Oxford, England, United Kingdom
I work as a Deployable Project Scientist at the Met Office, contributing across a range of environmental-science projects and themes, including current work in operational climate attribution following extreme weather events. I am particularly interested in how rigorous scientific analysis can be applied across both research and operational contexts to support better understanding, communication, and decision-making. I recently completed my DPhil in Biology at the University of Oxford, funded by the NERC Doctoral Training Partnership. My research examined the independent and interactive impacts of multiple stressors on global marine intertidal ecosystems, with a strong focus on developing more replicable approaches to monitoring, accessible and scalable experimental design, and interaction-aware marine spatial planning at the land–sea interface. My wider interests lie in interdisciplinary environmental science spanning the physical and life sciences, across multiple biomes, systems, and scales. I am especially motivated by work at the intersection of biodiversity, ecology, conservation, climate, weather, and sustainability, particularly where complex environmental change needs to be translated into actionable insights through science, management, and policy.
Part of the Deployable Scientists team, contributing across weather- and climate-related projects and building experience in applied scientific workflows, operational delivery, and decision-facing analysis. I am currently working within the Climate Attribution team, contributing to the development of an operational attribution service for rapid studies of extreme weather and climate events. This work spans event monitoring, trigger assessment, event definition, observational and model-based analysis, and the production of scientific reports and event summaries, with transparent documentation of expert judgement throughout the workflow. Current work includes: • Monitoring extreme events and assessing candidate triggers for rapid attribution studies. • Supporting event definition and observational analysis using Jupyter Notebook-based workflows and ERA5 reanalysis. • Building experience with CMIP6/CORDEX model evaluation and probabilistic attribution of temperature and precipitation extremes. • Contributing to Python-based and reproducible analytical pipelines used for operational reporting and communication outputs. Additional commitments: Member of the Biodiversity Working Group • Transport Workshop Facilitator • Member of Met Office Choir
NERC DTP funded, within the Biodiversity, Ecology, and Evolutionary Processes theme. Project title: Investigating the impacts of multiple stressors on marine communities Methods shall include in situ passive warming and analysis of multiple stressor responses (warming and sewage pollution) on intertidal community compositions across the UK and globally, and analyses of international, national and sub-national marine policy to develop multiple stressor, rocky shore-specific best practises for monitoring and management strategies.
Graduate mentor of Oxford's flagship summer postgraduate access internship programme, UNIQ+. I am one of four mentors within Mathematical, Physical and Life Sciences, tasked with producing events and providing mentorship to a cohort of 89 interns. Taks include: • Creating a programme of events across 12 week programme • Analysis of past feedback to ensure progression and improvement of current provisions • Liaising with speakers to coordinate and construct in-person and hybrid events • Serving as an immediate point of contact for welfare and support concerns, and continuous mentorship throughout their research projects
Principal supervisor for MBiol 4th year project, entitled: Recruitment of intertidal communities under multiple stressors: a comparison between northern and southern hemispheres. Student successfully achived a 1st classification (+70%) for their research component. Supervision roles included: • Project conceptualisation and feasibility determination • Securing additional funds to support research and fieldwork • Direct supervision during construction, fieldwork and sampling of experimental in-situ replicates • Direct weekly supervision to ensure progress of analysis and synthesis • Exploration of enrichment activities, including conference and seminar involvement
The Graduate Studies Committee is responsible for the DPhil Biology, the Diploma offered by WildCRU/Continuing Education and any future Masters course(s). Specific tasks include: • Representation of the DTP cohort • Overseeing admissions policies to ensure best practice and fair, inclusive processes and analysing admissions data annually for equality • Assessing admissions targets and analysing any under/over-recruitment issues • Oversight of training offered to DPhil students • Develop policies on funded internships and work experience for graduate students, ensuring these opportunities can be available to every student • Monitoring funding available for studentships and how it is awarded and work on possible new funding sources • Monitor DPhil completion rates and address any issues arising; monitor attainment / completion on other courses as appropriate
Research assistant for Penguin Watch research team, across sub-Antarctic and Antarctic peninsula, investigating the impacts of climate change on penguin phenology. Research expedition was facilitated by Hurtigruten Expeditions on board the MS Fram. Research projects included: • Servicing time lapse cameras and retrieving photographic data • Benthic microalgae readings of freshwater lakes • Freshwater zooplankton samples • Freshwater pollution readings • Penguin guano samples • Drone images of penguin colonies and freshwater lake thermal gradients • Pollen trap set-up • Avian influenza (H5N1) reporting and documentation of suspected/confirmed cases • Lectures and seminars on board the ship
This internship aimed to provide an update on the Global Assessment Report published in 2012 by the GFEP Global Expert Panel on Biodiversity, Forest Management, and REDD+. • Literature review of present and prospective REDD+ implementation case studies, to consider the effects of implementation on biodiversity, carbon, and livelihoods • Maintain and expand the reference database • Co-development of content for two chapters for the resulting peer-reviewed assessment report