal of Ecology, 95(3), 414-424.
  • Eichhorn MP, Fagan KC, Compton SG, Dent DH & Hartley SE (2007) . Biotropica, 39(3), 416-421.
  • Eichhorn MP, Compton SG & Hartley SE (2006) . Journal of Tropical Ecology, 22(5), 513-519.
  • Massey FP & Hartley SE (2006) . Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 273(1599), 2299-2304.
  • MASSEY FP, MASSEY K, PRESS MC & HARTLEY SE (2006) . Journal of Ecology, 94(3), 646-655.
  • MASSEY FP, ENNOS AR & HARTLEY SE (2006) . Journal of Animal Ecology, 75(2), 595-603.
  • Massei G, Watkins R & Hartley SE (2006) . Acta Oecologica, 29(2), 135-140.
  • HARTLEY SE & MITCHELL RJ (2005) . Journal of Ecology, 93(5), 990-1004.
  • Clark BR, Hartley SE, Suding KN & de Mazancourt C (2005) . The American Naturalist, 165(6), 609-622.
  • Massey FP, Press MC & Hartley SE (2005) . Journal of Tropical Ecology, 21(2), 195-201.
  • Raymond B, Hartley SE, Cory JS & Hails RS (2005) . Journal of Invertebrate Pathology, 88(1), 49-57.
  • GASTON KJ, GENNEY DR, THURLOW M & HARTLEY SE (2004) . Journal of Animal Ecology, 73(5), 911-924.
  • Vanbergen AJ, Hodgson DJ, Thurlow M, Hartley SE & Watt AD (2003) . Bulletin of Entomological Research, 93(6), 553-559.
  • Palmer SCF, Hester AJ, Elston DA, Gordon IJ & Hartley SE (2003) . Ecology, 84(11), 2877-2890.
  • Hartley SE, Gardner SM & Mitchell RJ (2003) . Journal of Applied Ecology, 40(5), 793-803.
  • Johnson SN, Elston DA & Hartley SE (2003) . Ecological Entomology, 28(5), 533-541.
  • Vanbergen AJ, Raymond B, Pearce ISK, Watt AD, Hails RS & Hartley SE (2003) . Ecological Entomology, 28(5), 604-612.
  • Hartley SE & Jones TH (2003) . Oikos, 101(1), 6-17.
  • Johnson SN, Douglas AE, Woodward S & Hartley SE (2003) . Oecologia, 134(3), 388-396.
  • Johnson SN, Mayhew PJ, Douglas AE & Hartley SE (2002) . Functional Ecology, 16(5), 575-584.
  • Genney DR, Alexander IJ & Hartley SE (2002) . Functional Ecology, 16(5), 664-670.
  • Staley JT & Hartley SE (2002) . Ecological Entomology, 27(5), 626-630.
  • Raymond B, Vanbergen A, Watt A, Hartley SE, Cory JS & Hails RS (2002) . Oikos, 98(2), 219-228.
  • Hodgson DJ, Vanbergen AJ, Hartley SE, Hails RS & Cory JS (2002) . Ecology Letters, 5(4), 512-518.
  • Richardson SJ, Press MC, Parsons AN & Hartley SE (2002) . Journal of Ecology, 90(3), 544-556.
  • Raymond B, Vanbergen A, Pearce I, Hartley S, Cory J & Hails R (2002) . Oecologia, 131(4), 533-541.
  • Bale JS, Masters GJ, Hodkinson ID, Awmack C, Bezemer TM, Brown VK, Butterfield J, Buse A, Coulson JC, Farrar J , Good JEG et al (2002) . Global Change Biology, 8(1), 1-16.
  • Hartley SE (2001) . New Phytologist, 149(3), 366-367.
  • Genney DR, Hartley SH & Alexander IJ (2001) . New Phytologist, 152(2), 355-363.
  • Williams IS, Jones TH & Hartley SE (2001) . Ecological Entomology, 26(2), 204-211.
  • Duncan AJ, Hartley SE, Thurlow M, Young S & Staines BW (2001) . Forest Ecology and Management, 148(1-3), 259-269.
  • Alonso I, Hartley SE & Thurlow M (2001) . Journal of Vegetation Science, 12(2), 249-260.
  • Milne JA & Hartley SE (2001) . CATENA, 42(2-4), 333-343.
  • White A, Watt AD, Hails RS & Hartley SE (2000) . Oikos, 89(1), 137-145.
  • Richardson SJ, Hartley SE & Press MC (2000) . Ecological Entomology, 25(3), 367-370.
  • Fisher AEI, Hartley SE & Young M (2000) . Journal of Animal Ecology, 69(1), 165-176.
  • Hartley SE, Jones CG, Couper GC & Jones TH (2000) . Global Change Biology, 6(5), 497-506.
  • Genney DR (2000) . Journal of Experimental Botany, 51(347), 1117-1125.
  • Massei G, Hartley SE & Bacon PJ (2000) . Journal of Vegetation Science, 11(1), 1-8.
  • Massei G & Hartley SE (2000) . Oecologia, 122(2), 225-231.
  • Fisher AEI, Hartley SE & Young M (1999) . Ecological Entomology, 24(2), 156-162.
  • Hartley SE & Amos L (1999) . Journal of Ecology, 87(2), 330-340.
  • Ings TC & Hartley SE (1999) . Forest Ecology and Management, 119(1-3), 123-136.
  • Jones CG & Hartley SE (1999) . Oikos, 86(1), 27-27.
  • Hartley SE (1999) . Oikos, 84(2), 333-333.
  • KERSLAKE JE, WOODIN SJ & HARTLEY SE (1998) . New Phytologist, 140(1), 43-53.
  • Jones TH, Thompson LJ, Lawton JH, Bezemer TM, Bardgett RD, Blackburn TM, Bruce KD, Cannon PF, Hall GS, Hartley SE , Howson G et al (1998) . Science, 280(5362), 441-443.
  • Duncan AJ, Hartley SE & Iason GR (1998) . Forest Ecology and Management, 103(1), 57-67.
  • Hartley SE (1998) . Oecologia, 113(4), 492-501.
  • Alonso I & Hartley SE (1998) . Plant Ecology, 137(2), 203-212.
  • HARTLEY SE, IASON GR, DUNCAN AJ & HITCHCOCK D (1997) . Functional Ecology, 11(3), 348-357.
  • Gardner SM, Hartley SE, Davies A & Palmer SCF (1997) . Biological Conservation, 81(3), 275-286.
  • Kerslake JE & Hartley SE (1997) . The Journal of Animal Ecology, 66(3), 375-375.
  • Kerslake JE, Kruuk LEB, Hartley SE & Woodin SJ (1996) . Bulletin of Entomological Research, 86(2), 155-164.
  • Iason GR, Duncan AJ, Hartley SE & Staines BW (1996) . Forest Ecology and Management, 88(1-2), 121-129.
  • Hunter MD, Malcolm SB & Hartley SE (1996) . Chemoecology, 7(1), 45-56.
  • HARTLEY SE & GARDNER SM (1995) . Ecological Entomology, 20(4), 396-399.
  • Hartley SE, Nelson K & Gorman M (1995) . Oikos, 72(1), 79-79.
  • Duncan AJ, Hartley SE & Iason GR (1994) . The Journal of Agricultural Science, 123(3), 363-370.
  • VALLADARES GR & HARTLEY SE (1994) . Ecological Entomology, 19(3), 257-262.
  • Duncan AJ, Hartley SE & Iason GR (1994) . Canadian Journal of Zoology, 72(10), 1715-1720.
  • Hartley SE (1994) . Journal of Chemical Ecology, 20(9), 2467-2469.
  • Iason GR, Hartley SE & Duncan AJ (1993) . Biochemical Systematics and Ecology, 21(3), 315-321.
  • Hartley SE (1992) . Proceedings of the Royal Society of Edinburgh. Section B. Biological Sciences, 98, 91-104.
  • Hartley SE & Lawton JH (1992) . The Journal of Animal Ecology, 61(1), 113-113.
  • Hartley SE (1991) What are galls for? Tests of the nutrition hypothesis. Insects Plants 89 Proc 7th Symposium on Insect Plant Relationships Budapest 1989, 265-274.
  • Hartley SE & Firn RD (1989) . Journal of Chemical Ecology, 15(1), 275-283.
  • Hartley SE (1988) . Oecologia, 76(1), 65-70.
  • Hartley SE & Lawton JH (1987) . Oecologia, 74(3), 432-437.
  • BERGELSON JOY, FOWLER S & HARTLEY S (1986) . Ecological Entomology, 11(3), 241-250.
  • Green JP, Foster R, Wilkins L, Osorio D & Hartley SE () . PLOS ONE, 10(9), e0136884-e0136884.
  • Hartley SE, Fitt RN, McLarnon EL & Wade RN () . Frontiers in Plant Science, 6.
  • Huitu O, Forbes KM, Helander M, Julkunen-Tiitto R, Lambin X, Saikkonen K, Stuart P, Sulkama S & Hartley S () . Frontiers in Plant Science, 5.
  • Johnson SL, Villarroel M, Rosengrave P, Carne A, Kleffmann T, Lokman PM & Gemmell NJ () . PLoS ONE, 9(8), e104155-e104155.
  • Johnson SN, Lopaticki G & Hartley SE () . PLoS ONE, 9(3), e90251-e90251.
  • Dray MW, Crowther TW, Thomas SM, A’Bear AD, Godbold DL, Ormerod SJ, Hartley SE & Jones TH () . PLoS ONE, 9(1), e86246-e86246.
  • Sutherland WJ, Bellingan L, Bellingham JR, Blackstock JJ, Bloomfield RM, Bravo M, Cadman VM, Cleevely DD, Clements A, Cohen AS , Cope DR et al () . PLoS ONE, 7(3), e31824-e31824.
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Book chapters

