This website gives an insight into my research and botanical interests. Read on and/or get in touch to learn more!
I am a plant ecologist with an interest on how plants, biodiversity and complex ecosystems respond to environmental change. Evidence in this area is critical to accelerate ecological recovery and promote nature-positive policies for the environment and human well-being in the context of global change.
Field Botany: I am an experienced botanist, with a FISC level 5, a BSc in Botany (University of Reading), publishing regularly articles, strong connections to relevant national societies and specialist skills in identification and surveys of aquatic plants, bryophytes, novel ecosystems and more!
Academic Research: In addition to field botany, I have strong mapping, analytical and writing skills as demonstrated by my growing research profile in monitoring nature recovery, rewilding, biodiversity change and long-term ecological change. My publication record is accessible via Google Scholar.
Part of my current role at Teesside University, I supervise research students (BSc, MSc, and PhD) and lecture about these research interests. I have also shown exceptional planning and organisational skills when designing and implementing complex field campaigns, monitoring programmes in the natural environment and teaching.
Latest blog posts:
Northmost self-sown Erodium trifolium plants found in Saltburn, North Yorkshire coast, UK
This blog-post reports four self-sown plants of Erodium trifolium (Cav.) Cav. (heron’s bill) in pavement cracks in the town of Saltburn, situated in the Watsonian vice county 62, Northeast Yorkshire and today part of Redcar and Cleveland Borough Council, in the Tees Valley. Out of the four plants, three had started flowering on 02.04.2024 and…
Teesside University student research creates positive change for rewilding site Wild Saltholme
Research conducted by students on our MSc in Environmental Management and BSc in Environmental Science (Teesside University) has formed a compelling body of evidence convincing RSPB and Natural England to spend £25,000 on a “options appraisal report for de-culverting drain in Wild Saltholme area of RSPB Saltholme”. This report has now been completed by an…
Invited talk at Bournemouth University “What came after the woolly mammoth and other rewilding tales” 28 November 2023
I was delighted to be invited to Bournemouth University’s research seminars for an audience of archaeologists, anthropologists and ecologists. Thank you very much to them for making me feel so welcome and asking so interesting questions. This was an opportunity for me to present some of the progress on my work on monitoring change during…
Plants Biodiversity Ecosystems 