Experience

SMRU Consulting

• United Kingdom
• Environmental Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Managing Director

  • Aug 2020 - Present

  Managing SMRU Consulting with offices in St Andrews, UK; Vancouver, Canada; and Friday Harbor, USA

• Operations Manager & Senior Research Scientist

  • Aug 2013 - Aug 2020

  I oversee operations in our North American Companies and provide my scientific expertise to our clients

• Senior Research Scientist

  • Oct 2010 - Aug 2013

  Provision of scientific expertise to clients from a variety of marine sectors.


University of Washington
• United States
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee
• Affiliate Assistant Professor

  • Aug 2010 - Present


The Whale Museum

• United States
• Museums, Historical Sites, and Zoos
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Research Director

  • Oct 2008 - Sep 2010

  Lead research efforts of the institution Lead research efforts of the institution



Beam Reach

• United States
• Higher Education

• Lead Instructor

  • Aug 2006 - Jun 2010

  Lead instructor for undergraduate bioacoustic research program Lead instructor for undergraduate bioacoustic research program



Utopia Scientific

• United States
• Civic and Social Organizations

• Contract Researcher

  • Feb 2007 - Apr 2010

  Analysis of acoustic and behavioral datasets Analysis of acoustic and behavioral datasets



Stanford University

• United States
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Post-Doctoral Scholar

  • Aug 2005 - Jun 2007

  Post-doc in Otolaryngology focused on African elephant acoustic and seismic communication Post-doc in Otolaryngology focused on African elephant acoustic and seismic communication

• Post-Doctoral Scholar

  • Aug 2003 - Jun 2004

  Postdoc in Geophysics focused on seismic communication in African elephants and developing a seismic census technique Postdoc in Geophysics focused on seismic communication in African elephants and developing a seismic census technique



CITES - MIKE

• United States

• Instructor

  • Mar 2004 - Mar 2004

  Instructor for in country CITES Monitoring the Illegal Killing of Elephants (MIKE) program officers Instructor for in country CITES Monitoring the Illegal Killing of Elephants (MIKE) program officers



UC Davis

• United States
• Health, Wellness & Fitness
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Research Assistant

  • Aug 1998 - Jul 2003

  Research assistant focused on bioacoustics and animal behavior Research assistant focused on bioacoustics and animal behavior