Employment / education
Postdoctoral Research Associate, University of Exeter
Mar 2018 - Present
Research Associate, University of Exeter
Dec 2018 - Feb 2019
PhD Biological Sciences, University of Exeter
Oct 2014 - Oct 2018
MRes Biodiversity Informatics and Genomics, Imperial College London
Sep 2013 - Sep 2014
BSc Marine Biology, Swansea University
Sep 2010 - Sep 2013
Funding / awards
Genetics Society Training Grant (£500 & £1,000)
Sep 2014 & Nov 2019
British Ecological Society Small Research Grant (£5,000)
May 2019
Genetics Society Junior Travel Grant (£150, £500 & £750)
Jan 2017, Dec 2017 & Aug 2018
Genetics Society Heredity Fieldwork Grant (£1,284)
Feb 2018
British Ecological Society Travel Grant (£500)
Jun 2017
Environment YES Syngenta award for best plant, microbial and environment business plan (£125)
Dec 2015
Illumina price in Biodiversity Informatics and Genomics (£1,000)
Sep 2014
Conferences
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A list of some of the recent conferences where I've presented my research.
Oct 2019
Aquaculture Europe
Talk at Aquaculture Europe 2019 in Berlin, Germany. "Determining the heritability of growth traits in cultured European lobsters using genomics".
Jun 2019
ARCH-UK
Invited talk at the ARCH-UK Annual Science Event hosted by the University of Stirling (Scotland, UK). "Sizing-up DNA: Exploring the role of genetics in growth in European lobsters.
Dec 2018
National Lobster Hatchery
Invited talk at the National Lobster Hatchery (Padstow, Cornwall). "Genetic structure, larval dispersal and connectivity in the European lobster (Homarus gammarus)".
Dec 2018
Evolutionary Biology
Poster presentation at the II Joint Congress on Evolutionary Biology in Montpellier, France. "Population genetic structure of the European lobster (Homarus gammarus) using RADseq-derived SNPs".
Feb 2018
Natural England
Invited talk at the Natural England Marine Monitoring and Evidence Event in Nottingham, UK. "Evaluating connectivity between MPAs using population genetics".