About

I am currently employed as a PhD student at Uppsala University researching the relationships between marine protection and seagrasses in the Indo-Pacific. My interests are broad, focussing on issues around the management of marine and coastal environments. I have worked in the UK, Iceland, Sweden, the Western Indian Ocean and the Southern Ocean both in a research capacity as well as being a fishery observer.

In my current PhD position, I am involved in a multi-disciplinary team, bringing in aspects of ecology, management and social-ecological systems to answering questions around tropical seagrass protection. I am interested in the ways in which seagrasses are currently conserved within Marine Protected Areas and the policy, governance and management tools applied to this. I am also interested in the value of seagrass to society, particularly with regard to seagrass ecosystem services.

I have experience in teaching from primary to higher education levels and am particularly interested in the use of games and the outdoors in ecology and sustainability issues.