I am a lecturer in marine biology and ecology at the School of Ocean and Earth Science, University of Southampton.
My work focuses on the ecology of marine predators.
I look at how the biophysical oceanographic environment influences the behavior and distribution of marine predators and how we can model and forecast these aspects of their ecology in our changing seascapes. I am beginning to explore the applied and broader implications of this work – how do we use this information about marine predators for conservation, management and to understand broader ecosystem pattern, process and status? To do this I use data from technologies including animal biologging and remote-sensing, which I analyze with modern, highly quantitative tools like machine learning.
Experience
2021–present
Lecturer, University of Southampton
2020–2021
Postdoctoral research associate, University of California, Santa Cruz
2019–2019
Postdoctoral researcher, LOCEAN-IPSL, Sorbonne Université (UPMC Paris 6/CNRS/IRD/MNHN)
2019–2019
Postdoctoral researcher, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique-La Rochelle Université / Centre de Synthèse et d’Analyse sur la Biodiversité, Fondation pour la Recherche sur la Biodiversité
2017–2018
Postdoctoral researcher, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique-La Rochelle Université / Centre de Synthèse et d’Analyse sur la Biodiversité, Fondation pour la Recherche sur la Biodiversité
2015–2017
Postdoctoral research fellow, Department of Zoology, Nelson Mandela University
Education
2015
University of Pretoria, PhD (Zoology)
2011
University of Pretoria, MSc (Zoology) Cum laude
2008
University of Pretoria, BSc (Hons) (Zoology) Cum laude