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Associate Professor in Arts and Sustainability, University of Portsmouth

Cressida is Associate Professor in Arts and Sustainability at the University of Portsmouth, and Deputy Director for the University's Revolution Plastics initiative. A biological scientist by training and having previously worked in the arts, the primary purpose of her research is to address global problems such as air quality and plastic pollution, using transdisciplinary and participatory methodologies. Cressida often use creative methods, such as music, digital storytelling, puppetry and visual arts, to engage communities and find solutions to global issues in line with United Nations' Sustainable Development Goals.

Experience

  • 2016–present
    Senior Research Fellow in the Faculty of Science and Health and the Faculty of Creative and Cultural Industries , University of Portsmouth
  • 2020–present
    Deputy Director, Revolution Plastics, University of Portsmouth
  • 2023–present
    Associate Professor in Arts and Sustainability, University of Portsmouth
  • 2012–2016
    Research Fellow in the School of Pharmacy and Biomolecular Sciences, University of Brighton
  • 2014–2015
    Early Career Researcher Ambassador, University of Brighton
  • 1984–1994
    Creative Director, KLF Communications

Education

  • 2011 
    University of Brighton, PhD award Hypoxia as a Target for Drug Combination Therapy of Liver Cancer
  • 2006 
    University of Brighton, BSc (Hons) 1st class Biological Sciences