• Managed and conducted routine boat-based fieldwork to collect data on local cetaceans in Walvis Bay, as well as data entry and processing, as part of the Namibian Dolphin Project.• Led marine mammal stranding response, necropsy and sampling activities, including dedicated 4x4 beach surveys.• Assisted with routine Cape fur seal monitoring and scat collection.• Designed and conducted educational programmes, talks and activities.• Trained and supervised teams of field assistants and volunteers.• Managed databases, finances, social media pages and administration tasks. • Maintained research equipment, a marine education centre and volunteer accommodation.• Participated in local marine conservation working group meetings and national workshops.Follow the link for more information:

Intensive monitoring of killer whale, elephant seal and fur seal populations on remote subantarctic Marion Island, often in extreme weather conditions and under physically demanding and mentally challenging conditions.• Marion killer whale work: Data collection during dedicated shore-based observations (up to 10 hours in summer) and opportunistic sightings, collection of biopsies and deployment of satellite tags with the use of a crossbow, sample processing, photo-identification, data entry, database management, equipment maintenance and report writing.• Pinniped work: Data collection involved hiking far distances (up to 37 km a day) over difficult terrain for routine census work (tag resights), tagging, pup weigh, photogrammetry projects, scat collection, assistance with satellite deployments and pit tagging, collection of whiskers, fur, biopsies and blood and disentanglements. Assisted with data entry.• South African killer whale work: Recording and collating of all killer whale sightings across southern Africa between 2010 and 2021 from research vessels, collaboraters, social media and opportunistic sightings, photo identification and drafting a national catalogue. Work done in collaboration with Sea Search when expedition to Marion was canceled due to the Covid pandemic.Link 1: Marion Island Marine Mammal Programme's killer whale research.Link 2: South African killer whale research.Link 3 and 4: SABC's 50/50 documentary provides a brief visual overview of the globally important Marion Island Marine Mammal Programme and the extreme conditions in which field biologist conduct the work.

• Developed and led dedicated boat-based surveys to collect photo-identification data on the endangered Indian Ocean humpback dolphin in Plettenberg Bay, including skippering of a 9m butt cat seagoing research vessel.• Managed and led data collection for various research and monitoring projects, including data collection from boat-based whale watching vessels and a research project on Chacma baboons.• Acted as an agent for the Port Elizabeth Museum to respond to marine mammal strandings and perform necropsies as part of the Plettenberg Bay Stranding Network.• Trained and supervised a dedicated field assistant and teams of international volunteers. • Coordinated daily research activities and prepared weekly and monthly work schedules. • Liaised with relevant conservation and municipal authorities during routine fieldwork and marine mammal stranding response activities. • Responsible for sample collection, processing, data collection, database management, preliminary analyses and scientific report writing. • Performed public engagement in the field, via social media, the press and documentary film shoots.• Presented at national conferences and attended workshops.

• Performed guided boat-based marine tours in Plettenberg Bay and guided hikes on Robberg Peninsula to educate guests on local fauna and flora, specifically marine mammals.• In-store retail sales and customer service.• Managed and took bookings in-store and when on night phone duty.• Wrote blogs and posts for social media.• First aid response• Skippering

Photo identification, marine mammal stranding response and dissections, creating and maintaining research databases, maintenance of equipment, preparing for and participating in fieldwork, and general research administration.

Office-based dolphin photo identification work on Hawaiian spinner dolphins (Stenella longirostris).