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Leipzig, Saxony, Germany

Würzburg, Bavaria, Germany

I worked in the Zoology department of the University of Würzburg for six weeks after my undergraduate degree where I was involved in a project looking at the effects of climate change and particularly temperature on the emergence date in a wide range of pollinating insects. During my placement, I gained a lot of experience in working with trap nests, identifying the genus inside them, and updating and editing the relevant information in the spreadsheets about sex, emergence and sometimes parasitism for each nest. Some individuals were also frozen to be pinned and identified to species level, enhancing my pining skills, and letting me get to know the terms involved in identification keys for bee species.

Brighton, England, United Kingdom

As a WP ambassador, I worked with schools from lower-income backgrounds and supervised these children during their visits. These included First Generation Scholar days, school visits, and subject taster days. Apart from supervision, I also gave a range of talks and activities with the young adults including subject taster talks, tabletop activities and holding assemblies.

Brighton, England, United Kingdom

As part of this role, I worked Open Days and Applicant Visiting Days on several weekends throughout the year as well as a tour guide for visitors and potential new staff. This involved being very organised with my time and while maintaining a high working standard to provide for all visitors. I had to be knowledgeable about the University, speak in front of large groups of people and sometimes organise campus tours when managing staff was absent.

Brighton, England, United Kingdom

This stipend is a competitive scheme for top-performing students and gives them a chance to conduct a twelve-week research project. I studied the exploitative competition between honey bees, bumblebees and other pollinating insects on bramble using exclusion methods. I worked with a PhD and a MSc student and conducted nectar volume measurements and identified pollinators by their species, developing my insect identification skills. The project also significantly enhanced my organisational, analytical and statistical competencies. Moreover, I came first out of 80 other top performing JRA students in the poster contest (which was part of the scheme) and was given the honour of presenting my research to academics and MPs at Posters in Parliament in March 2020. Moreover, I am also co-author of the now published paper in the Behavioural Ecology and Sociobiology Journal.

Master Of Science - Ms, Animal Behavior And Ethology, Distinction

Activities and Societies: I was an active player in the Lacrosse team and was mentoring Year 9 students as part of my Widening.

Bachelor Of Science - Bs, Biology/Biological Sciences, General, First Class Honours

Activities and Societies: I was co-founder and vice-president of the Biology Society for two years as well as Biology Course Rep in my.