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Cumbria, England, United Kingdom

Planning and developing the ecological and practical components of feasibiliity assessments for conservation translocations of species and ecosystem restoration schemes. https://lifescapeproject.org/

Buckinghamshire, England, United Kingdom

Director of the startup charity Bucks Food Partnership, managing all elements of the business including developing strategy, business planning, fundraising, project development and stakeholder engagement.

Oxford, England, United Kingdom

Managing a suite of landscape-scale projects and developing new nature recovery projects. Set-up, launch, and management of income-generating Land Advice Service. Chair of Berkshire Local Nature Partnership.

Maidenhead, UK

Responsible for external ecological advice on land use planning in Berkshire. Production of quasi-legal planning statements and representations at planning appeals. Local policy advocacy on wildlife impact, 'biodiversity net gain' and climate change impact and solutions.

London, United Kingdom

GPS tracking and spatial modelling to predict if -and when- badgers and cattle make contact (and could potentially transmit bovine TB to each other).

Reading, UK

Project: Approximate Bayesian Computation (ABC) for individual-based models of animal populations. Client and industry engagement through workshops, presentations, website and guidance materials. Trial applications of ABC on ecological models using a bespoke R package.

Reading, United Kingdom

Exploring eco-evolutionary responses of wild animals to rapid environmental change. Using a wild population of reintroduced Mauritius kestrels as the model. Also doing 'translational science' supporting creation of a 'Cool Farm Tool' for farmers to measure biodiversity impact of their management regimes.

Cambridge

GIS mapping of seabird ranges for Marine Important Bird Area e-atlas.Analysing population trends of migrant birds.Literature reviews for IUCN Red List Assessment.

Reading, United Kingdom

Field surveys of plant & insect communities across urban habitats. Part of nationwide project investigating declines in pollinators.

Reading, UK

Interviews with farmers to collect data on land management. Soil sampling from biofuel crops. Teaching ecology research skills to undergraduates.

Doctor Of Philosophy - Phd, Conservation Biology / Ecology

Examining changes in life history traits in a re-introduced wild population of Mauritius kestrels. Field research carried out over three.

Msc, Conservation, Distinction

NERC funded studentship. Research project exploring habitat dependence of the Djibouti Francolin (CR). Field research expedition to the.

Bsc, Ecology, First Class (Hons)

Additional year of study at University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada.