Experience

National Parks and Wildlife Service

• International Trade and Development
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Restoration Planning Ecologist

  • Oct 2022 - Present

• Woodland Ecologist

  • Sep 2018 - Dec 2022

  I manage survey, monitoring and other research on native woodlands and provide scientific advice on the conservation and management of woodland habitats and species.



Dublin City Council

• Ireland
• Government Administration
• 700 & Above Employee

• Biosphere Coordinator

  • May 2015 - Aug 2018

  I coordinate Dublin Bay Biosphere Partnership, a multi-agency body with responsibility for managing a UNESCO Biosphere. My role involves programme management, facilitation of the functions of the Biosphere (conservation, sustainable development and logistic support), stakeholder liaison, policy development, and participation in the UNESCO World Network of Biosphere Reserves. My main responsibilities include: - Preparation and implementation of the Dublin Bay Biosphere Biodiversity Conservation & Research Strategy 2016-2020, in collaboration with key stakeholders - Development and coordination of an education programme - Facilitation of community engagement projects - Organisation of the Dublin Bay Biosphere Conference 2016 and EuroMAB 2019 Conference - Establishment and coordination of an ecotourism programme in Dublin Bay Biosphere - Communication with varied stakeholders to secure their support and participation



BEC Consultants

• Singapore
• Construction
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Senior Ecologist

  • Nov 2014 - May 2015

  I worked as Scientific Assistant to the National Parks & Wildlife Service (NPWS) and provided scientific support for NPWS activities relating to the management of blanket bogs.

• Consultant Ecologist

  • Apr 2009 - Oct 2014

  I worked primarily on the Irish National Survey of Upland Habitats and also on a wide range of other projects. My responsibilities included project management, recruitment, logistics, leading field survey teams, botanical surveys (vascular plant, bryophyte and lichen identification), vegetation classification, relevé recording, conservation assessment of Annex I habitats, habitat mapping, GIS, data analysis, report writing, tender writing, website management, client and landowner liaison, conference presentations and policy submissions. I was Consultant Ecologist & Co-Project Manager on the National Survey of Upland Habitats. I was the Lead Ecologist/Project Manager of a project providing guidance on plant and habitat identification to Teagasc, in order to inform the identification of areas suitable for afforestation.I also contributed to the following projects: - National Conservation Assessment of Annex I Habitats (GIS, data analysis, report writing)- Irish Semi-natural Grasslands Survey (fieldwork, GIS)- EU Annex I Woodland Habitat Monitoring (fieldwork)- Athlone to Mullingar Cycleway Habitat Survey (fieldwork, GIS, report writing)- County Cork Inventory of Ancient and Long-established Woodlands (fieldwork)



Trinity College Dublin

• Ireland
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• PhD Student

  • Oct 2005 - Oct 2009

  Project Title: The vegetation ecology and native status of Scots pine (Pinus sylvestris L.) in Ireland. Supervisors: Prof. Fraser J.G. Mitchell & Prof. Steve Waldren Funding: Irish Research Council for Science, Engineering & Technology Postgraduate Scholarship My Ph.D. research involved vegetation surveys of pinewoods throughout Ireland and the Scottish Highlands, as well as palaeoecological analysis and GIS mapping. Outputs included the discovery of a relict, native pinewood in the Burren, western Ireland by means of pollen analysis, a classification and vegetation description of pinewoods in Ireland, a floristic comparison of reintroduced pinewoods in Ireland with native pinewoods in Scotland and SW Norway and GIS maps illustrating the dynamics of Scots pine in Ireland since the last glaciation.

• Assistant Ecologist

  • Jun 2004 - Oct 2005

  I worked primarily on the National Survey of Native Woodlands. My responsibilities included site selection, landowner liaison, relevé recording, timber and structural data recording, soil sampling and analysis, bryophyte specimen identification, data entry, data analysis and report writing. I also contributed to the following projects: - Study of the Flora and Fauna of Dunderry, County Meath (fieldwork, report writing) - Study of the Royal Canal Vascular Plant Flora (fieldwork) - Rare Vascular Plant Records Database (data entry) - Ecological Impact Assessment of the Balgriffin Bypass (fieldwork)



Office of Public Works

• United States
• Writing and Editing
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Information Officer

  • Apr 2004 - Jun 2004

  My duties included leading guided walks and providing environmental education to primary and secondary school students and members of the public. My duties included leading guided walks and providing environmental education to primary and secondary school students and members of the public.



National Parks & Wildlife Service

• International Trade and Development
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Researcher

  • Jun 2003 - Sep 2003

  I was awarded a Student Bursary. I participated in a long-term monitoring study of an Annex I calcareous grassland. This involved conducting botanical surveys, data entry, data analysis and report writing. I was awarded a Student Bursary. I participated in a long-term monitoring study of an Annex I calcareous grassland. This involved conducting botanical surveys, data entry, data analysis and report writing.

• Guide/Researcher

  • Jun 2002 - Sep 2002

  I was awarded a student bursary. My duties involved leading guided walks and conducting field research for my undergraduate thesis, which examined the effects of turf cutting by hand on the vegetation of lowland blanket bog. I was awarded a student bursary. My duties involved leading guided walks and conducting field research for my undergraduate thesis, which examined the effects of turf cutting by hand on the vegetation of lowland blanket bog.



Environmental Protection Agency

• Ireland
• Environmental Services
• 200 - 300 Employee

• Researcher

  • Jun 2001 - Sep 2001

  I completed a student placement within the Integrated Pollution Control Division. I evaluated the quality of Annual Environmental Report data submissions and produced a report with recommendations for improving data quality. I also carried out data entry, filed correspondence and attended internal meetings and site inspections. I completed a student placement within the Integrated Pollution Control Division. I evaluated the quality of Annual Environmental Report data submissions and produced a report with recommendations for improving data quality. I also carried out data entry, filed correspondence and attended internal meetings and site inspections.