Post-graduate research student focussing on linking the physiological mechanisms of thermal tolerance to population- and community-level responses to climate change.

Academic history:

2011-2012 MSc Environmental Technology, Imperial College London

2012 Diploma of Imperial College (DIC)

2008-2011 BSc Ecology & Environmental Biology, Imperial College London

2011 Associate of the Royal College of Science (ARCS)

Employment history:

2012-2013 Environmental data analyst, UNESCO Biosphere Reserve, North Devon

2011 Field assistant, UNESCO Biosphere Reserve, North Devon

2010-2011 Research assistant, Imperial College London

2009-2011 Collections assistant, Natural History Museum, London

 

Research interests

• Understanding current and future patterns of biodiversity;
• Mechanisms behind biogeographic shifts;
• Physiological and behavioural responses to environmental variability;
• Synergistic effects of abiotic stressors and their effect on species resilience, community structure and functioning.

 

Collaborations

Dr Simon Morley, British Antarctic Survey

Prof Lloyd Peck, British Antarctic Survey

Dr Amanda Bates, University of Southampton

Dr Cathy Lucas, University of Southampton