The UMBRELLA team welcomes any enquiries and requests for information with regards to this project from the general public and media outlets using:
Project principal investigators
- The lead contact for the project from the UK (Prof. Paul Valdes, University of Bristol) can be reached at: p.j.valdes@bristol.ac.uk
- The lead contact for the project from China (Associate Prof. Su Tao, Xishuangbanna
Tropical Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS)) can be reached at: sutao@xtbg.org.cn
Further contacts
The main Individual group members biographies and contact details can be accessed through the drop down menu under ‘People’ or below. A selection of other project participants can be found below:
| Institute/University | Name | Position | Research fields | email address |
| Bristol University | Paul Valdes | Professor | Climate Modelling | p.j.valdes@bristol.ac.uk |
| Bristol University | Rich Pancost | Professor | Biomarkers Paleoclimate | r.d.pancost@bristol.ac.uk |
| Bristol University | Dan Lunt | Professor | Climate Modelling | d.j.lunt@bristol.ac.uk |
| Bristol University | Alex Farnsworth | Senior Research Associate | Climate Modelling | alex.Farnsworth@bristol.ac.uk |
| Bristol University | J.P Mayser | Research Associate | Biomarkers | j.p.mayser@bristol.ac.uk |
| Bristol University | Greg Tourte | Senior Research Associate | Climate Modelling Computer Sysem Manager | g.j.l.tourte@bristol.ac.uk |
| Open University | Bob Spicer | Professor | CLAMP Paleobotany | r.a.spicer@open.ac.uk |
| Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden, the Chinese Academy of Sciences | Zhe-Kun Zhou | Professor | Paleobotany | zhouzk@xtbg.ac.cn |
| Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden, the Chinese Academy of Sciences | Tao Su | Associate Professor | Paleobotany, Paleoclimatology | sutao@xtbg.org.cn |
| Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden, the Chinese Academy of Sciences | Alice Hughes | Associate Professor | Ecology | ach_conservation2@hotmail.com |
| Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden, the Chinese Academy of Sciences AND Bristol University | Shufeng Li | Assistant Professor | Paleobotany, Paleoclimatology | lisf@xtbg.org.cn |
| Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden, the Chinese Academy of Sciences | Yao-Wu Xing | Professor | Biogeography | ywxing@xtbg.org.cn |
| Kunming Institute of Botany, the Chinese Academy of Sciences | Wen-Yun Chen | Senior Engineer | Database Expert | chenwy@mail.kib.ac.cn |
| Kunming Institute of Botany, the Chinese Academy of Sciences | Yong-Jiang Huang | Assistant Professor | Paleobotany | huangyongjiang@mail.kib.ac.cn |
| Institute of Vertabrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology, Chinese Academy of Sciences | Feixiang Wu | Associate Professor | wufeixiang@ivpp.ac.cn | |
| Sun Yat-Sen University | Jianhua Jin | Professor | Paleobotany | lssjjh@mail.sysu.edu.cn |
| Sun Yat-Sen University | Tatiana M. Kodrul | Professor | Paleobotany | tatiko_dr@yahoo.com |
| Sun Yat-Sen University | Xiaoyan Liu | Associate Professor | Paleobotany | lxy_0628@163.com |
| Institute of Tibetan Plateau Research, the Chinese Academy of Sciences | Lin Ding | Professor | Geology | dinglin@itpcas.ac.cn |
| Institute of Tibetan Plateau Research, the Chinese Academy of Sciences | Xu Qiang | Associate Professor | Geology | xuq@itpcas.ac.cn |
| Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden, the Chinese Academy of Sciences | Jian Huang | Assistant Professor | Paleobotany | huangjian@xtbg.ac.cn |
| Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden, the Chinese Academy of Sciences | Jia Liu | Posdoc | Palynology | liujia@xtbg.ac.cn |