Academic History
University of Bristol
- 2015-: Postdoctoral Senior Research Associate
- Researcher as part of the ERC funded T-GRES project.
- 2013-2015: Postdoctoral Research Associate
- Researcher as part of the NERC-funded consortium iGlass
- 2010-2013: Postdoctoral Research Assistant
- Researcher as part of the European project past4future
- 2006-2010: PhD - The Impact of Vegetation Feedbacks on the Evolution of the Greenland Ice-sheet under Future and Past Climates
- Supervised by Dr Daniel Lunt and Prof Paul Valdes
- Evaluation of the Glimmer ice sheet model and tuning of present day boundary conditions using Latin-Hypercube Sampling
- Investigation of the importance of vegetation feedbacks in the regrowth of the Greenland Ice Sheet using the general circulation climate model, HadCM3 (including interactive vegetation)
- Exploring the importance of vegetation feedbacks on the minimum extent of the Greenland Ice Sheet during the Last Interglacial using HadCM3 and Glimmer
University of Reading
- 2005-2006: MSc in Applied Meteorology
- Degree class: Distinction (Dec 2006)
- Dissertation topic: Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS): How much difference will it make to global warming? Supervised by Prof. Keith Shine and Dr Jason Lowe
- Awarded NERC studentship
- Advanced modules taken in remote sensing, tropical weather systems, climate change and data analysis for weather and climate research.
University of Oxford
- 2001-2005: Master of Earth Science
- Degree class: 2.1 (Jul 2005)
- Dissertation topic: Geochemical, Sedimentary and Palaeoceanographic changes during the mid-late Jurassic 'cold snap'. Supervised by Dr Hugh Jenkyns and Prof. Stephen Hesselbo. This is based on primary fieldwork from Dorset and chemical analysis of stable isotopes during the 4th year
- 4th year options taken: planetary chemistry, records of environmental change through Earth history, environmental rock and palaeomagnetism, history of ocean and atmosphere chemistry
- 3rd year specialised in geophysics, mathematics, the atmosphere and hydrosphere and environmental geochemistry
- Independent 5 week mapping project undertaken during summer 2003 in SW France
- Extensive fieldwork conducted in Scotland, Wales, England, France and Greece
- Awarded open scholarship, 2002
Career Development
- 2016:Role Model and table host at the Leadership Foundation’s Aurora 2015-16 programme
- 2015: Participant at Aurora, Developing future leaders for higher education.
- 2015-: UK Research Staff Association: South West and Wales Rep.
- 2014-2016: Geographical Sciences Research Staff Representative.
- 2015: Demonstrator at the outreach project 'Festival of Nature', Bristol.
- 2013: Speaker at the Sixth-form Geography Conference (Bristol Branch of the Geographical Association) - Sea levels: Past present and future.
- 2012: Guest editor at PAGES in Bern, Switzerland. Production of a newsletter for Past4Future.
- 2012: Shift leader for the outreach project 'Discover' held in the centre of Bristol communicating environmental science to the general public.
- 2011-: STEM Ambassador.
- 2011: Demonstrator at the outreach project 'Festival of Nature', Bristol.
- 2010: Oral prsentation on a 'Career in Academia?' as part of the Western Regional Group of the Geological Society Geoscience Careers Evening, Earth Sciences, University of Bristol.
- 2009: Oral presentation about carbon capture and storage to the Bristol Radical History Group as part of 'The Enemy Without: Class, Coal and Climate' event
- 2008-2009: Organiser of bi-weekly research group (BRIDGE) seminar meetings, School of Geographical Sciences, University of Bristol
- 2007-2009: Student demonstrator on a number of computer-based undergraduate practical classes in the School of Geographical Sciences, University of Bristol
- 2007-2008: Postgraduate student representative for Geographical Sciences, University of Bristol. Member of the Faculty of Science Board and Graduate Studies Committee
- 2008: Helper as part of the Sutton Trust Summer School scheme for sixth-form school students from the state sector, School of Geographical Sciences, University of Bristol
- 2008: Helper as part of the outreach project 'Science Alive', held bi-annually in the centre of Bristol (School of Geographical Sciences, University of Bristol)
- 2007: Conducted tutorials in Physical Geography for first year undergraduate Geography students, University of Bristol
Summer Schools
- 2009: Exeter, Bath and Bristol Local GRADSchool, Bristol, UK
- 2008: QUEST Earth System Science Summer School, Bristol, UK
- 2007: Summer school on glaciers and ice sheets in the climate system, Karthaus, Italy