UCL FACULTY OF LIFE SCIENCES

My degree course at UCL gave me the flexibility to explore many areas of study, and further my strong interest in aquatic science, despite studying in the middle of London!  By my final year I had already gained valuable lab and field experience, and with the support of my academic advisor I continued to steer towards a career in marine research.

I am continually amazed by how much further we have to go before suitable protection of our valuable natural resources is achieved, I hope to contribute further to the important work that still needs to be done. I now work in ecotoxicology and marine environmental research in Bermuda.  As the state of the oceans continues to decline, we undertake frontier research developing vital tools that give early warning of depreciating ecosystem health and links to low level contaminant exposure.  My work also focuses on the effect of new pollutants on vulnerable marine organisms such as corals, and on a better understanding of coral bleaching

I spend a lot of my time on the water (as you can see here!) collecting samples or diving in order to better observe and monitor coral reefs, teaching and training students, building community-based conservation programmes, and carrying out lab and field work around the world.

2001- present: Bermuda Biological Station for Research

2001: London Aquarium 

1998-2001: BSc Biology, UCL 

1998: Charles Darwin Research Station, Galapagos Islands

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