Postdoctoral Research Associate in Ecology- Ecology Research Group, led by Professor Mark van Kleunen University of Konstanz | March 2011 – present |
Postdoctoral Research Assistant in Ecology- Plant Ecology Research Group, led by Professor Markus Fischer University of Bern, Switzerland | May 2009 – March 2011 |
Academic Qualifications
PhD in Plant Ecology- "Explaining Alien Plant Invasions in the East Usambara Mountains, Tanzania" (funded by NERC, UK) University of Aberdeen/Centre for Ecology and Hydrology, UK | Oct. 2005 – 2009 |
MRes Science of the Environment (Distinction)- Lancaster University, UK (funded by NERC, UK) | Sept. 2004 – Aug. 2005 |
BSc (Hons) Ecology (1st Class)- University of Plymouth, UK | Sept. 2000 – June 2003 |
Research
I am a plant ecologist, and my research is currently focused on the ecology of plant invasions and native plant rarity. I mainly take a comparative, multi-species approach in order to test hypotheses postulating why some plant species are more successful than others.
Professional Activities
- Handling editor, Oecologia (2014 - 2018)
- Member of the British Ecological Society, and the British Ecological Society Tropical Ecology Group
- Member of the Ecological Society of America
- Member of the Association for Tropical Biology and Conservation