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Profile

Nature recovery ecologist and bat specialist, with over 20 years of progressive administration experience developing and adaptively managing large-scale conservation programmes in partnership with community volunteer networks, scientists and educators worldwide. My breadth of experience in managing and exploring interdisciplinary collaborations with academic investigators and non-academic partners in the environment, health, and green industry sectors positions me as a natural leader in achieving collaborative advantage.

 

Education
University  of Bristol (UK) Department of Zoology, Ph.D. 1995; Landscape ecology of bats.
University of Southampton (UK), BSc. (Hons) 1990; Biology & Oceanography

Appointments

2023- now: Training and Legacy Officer Bats in Churches Project, Bat Conservation Trust.

2022-2023 :Fundraising and Communications Officer, Nature's SAFE, Shropshire, UK.(maternity cover)

2020-2021: Outbreak Taskforce Clinical Contact Caseworker Covid-19, UK Health Security Agency.

2016-2019: Cambridge Infectious Diseases Interdisciplinary Research Centre Coordinator, University of Cambridge, UK.
2015-2016: Living Landscape Director, Herefordshire Wildlife Trust, Hereford, UK.
2011-2015: Associate Director, Applied Animal Ecology, San Diego Zoo Institute for Conservation Research, California, USA.
2003-2011: Director, Lubee Bat Conservancy, Gainesville, Florida, USA.
2006-2013: Courtesy Associate Professor, Department of Wildlife Ecology and Conservation, University of Florida, USA.
2001-2003: Science Director, Bat Conservation International, Austin, Texas, USA.
1996-2001: Post Doctoral Researcher (National Bat Monitoring Program Director) Aberdeen University/DEFRA/BCT, UK.
 

Awards 

2018 Recovery Champion Award by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service for leadership in conservation of the endangered ʻakikiki on Kauai, Hawaii.

2017 American Zoo and Aquarium Association North American Award for Conservation to the California condor bi-national recovery and reintroduction programme.

2015 Commendation by Senator Harry Reid and U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service for leadership of Desert Tortoise Conservation Center Nevada.

2014 Zoo Award for leadership, San Diego Zoo.

2004 American Zoo and Aquarium Association Accreditation for Lubee Bat Conservancy

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Skills

Proposal Coordination and Writing | Project Management | Ecology | Conservation Breeding | Wildlife Translocations | Communications | Stakeholder Relationships | Administration |Training

Microsoft Office Word Excel Powerpoint  | MS Teams/Zoom | Google Suite| Eventbrite | Canva | MailChimp | Twitter | |Datbases, CMS & CRMs.

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Service/Impact

IUCN Species Survival Commission Bat Specialist Group member and wab master since 1999. @ www.iucnbsg.org

Grant reviews for Earthwatch, Rolex Awards, AZA Conservation Endowment Fund

Over 60 informal talks tailored to diverse student, public, community group, youth, funder, industry, conservation and government stakeholder audiences.

Lobbying visits to representatives on Capitol Hill / local MP In UK, to increase funding for endangered species conservation  

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Human after all: Nordic walker, chill wild swimmer, and dog lover.

Publications

​Google Scholar https://scholar.google.co.uk/citations?user=z35V8RcAAAAJ&hl=en

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