Experience

University of Birmingham

• United Kingdom
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Clean Air Impact Fellow - Urban Design and Green Infrastructure

  • Oct 2022 - Present

  Working within the Urban Design and Green Infratructure strand of the West Midlands Air Quality Improvement Programme (WM-Air), which is a NERC funded initiative, led by the University of Birmingham. Working in collaboration with over 20 cross sector partners, WM-Air aims to apply environmental science expertise to support the improvement of air quality, and associated health, environmental and economic benefits, across the West Midlands.Responsible for delivering regional impact through a portfolio of projects and applications, with a particular focus on GIS and working with external stakeholders to deliver measurable air quality/urban planning related impact, in environmental, societal, economic or policy terms. Show less

• Doctoral Researcher

  • Oct 2018 - Jul 2023

  EPSRC funded PhD project, supervised by Prof. Andrew Quinn and Dr Emma Ferranti.Thesis is titled "Quantifying the impact of heat and climate change on London Underground's infrastructure" and research includes a close working partnership with TfL.The project combines meteorological, industry and climate projection data in order to identify fault exposure rates at different temperatures, and how heat profiles change under extreme heat conditions across the network in order to identify hotspots or spatial variance in infrastructure resilience. The aim is to provide an evidence base to inform a climate adaptation pathway to mitigate the impacts of asset failure given the projected rise in mean surface temperature and frequency/intensity of extreme heat events.Conference Presentations:• Poster, European Climate Change Adaptation Conference (ECCA), Lisbon, May 28-30 2019 *Awarded best student poster*• Poster, UK Met Office Climate Science Conference (virtual), May 11-12 2021• Poster, Climate Exp0 (virtual), May 17-21 2021• Poster, Royal Meteorological Society Student Conference, Manchester, July 4-5 2022 *Awarded poster presentation prize*• Oral Presentation, Royal Meteorological Society Student Conference (virtual), June 29-30 2020 *Awarded oral presentation prize*• Oral Presentation, COP26 Resilience Hub (virtual), November 10 2021 • Oral Presentation, World Congress on Railway Research, Birmingham, June 6-10 2022Awards:• Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS) Summer Programme Research Fellow, University of Tokyo, June 10 - August 21 2019• Marie Skłodowska-Curie Research and Innovation Staff Exchange, Railway Infrastructure Systems Engineering Network (RISEN), JR RTRI, January 7 2020 - February 28 2020 Show less

• Research Fellow

  • May 2021 - Dec 2021

  Primary researcher and author of deliverables on the Adaptation for Transport Resilience to Climate Change (AfTR-CC) project, funding by the FCDO for the High Volume Transport (HVT) Applied Research Programme.Deliverables include a State of Knowledge report, Policy Guide, dissemination of research at COP26 and a peer-reviewed research publication.



Railway Technical Research Institute

• 1 - 100 Employee

• Visiting Researcher

  • Jan 2020 - Feb 2020

  2-month internship funded by the EU project, RISEN; focused on interdisciplinary railway studies. This internship was based in the Heat and Air Flow Laboratory, part of RTRI’s Environmental Engineering Divison. The purpose of this visit was to learn methods used in Japan to predict and model subway tunnel temperatures based on outside air temperature records. One method is currently being examined, using data from Transport for London for validation and also to compare with Japanese results. This work will continue to contribute towards the PhD project. Show less



Japan Society for the Promotion of Science

• Japan
• Research
• 200 - 300 Employee

• Summer Program Research Fellow

  • Jun 2019 - Aug 2019

  11-week research and cultural exchange program, funded by JSPS; hosted by Professor Hironori Kato of the International Project Laboratory, Department of Civil Engineering, The University of Tokyo, Japan. The research aim of this trip was to identify the difference in climate adaptation solutions and the resilience of metro rail networks between Japan and the UK. Research activities included conducting an interview with Tokyo Metro, the major urban rail infrastructure operator within Tokyo's core 23 wards. Show less



Brunel University London

• United Kingdom
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Lecturer - Climate Change

  • Sep 2018 - Dec 2018

  Designed and delivered an introductory module for one semester to students in their 2nd year of BSc Environmental Management. Content focused on the anthropogenic influences on the physico-chemical climate feedbacks in the atmosphere, cryosphere and hydrosphere; oriented around the IPCC’s 5th Assessment reports, The 2015 Paris Agreement and UKCP09 climate projections. Designed and delivered an introductory module for one semester to students in their 2nd year of BSc Environmental Management. Content focused on the anthropogenic influences on the physico-chemical climate feedbacks in the atmosphere, cryosphere and hydrosphere; oriented around the IPCC’s 5th Assessment reports, The 2015 Paris Agreement and UKCP09 climate projections.



Wyevale Garden Centres

• United Kingdom
• Retail
• 200 - 300 Employee

• Assistant Buyer - Outdoor Pots

  • Mar 2016 - Jun 2018

• Assistant Buyer - Tools & Landscaping

  • Nov 2014 - Mar 2016



Transport for London

• United Kingdom
• Non-profit Organizations
• 700 & Above Employee

• Research Intern - Climate Change

  • May 2017 - May 2018

  I wrote my MSc dissertation in partnership with TfL, exploring infrastructure sensitivity to air temperature on the London Underground network, and how climate change projections may impact their performance towards the end of the century. The purpose of this is to build the case for climate change adaptation on the London Underground network. I wrote my MSc dissertation in partnership with TfL, exploring infrastructure sensitivity to air temperature on the London Underground network, and how climate change projections may impact their performance towards the end of the century. The purpose of this is to build the case for climate change adaptation on the London Underground network.



Staples

• United States
• Retail Office Equipment
• 700 & Above Employee

• Assistant Category Manager - Office Supplies

  • Jun 2013 - Oct 2014

• Team Leader

  • Apr 2012 - Jun 2013



Hilton

• United States
• Hospitality
• 700 & Above Employee

• Meeting Coordinator

  • Sep 2011 - Apr 2012



Staples

• United States
• Retail Office Equipment
• 700 & Above Employee

• Store Associate

  • Jul 2006 - Aug 2011