Experience

Scottish Association For Marine Science

• United Kingdom
• Research Services
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Technical Resources Manager

  • May 2020 - Present

  As Technical Resource Manager I am responsible for managing the team of technicians and support scientists at SAMS. The technical team includes staff with range of expertise to support the multidisciplinary marine science conducted at SAMS, including the operation of SAMS vessels, laboratories and aquarium facilities. My role is to work alongside the scientific researchers and Enterprise Team to ensure that projects have the necessary support to achieve their aims, whilst promoting the progression and development of the technical staff at SAMS. Alongside my management role, I also support commercial consultancy and project management through SAMS Enterprise, in addition to acting as an internal auditor for various functions within SAMS Group



SAMS Enterprise

• United Kingdom
• Environmental Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Environmental Consultant

  • Aug 2014 - Apr 2020

  Project manager and technical lead on multi-disciplinary marine projects, responsible for ensuring safe delivery of projects to required time, cost and quality standards. Development of technical Standard Operating Procedures, internal audits, and provding scientific technical input into tender documents. Representing SRSL at conferences and events, marketing company services and liaising with clients. Project manager and technical lead on multi-disciplinary marine projects, responsible for ensuring safe delivery of projects to required time, cost and quality standards. Development of technical Standard Operating Procedures, internal audits, and provding scientific technical input into tender documents. Representing SRSL at conferences and events, marketing company services and liaising with clients.



Seastar Survey Ltd

• Marine Biologist and Ecologist

  • Jan 2011 - Jun 2014

  Senior member of staff undertaking a variety of roles within the company. My office based duties included project management, liaising with clients, writing tenders to win future work, analysis and interpretation of data, and the production of reports and supplementary GIS packages. Examples of the data analysis I undertook included statistical analysis of biological data, interpretation of drop-down camera video footage and still photographs, and the assessment and classification of marine biotopes. I was involved in numerous field surveys, frequently acting as the lead scientist in the field, and utilised a wide range of equipment in both the intertidal environment and at sea, including offshore experience with the oil and gas industry. Survey equipment employed included drop-down camera systems, benthic grabs, water profilers and samplers, and scientific beam trawling. I was also involved in laboratory work such as taxonomic identification of marine fauna and sediment processing.



National Oceanography Centre

• United Kingdom
• Research Services
• 300 - 400 Employee

• PhD Student

  • Sep 2006 - Nov 2010

  Thesis entitled "The ecology of the intertdial crab Dotilla intermedia from tsunami impacted beaches in Thailand". PhD investigated the ecology of a species of intertidal crab from beaches that were impacted by the 2004 tsunami in Thailand, and using population genetics to try and assess the recovery of post-tsunami populations. Work during my PhD included elements of molecular and morphological taxonomy, ecology and population genetics. Thesis entitled "The ecology of the intertdial crab Dotilla intermedia from tsunami impacted beaches in Thailand". PhD investigated the ecology of a species of intertidal crab from beaches that were impacted by the 2004 tsunami in Thailand, and using population genetics to try and assess the recovery of post-tsunami populations. Work during my PhD included elements of molecular and morphological taxonomy, ecology and population genetics.



ChEss Project

• Species page author for the Encyclopedia of Life

  • Jun 2010 - Oct 2010

  Writing and compiling descriptions of marine organisms from deep sea chemosynthetic environments for the Encyclopedia of Life as part of the Census of Marine Life ChEss project. Writing and compiling descriptions of marine organisms from deep sea chemosynthetic environments for the Encyclopedia of Life as part of the Census of Marine Life ChEss project.