Education

• Postgraduate Certificate Academic Practice (Distinction) Northumbria University (2019-2020)
• PhD, Behavioural Sciences, Institute of Neuroscience, Newcastle University (2011-2014)
• MSc, Evolutionary Psychology (Distinction) Brunel University (2008-2011)
• BSc, Zoology with Evolutionary Psychology (2:1) University of Liverpool (2002-2005)

Academic & science policy experience:

• Programme committee member for the 2021 International Society for Evolution, Medicine & Public Health meeting.
• DPhil thesis examiner, Middlesex University, London, 2020.
• PhD thesis examiner, École normale supérieure, Paris, 2018.
• Programme committee member for the 2018 International Society for Evolution, Medicine & Public Health meeting.
• UKSBM consultations adviser, contributing to the UKSBM response to ‘A healthier future – action and ambitions on diet, activity and healthy weight’. Scottish Government, January 2018.
• Devising and delivering summer school workshops for the Newcastle University Institute of Neuroscience.
• Teaching National Centre for Research Methods workshops on experimental approaches for social research.
• Guest Lecturing for the School of Psychology at the London School of Economics and Political Science.
• Guest Lecturing for Clinical and Health Psychology at the University of Liverpool.
• Guest Lecturing for the Combined Honours School at Newcastle University.
• Teaching & demonstrating for the School of Biology and the Faculty of Medical Sciences at Newcastle University.
• Informal supervision of undergraduate project students & postgraduate research students in the Faculty of Medical Sciences and the Faculty of Science Agriculture and Engineering.
• Local Champion for the Evidence Information Service.
• Faculty of Medical Sciences Postgraduate Student Representative.
• Student representative on Faculty of Medical Sciences Development Review Group.
• Student representative on the Newcastle University Researcher Development Coordination Group.
• First aider, Institute of Neuroscience, Newcastle University.
• Trained Parliamentary Outreach Trainer (Parliamentary Outreach Office training, 2015)
• Trustee, Newton’s Apple Foundation 2010 – 2022.
• Science Communication and Outreach Activities including science engagement events in secondary schools and the British Science Festival Event, “The Big Society? Interactive Psychology Games”
• Researcher in the University of Liverpool Biosciences department

Peer review of publications for:

• Applied Evolutionary Anthropology
• Evolution and Human Behaviour
• Evolutionary Human Sciences
• European Journal of Social Psychology
• Evolutionary Medicine and Public Health
• Evolutionary Psychology
• Human Ethology Bulletin
• Human Nature
• Humanities and Social Sciences Communications
• Journal of Evolutionary Psychology
• Personality and Individual Differences
• PLoS One
• Proceedings of the Royal Society: Biology
• Social Science & Medicine

Peer review of grant applications for:

• The Economic and Social Research Council
• The Royal Academy of Engineering (Ingenious public engagement grant review)

Non-academic work experience includes:

• Communications Manager (Senior Executive Officer), Department of Health (2008-2010)
• Director of Newton’s Apple Foundation (2008)
• Consulting Policy and Project Manager for Newton’s Apple Foundation (2007-2008)
• Area Fundraising Coordinator for the British Red Cross (2007)
• Operational Marketing Assistant for the British Red Cross (2007)

Past engagement activities (see home page for current activities):

• London Evolution Research Network (organising committee member 2008-2009, Brunel University representative 2009-2010)
• UK coordinator for Yearoutindia, (2006-2010)
• Committee member for Science Café Wales and also the South Wales Science Alliance (2006-7)
• Volunteer assistant at the Science Media Centre (2006)
• Work Experience at BBC Specialist Factual and Learning department (2006)
• Research Assistant and Public Awareness team leader for Archelon, the Sea Turtle Protection Society of Greece (2001-2002)
• Intern for the Vince Shute Wildlife Sanctuary (2001)

Non-scientific and popular science writing experience:

• Internship at BBC Focus magazine (2006)
• Regular writer for Buzz magazine (2005-2007)
• Articles in Science and Public Affairs magazine (now People and Science, a publication of the British Science Association, 2006)
• Articles in Science in Parliament magazine (2006-2008)
• A winner of the National Brain-Science Writing Prize Award – Changing the Face of Our Lives, published in the Bulletin of the British Neuroscience Association, spring 2007

Technical training:

• Programming, data wrangling  & mapping (e.g. R, Excel & SPSS)
• Online data collection platforms (e.g. Qualtrics,  Prolific, Amazon MTurk, Crowdflower & SocialSci)
• Web page design
• BMS and MEDS software (Department of Health)
• NHS Comms Link (Department of Health)
• MS Project, IBM Quickr & Lotus Notes

Management & leadership training:

• Event management training (Government Communications Network)
• Knowledge and Information management development (Department of Health)
• Leadership development training (Olivier Mythodrama)
• Project Management (Department of Health)
• Strategic communications planning development (NHS Communications Forum)

Additional biological training:

• Evolutionary Biology Workshop in the Alps (Conference Universitaire de Suisse Occidentale – 3 ECTS credits)
• Field Skills in Biology
• Quantitative Biology

Other training:

• Parliamentary Outreach Training
• Science Policy training (Newton’s Apple)
• Actors Workshop for Science Communication (Actors Workshop)
• First Aid at work training (North East Ambulance Service)
• Introduction to the news media (Science Media Centre)
• Introduction to Teaching and Learning in Higher Education (ITLHE) Part A
• IT Demonstrator Training (Newcastle University, School of Medical Sciences Education Development)
• Public engagement in science training (British Science Association)
• Science, policy, risk and uncertainty (Foundation for Science and Technology)