Natural History Museum, London

Museum Scientist, Palaeontology

About

I'm based in the Palaeontology Department at The Natural History Museum, specialising in micropalaeontology. My role comprises a number of duties, which include the development and delivery of education and training, research, stakeholder engagement, advising on collections development and income-generation. I work with external stakeholders to explore potential ways in which the NHM micropalaeontology collections, and the expertise of NHM staff, can be of use to the wider micropalaeontological community in terms of research, education and commercial contexts.

My main research interests lie in the reconstruction of Quaternary palaeoenvironments. I have specific expertise in late Quaternary climate change, with focus on the transition from the Devensian Late-glacial to the Holocene period. I have experience in the application of pollen, diatom and particle size analyses to palaeoenvironmental reconstructions.

I also have interests in contemporary and ancient coastal lowland systems and the use of microfossils, including diatoms and foraminifera preserved in coastal sedimentary archives as a quantitative tool for reconstructing sea-level change during the Holocene. My most recent work builds on a strong interest in geoarchaeology and the use of palynology and stratigraphy to study the impact of human activity on the landscape change during the prehistoric period.

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