20202024

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Research Fellow at Queen’s University Belfast, UK, researching the distribution and release mechanisms of pollutants in peatlands worldwide, from the Arctic to the tropics (Leverhulme Trust Research Grant - PIPES: Pollutants In PEatlands: from sink to Source - PI: Graeme Swindles).

 

I am a peatland scientist, interested in the response of these fragile ecosystems to past and future environmental change. My research has primarily focused on permafrost peatlands and Arctic ecosystems, and I have deep interests in climate science, bioclimatic modelling, palaeoecology, and ecohydrology. 

Particulars

Previous positions: 

  • 2023: Postdoctoral Research Associate on ICAAP: Increased Carbon Accumulation in Arctic Peatlands, University of Exeter, UK

 

Qualifications: 

  • PhD (2023) - Changing ecology, hydrology and permafrost in circum-Arctic peatlands: University of Leeds, UK
  • AFHEA (2022)
  • MSc by Research (2019): Physical Geography, University of Leeds, UK
  • BSc (Hons) (2018): Physical Geography, University of Leeds, UK

Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals

In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):

  • SDG 13 - Climate Action

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