CV

I have a wide range of experience working in academic, research and commerical environments. Having trained as an Earthquake Seismologist I then worked in scientific publishing before moving to be a Safety and Environmental Consultant. I subsequently returned to academia as a postdoctoral researcher at the Universities of Leeds and Bristol.

Employment

• Postdoctoral Research Associate, School of Earth Sciences, University of Bristol, UK.
  January 2012 - present

• Postdoctoral Research Fellow, School of Earth & Environment, University of Leeds, UK.
  April 2010 - January 2011; July - October 2011

• Impact Assessment Coordinator, Faculty of Environment, University of Leeds, UK.
  January - June 2011

• Safety & Environmental Consultant, BMT Isis Ltd, Bath, UK.
  October 2008 - April 2010

• Publishing Editor, IOP Publishing, Bristol, UK.
  April 2007 - October 2008

• Internship, AWE Plc, Berkshire, UK.
  Summer 2003

• Seismologist, Geological Survey of Japan, AIST, Japan.
  October 2001 - December 2002

• Internship, CEA, Cadarache, France.
  Summer 1998

Education

• DPhil, University of Oxford, UK.
  2003 - 2007
  Thesis Title: “Optimisation and application of earthquake location methods”

• MSc, Geophysics, Durham University, UK.
  2000 - 2001
  Dissertation Title:”Application of the Waldhauser-Ellsworth relocation algorithm to earthquake sequences in central-eastern California” including a 3 month research visit to the USGS, Menlo Park, California.

• MPhys, Physics with Study in Europe, 1st Class Hons, University of Manchester, UK.
  1996 - 2000
  Year Abroad: 1998-1999 Universite Joseph Fourier (Grenoble I), France with 5 month internship at l’Institut des Sciences Nucleaires.

• European Baccalaureat, European School, Culham, UK.
  1996
  Overall 83%, Physics 91%, Maths 88%.

Technical & Field Work

• Deployment and servicing of broadband seismometers in Oman, Canada and the U.K.

Outreach

• Developer & Presenter, “On Shaky Ground”, @bristol, 2015-2016.

• Volunteer, Access to Bristol, December 2015.

• Volunteer, Bristol Bright Night, @bristol, September 2014.

• Speaker, Pint of Science, Bristol, May 2014.

• STEM Ambassador, 2011 - Present.

Teaching

• Lecturing
  2012-2016 Frontiers of Earth Sciences, 4th year undergraduate course, University of Bristol.

• Supervision & Tutoring
  2015-2016: Supervisor, MSci Geology dissertation.
  2014: Supervisor, MSc Geophysics dissertation.
  2013, 2015: Supervisor, Undergraduate summer student.
  2013, 2016: Tutor, Software Bootcamp, Bristol.
  2003-2005: Tutor, Mathematics, 1st year undergraduates.

• Field Trip Demonstrating
  2016: 2rd year undergraduate, Geology, Wales. 2016: 3rd year undergraduate, Geophysics, Wales.
  2013-2014: 3rd year undergraduate, Geology, Scotland.
  2013-2016: 2nd year undergraduate, Geophysics, The Downs, Bristol.
  2012, 2016: 1st year undergraduate, Geology, Avon Gorge, Bristol.

Funding

• UKCCS Network International Research Collaboration Fund
  2015: Funding for seismometer deployment at CMC Research Institute’s Field Research Station, Alberta, Canada.
• UKCCS Network International Research Collaboration Fund
  2015: Funding for 1 month research visit to Geological Survey Canada.

Responsibilities

• 2013–2016: Coordinator for undergraduate vacation projects, School of Earth Sciences, University of Bristol.

• 2014 - 2016: Geophysics group seminar organiser.

• 2015 - 2016: Python discussion group founder & organiser.

Other

• Languages: English, French and basic Japanese and German.

• Interests: Aikido