  • Hartley SE & Beale C (2019) , Grasslands and Climate Change (pp. 188-202). Cambridge University Press
  • Hartley SE, Eschen R, Horwood JM, Robinson L & Hill EM (2012) , The Ecology of Plant Secondary Metabolites (pp. 204-225). Cambridge University Press
  • Iason GR, Dicke M & Hartley SE (2012) , The Ecology of Plant Secondary Metabolites (pp. 1-9). Cambridge University Press
  • Iason G, Dicke M & Hartley S (2012) The Ecology of Plant Secondary Metabolites From Genes to Global Processes Preface, ECOLOGY OF PLANT SECONDARY METABOLITES: FROM GENES TO GLOBAL PROCESSES (pp. XIII-XV).
  • Hartley SE, Eschen R, Horwood JM, Robinson L & Hill EM (2012) Plant secondary metabolites and the interactions between plants and other organisms: the potential of a metabolomic approach, ECOLOGY OF PLANT SECONDARY METABOLITES: FROM GENES TO GLOBAL PROCESSES (pp. 204-225).
  • Hartley SE, Bass KA & Johnson SN (2007) , Ecological Communities (pp. 51-74). Cambridge University Press
  • Burslem DFRP, Pinard MA & Hartley SE (2005) , Biotic Interactions in the Tropics (pp. xi-xvi). Cambridge University Press
  • Massey FP, Press MC & Hartley SE (2005) , Biotic Interactions in the Tropics (pp. 347-365). Cambridge University Press
  • Hartley SE & Jones CG (1996) (pp. 284-324). Wiley
  • Hartley SE () Wiley
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Conference proceedings

