About

I am an environmental technician for the school of built and natural environment. My role incorporates areas of geoscience, environmental sustainability and conservation as well as geographical information systems.

Teaching responsibilities

I demonstrate and assist in laboratory practicals for geology, environmental and biology/zoology courses, particularly concentrating on conveying to students the correct and safe use of scientific equipment and general laboratory techniques. As a qualified field first aider, I frequently assist in field visits and am skilled in many field techniques. 

I teach in the use of Digimap and demonstrate various GIS packages including Idrissi, QGIS and ArcGIS.

Membership of professional bodies

Fellow of the Geological Society of London

Qualifications

• MSc Conservation and Land Management - Bangor University (including independent study: 'The impact of Mob-grazing compared to set-stocking on soil quality at Glynllifon, Gwynedd')
• MSc Micropalaeontology - University College London (including independent study: 'The dating of turbiditic sequences using micropalaeontological techniques in the Sorbas Basin SE Spain')
• BSc (Hons) Geological Sciences - Oxford Brookes University

Recent conferences

• 2021 - Spring into Action with Plantlife
• 2020 - Wales Biodiversity Partnership Conference
• 2020 - Environment Platform Wales: Resilience in the Welsh Uplands

Experience in industry

• Worked for TimeTrax (now part of PetroStrat) as a biostratigrapher and micropalaeontologist
• Carbonate petrographer for Badley Ashton and Associates Ltd
• Consultant micropalaeontologist
• Experience of working in NHS and food laboratories

International experience

I was seconded to Abu Dhabi, UAE for two years while working for Badley Ashton and Associates Ltd and stayed as a WFTGA certified tourist guide for another 14 years.

Additional interests and activities

I volunteer as a guide and custodian at the Sir Henry Jones Museum, Llangernyw, where I am also responsible for the upkeep of two large vegetable plots and help tend the cottage garden.