Working in the palaeontology collections. © Horniman Museum and Gardens / Sarah Duncan.
Most recent (external) conference presentations and public talks; including invited lectures, workshops, collections-based and research presentations, and talks to learned societies.
2024
Presenting Case mini-exhibition at the Oxford University Museum of Natural History
2023
The Rutland Ichthyosaur: Digging up a 'Dragon'; Invited Talk. Reading Geological Society
Dental Detective Work: The Key to Fossil Sharks; Presenting Case mini-exhibition at the Oxford University Museum of Natural History
Dinosaur Footprints and Pressing Questions in Palaeontology; Live interview for Voice of Islam Radio
The Rutland Ichthyosaur; Invited Talk. Home Counties Regional Group of the Geological Society
2022
Excavating Britain's Largest Ichthyosaur Skeleton; Invited Talk. Western Regional Group of the Geological Society
Jumping in Feet First, A no holds barred account of our battles to "put our money where our mouth is" re our Climate and Ecology Manifesto. Co-presented with Horniman Museum colleagues Tim Hopkins (Head of Estates) and Carole Destre (Climate and Ecology Coordinator); Museums and Heritage Show
Exploration and Redetermination of Fossil Marine Reptile Material at the Horniman Museum – The Lost, Misidentified and Unknown; The Marine Reptile Conference
The Rutland Ichthyosaur - Digging up a 'Dragon'; Buckinghamshire Federation of Women's Institute: Science and Society's "Insight" Talks 2022
Excavating Britain's Largest Ichthyosaur Skeleton; Invited Talk. East Midlands Regional Group of the Geological Society
Fish without Bones; Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dance: Object in Focus exhibition talk
Innumerable mentions in TV and radio interviews by team members on the discovery and excavation of the largest, near-complete ichthyosaur in Britain
Rutland ichthyosaur excavation; Live interview for Times Radio
Rutland ichthyosaur excavation; Live interview for LBC Radio
Rutland ichthyosaur excavation; Live interview for Andrew Pierce Show
2021
Assessment and Conservation of Geological Specimens for Travelling Exhibition; SPPC
Rocks, Minerals and Mysteries!; Arts Network: Object in Focus exhibition talk
The Amazing World of Ammonites; Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dance: Object in Focus exhibition talk
2020
Numerous 2020 conferences were cancelled or postponed due to coronavirus
On the Use of Specimen Bags for Long-Term Storage of Geological Collections, co-authored with Charlotte Ridley; SPPC
Care and Use of Geological Collections; NatSCA workshop: Invited to deliver training presentation
2019
You’re Extremely Accommodating… for a Curator (a look at the logistics and benefits of making collections available for research); GCG
Enigmatic Ichthyosaurs of the ‘Lost’ Bennett Collection; SVPCA
Bennett’s Archosaurs from Sites of Recognised Importance; SVPCA
Making the Most of What You’ve Got (collections management on a limited budget); NatSCA
Predictions for Apex Predator Responses to Eustatic Sea Level Rise, Based on the Fossil Record; The Royal Society - How Much can the Fossil Record Actually Inform Conservation?
2018
Hindsight at the Horniman (reflecting on collections-based volunteer projects); GCG
A Year of Coraling and Corralling (year-long events programme centred on the 'International Year of the Reef' global event in 2017); NatSCA
2017
Coping with Short Notice (experiences and lessons learnt re a collections move); GCG
2016