  • Randle-Boggis RJ, Lara E, Onyango J, Temu EJ & Hartley SE (2021) . AIP Conference Proceedings, Vol. 2361(1). Perpignan, France and Online, 14 October 2020 - 14 October 2020.
  • Brightly WH, Hartley S, Osborn C & Stromberg CAE (2017) . Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs
  • Bartsch D, Bigler F, Castanera P, Gathmann A, Gielkens M, Hartley S, Lheureux K, Renckens S, Schiemann J, Sweet J & Wilhelm R (2006) . Journal für Verbraucherschutz und Lebensmittelsicherheit, Vol. 1(S1) (pp 15-20)
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Preprints

  • McCarthy K, Pook H, Redmond E, Ronald J, Keir J, Zhu Z, Quint M, Davis PA, Hartley SE, Davis SJ & Ezer D (2025) , Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory.
  • Franco Ortega S, Bedford JA, James SR, Newling K, Ashton PD, Boshier DH, Clark J, Hartley SE & Harper AL (2024) , Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory.
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Research group

Recent Research PhD students

Marie-Emma Denarié (2024 – 2027)
Improving plant resilience to biotic and abiotic stress via silicon accumulation
Western Sydney University, with Prof Scott Johnson

Sajjad Reyhani Haghighi (2023 – 2026) 
Interactive effect of climatic events on silicon defences against herbivores
Western Sydney University, with Prof Scott Johnson

Katie Shaw (2022 – 2025)
BBSRC White Rose DTP - Silicon enhances stomatal function and protects crop yields, University of Sheffield with Prof Julie Gray and Prof Andrew Fleming

