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Oxford, England, United Kingdom

Role centers on the management and mentoring of the innovation team and developing and maintaining a roadmap relating to product and service development, while delivering a milestone plan for each of the key products and services. The role also encompasses working with partners (internal and external) helping ensure high standards of scientific rigor and commercial viability of product and service offerings, ensuring these are brought to the market in the quickest and most cost-effective way… Show more Role centers on the management and mentoring of the innovation team and developing and maintaining a roadmap relating to product and service development, while delivering a milestone plan for each of the key products and services. The role also encompasses working with partners (internal and external) helping ensure high standards of scientific rigor and commercial viability of product and service offerings, ensuring these are brought to the market in the quickest and most cost-effective way, while maintaining high quality and standards. Show less

Assisting with the delivery of academic writing on an as-needed basis in support of Wavepaths content strategy, in addition to writing blogpost content for the Wavepaths website.

Providing advice on bulk fungi production at scale.

Holt, Norfolk

Role focussed on river and pond restoration and creation of integrated constructed wetlands, effectively managing the day to day running of site activities to deliver projects safely and to budget and timescale. Role includes liaising with clients and relevant organisations to obtain relevant permissions, preparation of relevant documentation and permits, bidding for new tenders and generating new business, managing contractors, conducting biodiversity monitoring surveys and producing reports.

Research assistant on the Psychedelic Practitioner Training programme at Synthesis, assisting with creation of course content, assisting with literature reviews, course reading lists, and delivery of lectures and other tasks relating to the programme.

Synthesis Institute, Netherlands

Role was focussed on designing bespoke nature-based programmes for people undergoing psilocybin therapy for depression as part of a new clinical component of Synthesis's operations, with a range of nature-based activity, hobby, practice and service options available., with ongoing support provided.

Beckley Park, Oxfordshire

My primary role is to develop an in-depth knowledge of all Beckley Foundation’s scientific programmes, both past and present, and assist Beckley Foundation Founder and Executive Director Amanda Feilding in her day to day work in the foundation: article, report, content and promotional material writing, doing background research on specific topics of interest, drafting briefs from the research in preparation for her interviews and media appearances, help in preparation of her talks, precis of… Show more My primary role is to develop an in-depth knowledge of all Beckley Foundation’s scientific programmes, both past and present, and assist Beckley Foundation Founder and Executive Director Amanda Feilding in her day to day work in the foundation: article, report, content and promotional material writing, doing background research on specific topics of interest, drafting briefs from the research in preparation for her interviews and media appearances, help in preparation of her talks, precis of scientific papers, taking notes and summarising calls/meetings with the Beckley Foundation’s scientific collaborators, etc. Show less

London, United Kingdom

Work with London based colleagues to launch our project and associated website Tarumim.org, I assisted with website content writing. The aim of this project is to encourage reforestation and ecological restoration work in the state of Minas Gerais, Brazil, by piloting projects using the ecologically orientated and holistic approach of Syntropic Agriculture, in the hope of improving biodiversity, soil heath and ecosystem service provision, while helping ensure the long-term livelihoods of people… Show more Work with London based colleagues to launch our project and associated website Tarumim.org, I assisted with website content writing. The aim of this project is to encourage reforestation and ecological restoration work in the state of Minas Gerais, Brazil, by piloting projects using the ecologically orientated and holistic approach of Syntropic Agriculture, in the hope of improving biodiversity, soil heath and ecosystem service provision, while helping ensure the long-term livelihoods of people in the area. Show less

Perth, United Kingdom

Voluntary position as media officer for the Scottish Wild Beaver Group, working on media content on behalf of beavers and their reintroduction into Scotland. A small role, only taking up a few hours a week and will not interfere with part or full time work.

Working with a colleague at the University of Sussex to assist in constructing DOPI (Database of Pollinator Interactions) via searching the scientific literature using different computer software packages for all records of UK based plant-pollinator species interactions.

Aberdeen, United Kingdom

I completed a PhD in ecological sciences at The James Hutton Institute, Aberdeen and the the University of Aberdeen. My PhD is titled "The effect of land restoration on termite community composition and termite mediated soil-water dynamics in southern Ethiopia". PhD work has given me experience of independent research and self-organisation and of working to deadlines, and has given me detailed experience of conducting fieldwork overseas, of report and paper writing and editing, and of desk… Show more I completed a PhD in ecological sciences at The James Hutton Institute, Aberdeen and the the University of Aberdeen. My PhD is titled "The effect of land restoration on termite community composition and termite mediated soil-water dynamics in southern Ethiopia". PhD work has given me experience of independent research and self-organisation and of working to deadlines, and has given me detailed experience of conducting fieldwork overseas, of report and paper writing and editing, and of desk based research and literature reviewing and of networking and delivering posters and presentations on research at a number of conferences. PhD work has given me detailed experience of working with Microsoft packages including Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Outlook and a range of other software packages and techniques include statistical packages 'R', Statistica and PRIMER.This PhD is part of the three year ESPA ALTER (Alternative Carbon Investments in Ecosystems for Poverty Alleviation) project, which is based in Ethiopia and Uganda and seeks to determine how improved knowledge about soil degradation can be used to address rural poverty issues. This is of key importance to Africa with 90% of people's livelihoods directly dependent on soils through farming, and with agriculture being the key economic output of Ethiopia. Soil degradation is a widespread and important problem in this part of the world. Termites in particular are a key component of soils in the tropics and subtropics, being highly important ecosystem engineers involved in a number of soil processes and soil formation, while at the same time being major pests of timber and crops. Termites have been little studied in this part of Africa and their important influence on soil properties remains understudied and little known at present. Show less

Aberdeen, Scotland, United Kingdom

Role centered on processing soil samples for biological and chemical analyses, assisting with MicroResp analysis from a field liming experiment.

Leicester, United Kingdom

My work as a field ecologist at Leicester focussed on river restoration ecology, via the taxonomic identification study of riverine macroinvertebrate communities of a number of river biotopes, or microhabitats, and using these findings to assess river health, coupled with on-site profiling of the river channel, following implementation of restoration measures on the River Welland and River Gwash.

Welford, Leicestershire

Intermittent and ongoing work over the years, including fish removal and relocation, and removal of pest fish species.

28086 Kefalonia, Greece

Working to record and protect Kefalonia's population of nesting loggerhead sea turtles (Carreta carreta), work included beach surveys, clearing litter, educating tourists, giving talks, selling charity products, setting up a festival.

The Lodge, Sandy, Bedfordshire, Sg19 2Dl

Voluntary grounds work and data entry at the RSPB headquarters at The Lodge, Sandy.

Arne Reserve, Dorset, Bh20 5Bj

Reserve work including scrub removal, weeding and bramble clearance, building boardwalks, hide maintenance, smooth snake (Coronella austriaca) surveys, and grounds work.

Oumnh, Oxford

Voluntary work in the entomology collections at the museum.

Doctor Of Philosophy - Phd, Ecological Science

PhD titled "The effect of land restoration on termite community composition and termite mediated soil-water dynamics in southern Ethiopia".

Master Of Research (Mres), Entomology

Bachelor Of Science (Bsc), Physical Geography