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