I am a Postdoc based at the Centre for Biodiversity
and Environment Research at UCL. I am currently
working on the NERC funded GLiTRS (GLobal
Threat Response Synthesis) project which aims
to determine a global assessment of insect responses
to anthropogenic drivers of change. I am also on a year long
secondment as a lecturer to the new People and Nature
Lab based at UCL East.
PostDoc: The BIOTA project: Biodiversity, Interactions and Trade-Offs with Agriculture.
Revealing the interactions between global biodiversity change and human food security.
A collaboration between CBER and the Bartlett School of Environment, Energy & Resources.
NERC funded. Lead by Tim Newbold and Carole Dalin. (October 2018 - November 2021).
PhD: Modelling Biodiversity Trends from Occurrence Records.
NERC CASE PhD linked with UCL and the RSPB, based at the Centre for Ecology & Hydrology
Supervisors:
Dr. Nick Isaac, Centre for Ecology & Hydrology
Dr. Ben Collen, Centre for Biodiversity & Environment Research, University College London
Dr. Richard Gregory, The Royal Society for the Protection of Birds
Prof. Richard Chandler, Department of Statistical Science, University College London
Mini CV:
Aug 2022 - Jul 2023: Lecturer, People and Nature Lab, UCL East.
Nov 2021 - present: Postdoctoral research fellow, CBER, University College London. The GLiTRS project.
Oct 2018 - Nov 2021: Postdoctoral research fellow, CBER, University College London. The BIOTA project
Sept 2014 - Sept 2018: PhD student, the Centre for Ecology & Hydrology / University College London/the RSPB
Jan 2014 - Aug 2014: Project Research Assistant, Indicators & Assessments Unit, the Institute of Zoology,
Zoological Society of London
Jan 2013 - July 2013: Research Intern, Indicators & Assessments Unit, the Institute of Zoology,
Zoological Society of London
Sept 2011 - Aug 2012: MSc, Environmental bioscience in a changing climate, The University of Warwick
Sept 2008 - July 2011: BSc, Biological Sciences, The University of Warwick
Awards and Prizes:
International Congress for Conservation Biology, July 2017, prize for best speed talk
British Ecological Society Annual Meeting, December 2016, Anne Keymer prize runner up
Statistical Ecology Research Festival, June 2016, prize for best talk.
Committees:
British Ecological Society Grants Committee member (April 2020 - present)
UCL Division of Biosciences Postdoc Committee
International Congress for Conservation Biology, July 2017, prize for best speed talk
British Ecological Society Annual Meeting, December 2016, Anne Keymer prize runner up
Statistical Ecology Research Festival, June 2016, prize for best talk.
Committees:
British Ecological Society Grants Committee member (April 2020 - present)
UCL Division of Biosciences Postdoc Committee