Academic Qualifications
2008:- Honours Degree (2.1) Marine Biology from the University of Wales Bangor  

Career Synopsis
2008 – present:- Marine Ecologist, Marine Ecological Surveys Limited
2008:- Field Research Assistant, Leeds University
2008: Biodiversity worker, Sheffield Wildlife Trust
2007 – 2008:- Aquarium Technician, JMC Aquatics

•    Organising survey packing, logistics, equipment and assisting in the collection of photographs and grab samples
•    Processing grab samples, analysis and sorting into taxonomic groups and measuring biomass for sample sets
•    Measuring and processing the cockle Cerastoderma edule
•    Data entry
•    Behavioural analysis with special reference to the optimal foraging theory
•    Multivariate analysis of temporal and spatial effects on plankton communities using MINITAB statistics package with special reference to the calanoid family.
•    Investigation of water vole abundances in various locations, to assess local population’s status.
•    Fish population dynamics in the Irish Sea, with reference to sex, age, size and stomach contents
•    Conducting field surveys of farmland wild flowers, insects and birds, and assisting in other research activities such as soil sampling and mapping.

Research

Undergraduate thesis: Claw Morphology and Prey-Handling in Contrasting Species of Predatory Crab