Role
Module leader for Biodiversity Conservation which is delivered to Wildlife Conservation, Environmental Science and Environmental Conservation students. Module leader for Behaviour which is delivered to Wildlife Conservation students. Co-teach Biodiversity & Ecology to Animal Biology and Zoo Biology students.
Supervisor for undergraduate student research projects, with an emphasis on topics relating to animal behaviour, habitat selection, mammal ecology and behavioural ecology. Industry placement coordinator for BSc Wildlife Conservation. Member of the School Academic Standards and Quality Committee (SASCQ).
Career overview
Internship with the Peoples Trust for Endangered Species on the importance of hedgerows to small mammals.
PhD on ‘Factors affecting distribution and habitat selection of water shrews (Neomys fodiens)’.
Previously course leader for BSc Wildlife Conservation – currently working part time following maternity leave.
Research areas
Factors affecting distribution of water shrews
Habitat selection of water shrews
Genetics of water shrews
Small mammal habitat preferences
Badgers and toxoplasma
External activity
Member of the Mammal Society (http://www.mammal.org.uk/ )
Member of the Wildlife Trusts (http://www.wildlifetrusts.org/ )
Fellow of the Higher Education Academy
Sponsors and collaborators
People’s Trust for Endangered Species (PTES) (https://ptes.org/ )
NERC Biomolecular Analysis Facility, University of Sheffield (https://www.sheffield.ac.uk/nbaf-s )
Press expertise
Animal behaviour
Mammals