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Team Lead for Oxitec's Friendly™ Aedes Program in the the UK. Focused on early stage research and development within a Product Development Pipeline; developing new concepts directly impacting field trials and commercial sales of new products. Key achievements: - Developed and delivered new technologies to improve Oxitec's Friendly™ technology and support.

Lead Scientist in the UK driving forward product development and research for Oxitec's Just Add Water Technology. Supporting and collaborating with a wider team in the UK, Brazil and Florida to develop the next phase of Oxitec's Friendly™ Technology against the Aedes aegypti vector. Key achievements: - 3 month secondment at Oxitec Brazil; Supported the R&D.

Working with communities and students across all ages to deliver curriculum-based activities in science and geography. Contribute to the smooth running and effectiveness of the school sessions and public engagement events.

London, United Kingdom

• Supporting the overarching Accreditation Programme through administration and development: building professional relationships with over 100 higher education institutions and external stakeholders, both in the UK and.
• Coordinated the new Foundation Degree Accreditation Programme which included leading a working group, training new assessors, delivering a pilot programme, and developing and producing key documentation to enhance the.
• Managed over 30 accreditation applications including 3 international applications increasing the total number of accredited universities and expanding the biosciences network and community.
• Collaborated with the British High Commission, Malaysia to deliver a one-day conference in Kuala Lumpur promoting the International Accreditation Programme and securing the first Malaysian university to apply.
• Contributed to cross-team projects to deliver the Annual Accreditation Awards Ceremony hosted in the Houses of Parliament and the Annual Accreditation Conference, and present at various external stakeholder meetings.
• Created and implemented office forms, key documentation and website content streamlining office procedures to increase the efficiency of all communication channels with customers and key stakeholders.

London, United Kingdom

• Encouraging engagement with STEM subjects at higher education by providing support across the primary and secondary science spectrum. Working with students, schools and communities, of all ages and backgrounds, through.
• Welcomed Dr. Helen Sharman and 15 astronauts from the European Space Agency to Imperial College London to celebrate Dr. Helen Sharman’s 25th Anniversary to Mir space station. Responsible for meeting astronauts and.
• Lead on the development of a new outreach activity presented at Bugs! Day at Silwood Park. Created and developed an art-based activity engaging the public on insect ecology and biodiversity through art.
• Taught and delivered curriculum focused outreach programmes inspiring and mentoring students in studying STEM in higher education.
• Engaged with a diverse group of people through a number of public engagement events including Imperial Science Festival, Bugs! Day at Silwood Park, Imperial College Women in Science, and New Scientist Live.
• Taught and mentored students on the Sutton Trust Summer School programme focusing on large scale habitat ecology to small scale microbiology.

London, United Kingdom

Identification and sorting of leaf litter invertebrate specimens collected from fieldwork carried out in Sabah, Malaysian Borneo as part of the NERC BALI project. Taxonomic identification of beetles belonging to the Family: Staphyilinidae, Subfamily: Pselaphinae.

Balule Game Reserve, South Africa

• Completing a Bush training and savanna ecology course (3 days) in addition to a series of daily lectures and talks.
• Collecting and collating data for active scientific research on assessing the impact of elephants on vegetation through practical fieldwork: habitat assessment, game transects and bird point counts.
• Working in small groups during practical fieldwork
• Delivering a group presentation on important species within the African bush

Mres, Ecology, Evolution & Conservation, Merit

Core modules: Community Ecology and Conservation; Biodiversity Assessment and Management; Global Biodiversity Conservation and GIS; R and.

Bachelor Of Science (Bsc), Zoology, First Class Honours

Modules included: Insects, Plants and Fungi; Statistical Analysis and Data Interpretation; Invertebrates; Application of molecular.