PhD in the Prevention, Control and Eradication of Invasive Species; Policy, practice and collaboration for successful environmental management. I have a particular interest in outreach and communication, sustainability issues, and in the coastal environment. I have actively contributed to the Risk Asessment process for the listing of Species of Union Concern.My previous research involved the co-creation of an EU-wide communications programme around biosecurity and IAS, and a spatial study of areas susceptible to coastal erosion, focussing on geophysical hazard factors and socio-economic vulnerability.