Career
- 2021 - Associate Professor in Bioscience, Swansea University
- 2019 - 2020 Senior Lecturer in Bioscience, Swansea University
- 2019 Leverhulme International Research Fellow, Bielefeld University
- 2018 - 2020 Humboldt Research Fellow, Bielefeld University
- 2018 - 2019 Lecturer in Bioscience, Swansea University
- 2012 - 2018 Lecturer in Animal Behaviour, Liverpool John Moores University (LJMU)
- 2009 - 2012 NERC funded researcher, University of Cambridge: Conflict over reproduction in a cooperative mammal
- 2005 - 2009 BBSRC funded PhD in Zoology, University of Cambridge: A genetic analysis of cooperative breeding in the banded mongoose
- 2004 - 2005 BBSRC funded Research Technician, University of Sheffield. The function of CP12 protein in plants
- 2001 - 2004 BSc in Biology, University of Sheffield. 1st Class Honours. Specialising in evolution, animal behaviour and conservation
Grants and Awards
2022. HEFCW collaboration funding. Project: Developing community engagement collaborations to reduce human-nature conflict
2021 Greatest Need Fund. Project: Nature-based solutions to promote wellbeing and sustainability
2019 NERC-subsidised place on Metagenomics Workshop held at the NERC Biomolecular Analysis Facility, University of Liverpool.
2018 Vice-Chancellor’s Award for Excellence in Research, Scholarship and Knowledge Transfer (highly commended) at Liverpool John Moores University
2018 Leverhulme International Fellowship. Project: The scent of sociality: mechanisms of chemical communication in a cooperative breeder
2018 Humboldt Research Fellowship for Experienced Researchers. Project: The evolution of chemical communication across African mole-rats
2017 NERC (NBAF) grant as PI. Project: Population genomics of reintroduced Asiatic wild ass Equus hemionus
2016 AESOP+ (ERASMUS scheme) funding awarded as supervisor for Liverpool John Moores University graduate students to collaborate with the University of Pretoria
2016 NERC-funded place on Population Genomics Workshop held at the NERC Biomolecular Analysis Facility, University of Sheffield.
2016 LJMU PhD Studentship Award: Competitive award from Liverpool John Moores University to fund a PhD studentship (with myself as primary supervisor)
2015 Established a Dual PhD Scheme between Liverpool John Moores University (LJMU) and the University of Bielefeld, Germany. The scheme covers two PhD Studentships and is co-funded by the German Science Foundation (DFG) and LJMU.
2015 Visiting Researcher, University of Pretoria. Funded visit to work on scent communication in African mole-rats.
2015 Early Career Research Fellowship: Competitive award from Liverpool John Moores University to facilitate collaborative links with the University of Pretoria (South Africa)
2013 Collaborative work with Prof Michael Cant at the University of Exeter: Funds were awarded to me to design and conduct a large-scale genotyping project as part of an ERC -funded scheme
2013 Faculty Research Grant: Competitive award from Liverpool John Moores University to fund a PhD studentship (as primary supervisor).
2013 Early Career Research Fellowship: Competitive award from Liverpool John Moores University to facilitate collaborative links with the University of Bielefeld (Germany)
2012 Named Post-doctoral Researcher on NERC grant ‘Early-life influences on the development of cooperation in wild mammals’
2008 Travel grants awarded from University of Cambridge and Darwin College to present my work at ISBE conference, Cornell University, USA
2004 University of Sheffield Research Grant. Project: ‘Adaptations to changes in light and CO2 level in plants’
2004 J.D. Jones Prize in Zoology for outstanding performance at undergraduate level from the University of Sheffield
2003 The North of England Zoological Society Scholarship. Project: ‘The conservation genetics of the endangered Père David’s Deer’
2003 Nuffield Science Bursary. Project: ‘Adaptive manipulation of offspring sex-ratio in guppies’
2021 Greatest Need Fund. Project: Nature-based solutions to promote wellbeing and sustainability
2019 NERC-subsidised place on Metagenomics Workshop held at the NERC Biomolecular Analysis Facility, University of Liverpool.
2018 Vice-Chancellor’s Award for Excellence in Research, Scholarship and Knowledge Transfer (highly commended) at Liverpool John Moores University
2018 Leverhulme International Fellowship. Project: The scent of sociality: mechanisms of chemical communication in a cooperative breeder
2018 Humboldt Research Fellowship for Experienced Researchers. Project: The evolution of chemical communication across African mole-rats
2017 NERC (NBAF) grant as PI. Project: Population genomics of reintroduced Asiatic wild ass Equus hemionus
2016 AESOP+ (ERASMUS scheme) funding awarded as supervisor for Liverpool John Moores University graduate students to collaborate with the University of Pretoria
2016 NERC-funded place on Population Genomics Workshop held at the NERC Biomolecular Analysis Facility, University of Sheffield.
2016 LJMU PhD Studentship Award: Competitive award from Liverpool John Moores University to fund a PhD studentship (with myself as primary supervisor)
2015 Established a Dual PhD Scheme between Liverpool John Moores University (LJMU) and the University of Bielefeld, Germany. The scheme covers two PhD Studentships and is co-funded by the German Science Foundation (DFG) and LJMU.
2015 Visiting Researcher, University of Pretoria. Funded visit to work on scent communication in African mole-rats.
2015 Early Career Research Fellowship: Competitive award from Liverpool John Moores University to facilitate collaborative links with the University of Pretoria (South Africa)
2013 Collaborative work with Prof Michael Cant at the University of Exeter: Funds were awarded to me to design and conduct a large-scale genotyping project as part of an ERC -funded scheme
2013 Faculty Research Grant: Competitive award from Liverpool John Moores University to fund a PhD studentship (as primary supervisor).
2013 Early Career Research Fellowship: Competitive award from Liverpool John Moores University to facilitate collaborative links with the University of Bielefeld (Germany)
2012 Named Post-doctoral Researcher on NERC grant ‘Early-life influences on the development of cooperation in wild mammals’
2008 Travel grants awarded from University of Cambridge and Darwin College to present my work at ISBE conference, Cornell University, USA
2004 University of Sheffield Research Grant. Project: ‘Adaptations to changes in light and CO2 level in plants’
2004 J.D. Jones Prize in Zoology for outstanding performance at undergraduate level from the University of Sheffield
2003 The North of England Zoological Society Scholarship. Project: ‘The conservation genetics of the endangered Père David’s Deer’
2003 Nuffield Science Bursary. Project: ‘Adaptive manipulation of offspring sex-ratio in guppies’