Joris Wiethase (2019 - 2023)
NERC DTP - Identifying the mechanisms linking savannah degradation and bird distribution change. University of York, Co-supervisor, with Dr Colin Beale

Rocky Putra (2018 - 2021)
GRS- funded fellowship supported by Association of Australian Steel Mills and University of York - How silicon kick-starts nitrogen fixation in legumes and what this means for insect food-webs, Western Sydney University, with Assoc Prof Scott Johnson and Assoc Prof Jeff Powell

Jamie Waterman (2018 - 2021)
GRS-funded fellowship - Primed for retaliation: how silicon helps plants “remember” herbivore attack Western Sydney University, with Assoc Prof Scott Johnson and Dr Chris Cazonelli

Ximena Cibils-Stewart (2018 - 2021)
Argentine Government Scholarship - How mutualistic fungi augment silicon-based Western Sydney University, with Assoc Prof Scott Johnson and Assoc Prof Jeff Powell

Sarah Thorne (2017- 2021)
BBSRC DTP - Increasing wheat yields with silicon University of York, with Prof Frans Maathuis

Elizabeth Parker (2015 - 2022)
BBSRC DTP, White Rose Network - The role of AMF in drought alleviation in crops: identifying the underpinning physiological mechanisms University of Sheffield, with Prof Duncan Cameron

Pierre van Griethuysen (2014-2020)
BBSRC Training Award - Plant-nematode-virus interactions: potential influence on the feeding behaviour of free-living nematodes by the viruses they transmit University of York, with Dr Kelly Redeker, Prof Roy Neilson, James Hutton Institute

Current and recent Post-docs Research Fellows

Sarah Thorne (2022 – 2027)
University Research Fellowship - the role of silicon in plant resistance to plant biotic and abiotic stress.

Richard Randle-Boggis (2020 - 2023)
ESRC GCRF award - Harvesting the Sun Twice: Enhancing livelihoods in East African agricultural communities through innovations in solar energy.

Rebecca Vandegeer (2017 - 2020)
ARC Discovery project - Down to earth defence: unlocking silicon-derived defences for plant protection against root herbivores and drought. Western Sydney University, Dr Scott Johnson, Prof David Tissue.

Adam Hejnowicz (2016 - 2020)
ESRC Large Centre award - Centre for Evaluating Complexity Across the Nexus. Lead PI Prof Nigel Gilbert, University of Surrey.

Professional activities and memberships
  • Jisc Research and Innovation strategy forum group (2023 – present)
  • UUK/Jisc content negotiation strategy group (2020 - 2024)
  • Honorary membership of British Ecological Society (2021)
  • Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) for services to ecological research and public engagement, Queen’s Birthday Honours (2019)
  • Board member, Natural England (2018 – 2021)
  • Trustee, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (2016 – 2022)
  • President, British Ecological Society (2015 – 2017)
  • British Ecological Society Award for service to the ecological community (2012)
  • Royal Institution Christmas Lecturer (2009)
  • British Ecological Society President’s Medal for contributions to ecological research (2009)
  • One Earth (Editorial Advisory Board); new high tier journal in Environmental Sustainability from Cell. (2019-present)
  • Global Change Biology (Subject Editor) (2017-2020)
  • Kew Science Review panel (2019)
  • External Review panel for Plant Sciences in Cambridge (2019)
  • Royal Academy of Sciences International Assessment Panel (2018)
  • Chair Advisory Group for the NERC/BBSRC joint National Capability Programme for sustainable intensification of agriculture (2016- 2019)
  • External Advisory Board, Department of Plant Sciences, University of Oxford (2016)
  • BBSRC Strategy Advisory Panel on Agriculture and Food Security (2015 - 2018)
  • Chair of BBSRC/NERC/ESRC Sustainable Agriculture Research Innovation Club (2014 – 2019)
  • Peer Review Evaluation of Wageningen University (2009)
  • BBBSRC Foresight panel on research relevant to environmental change (2007-2009)
  • UKRI panel for the Global Challenges Research Fund (2017-2018)
  • UKRI panel for Future Leaders Fellowships (2017-2019)
  • Royal Society’s Newton International Fellowships panel (2008-2011)
  • Advisory Committee on Releases to the Environment (ACRE), Department of Environment Food and Rural Affairs; Chair, ACRE Working group on Environmental Monitoring of GM crops (1999-2006)
  • Ad-Hoc Expert, GMO Panel of European Food Safety Authority Expert Witness, World Trade Organisation (2004-2009)

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