Biography

My time at BAS has solely been within the UK Polar Data Centre, yet my roles and projects could not be more varied and equally exciting!

I am currently a Scientific Data Manager responsible for the data management of space weather and atmospheric scientific instruments located down South at Halley and Rothera stations.

Before this I was a Marine Sensor Data Manager, where I specialized in BAS’ RRS marine vessel data acquisition systems, specifically on the James Clark Ross and Sir David Attenborough.

Before then, my work at BAS as Marine Geospatial Data Assistant, entailed consolidating the accurate positional track-history of BAS-operated vessels such as the RRS James Clark Ross and Ernest Shackleton. I worked foremost with positional underway data collected throughout scientific ‘Research’ cruises down South in Antarctica. My expertise focused on historical position GPS/GNSS marine vessel-mounted sensor streams logged onto a data acquisition system. I also worked with supplementary analogue/digital geospatial data derived from sources such as Vessel Deck logs, Meteorological reports, Automatic Identification Systems (AIS) and Long Range Identification and Tracking (LRIT).

Diversity Advocacy Work

Working at BAS has afforded me the opportunity to build a platform and organize efforts to promote diversity in our workplace environment. I’m passionate about addressing racial and socio-economic inequality within Polar Sciences. Likewise, I’m engaged with raising awareness on neurodiversity challenges which impact our BAS community both at Cambridge and down South.

I’m a Founder of the BAS Neurodiversity Support Network (NDN), BAS representative for UKRI’s Racial Inclusion and Striving for Equity (RISE) Network, and committee member of the The Diversity in UK Polar Science (DiPSI) Steering Group. I am also a committee member of the newly founded Women in High Performance Computing (WHPC) Cambridge/East Anglia chapter which seeks to promote gender-balance within scientific engineering (technical) community.

Education

2023

• MPhil in Archaeological Science, University of Cambridge

2021

• BA Hons in Anthropology, University of Florida
• BA Hons in Classical Studies, University of Florida
• Minor in Geology, University of Florida

2018

• AA Transfer Degree, Palm Beach State College

Research interests

My academic research background is in the modelling of ancient human-landscape interactions using machine learning techniques such as optimal path analysis and particle swarm optimization to develop Least Cost Path modelling within an Archaeological framework of analysis. My postgraduate research specialized on ‘Peak Sanctuaries,’ an Aegean Late Bronze Age practice which took place on Naxos, Greece. I lead field surveying for the Stelida Naxos Archaeological Project between 2021-2023.

Collaborations