Staff profiles

Mark's primary research interests are:

• The psychology of sexual behaviour (especially the psychobiology of homosexuality, interpersonal attraction, and the study of sexual aggression)
• The psychology of human olfactory function (sense of smell)
• The psychology of interpersonal aggression
• Online research techniques in Psychology

• Professor Charles Wysocki (The Monell Chemical Senses Center, Philadelphia, USA). Funding provided by the European Chemireception Research Organisation (ECRO).

• Consultancy work undertaken for Proctor and Gamble plc on the effects of hair colouring on confidence and psychological well-being (with Dr Andrew Dunn, Dr Rachel Horsley and Dr James Houston of Nottingham Trent University).
• Consultancy work undertaken for Unilever plc to examine gender differences in the production and perception of body odour (with Dr Tom Dickins from the University of East London).
• Completion of a British Science Association Media Fellowship involving placements with the Daily Mirror and the Science Media Centre.

Mark's research supervision includes projects related to the study of human sexual behaviour. The main focus of this work is quantitative and internet-mediated methodologies, although Mark has supervised qualitative research projects. Particular research interests include the following areas:

• The psychology of sexual behaviour
• The psychobiology of homosexuality
• The role of olfaction on sexual behaviour
• The predictors of sexual aggression and harrassment