Self employed
Freelance
Total years of experience :17 years, 11 Months
Senior Marine Ecologist and Environmental Consultant (freelance short term contracts)
Scientific writing, quality assurance, project management, client liaison, planning, staff management, field work, etc.
PhD in Marine Biochemistry and Ecology
Field: Offshore and coastal environmental field work and marine mammals observation during seismic surveys (JNCC Guidelines), sampling through equipment deployment, geophysical data interpretation and survey design, survey equipment set up and maintenance,
Laboratory: samples processing, report writing, data processing and H&S.
Leadership & management: Project & business management, client liaison, marketing, coordination, preparation and submission of tenders. Training new staff and roles as shift and team leader.
PhD 'The effect of food quality and temperature on zooplankton physiology' University of East Anglia (UEA), School of Environmental Sciences (UK) Funded by: National Environmental Research Council (NERC) and the Sir Allister Hardy Foundation for Ocean Sciences (SAHFOS) Supervisors: Carol Robinson, Erik Buitenhuis, Claudia Castellani (SAHFOS)
2004-2005 MSc Oceanography University of Southampton (National Oceanographic Centre Southampton) • Research Project: "Impact of Parasitisation on the Lagoon Amphipod Gammarus insensibilis". • Modules completed: Physical Oceanography, Biological Oceanography, Chemical Oceanography, Marine Geology, Larval Development & Zooplankton Ecology, Environmental Physiology of Marine Organisms, Applied Biogeochemistry & Pollution, Coastal & Shelf Sea Oceanography.
2001-2004 BSc (Hons) Marine Biology University of Portsmouth, School of Biological Sciences • Independent research project: "Does sexual maturity influence the gill structure of the Atlantic Cod, Gadus morhua?" • Key modules: Marine Organisms & Ecosystems, Animal Science, Cells & Molecular Biology, Maths, Ecophysiology, Population Biology & Ecology, Parasitology, Statistics, Chemistry and Microbiology.