CV

Education

PhD Geography, University of Nottingham, 2023 (expected)
MSc River Basin Dynamics and Management with Geographical Information Systems, University of Leeds, 2019
BSc (Hons) Environmental Geoscience, University of Nottingham, 2017

April - June 2021: Research Assistant, River Leen Project, Urban Flood Resilience Research Project
Duties included:
- Fieldwork - invertebrate sampling, water sampling, river habitat surveying
- Laboratory work - water quality analysis (soluble reactive phosphorus, ammonium, ion chromatography)
- Data analysis - collation of our data with secondary datasets from the Environment Agency to assess long-term trends of water quality, water quality and ecological status assessment
- Data dissemination - report for local stakeholders, blog post
March 2018: Work Placement, JBA Risk Management
- Assisted in the creation of flood hazard maps with the global mapping team using ArcGIS

Geographical Information Systems: ArcGIS Online, ArcMap, QGIS
- River catchment analysis
Programming
- Python: agent-based models, ArcPy
- R: writing functions, multivariate statistics of large datasets, data visualisation
- JavaScript: some experience creating a web-based GIS
- HTML and CSS: basic knowledge
- LaTeX: basic knowledge
- Julia: basic knowledge
Field skills
- Use of a total station theodolite for river channel surveying
- Grain sampling
- Flow monitoring
- Invertebrate sampling
Laboratory skills
- Water quality analysis
- Use of laboratory flumes for open-channel hydraulics and sediment transport experiments
- Use of petrological microscopes