A full academic CV is available upon request.
2023–present. Research Fellow
School of Biological Sciences, University of Southampton, Southampton, UK
2023–present. Research Associate
LWL-Museum für Naturkunde, Münster, Germany
2022–present. Honorary Fellow
School of GeoSciences, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK
2017–2022. Post-Doctoral Research Assistant in Vertebrate Palaeontology of Thalattosuchian Crocodylomorphs
School of GeoSciences, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK
2010–2017. Teaching Assistant
School of GeoSciences, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK
2006–2009. PhD Earth Sciences
University of Bristol, Bristol, UK
(NERC CASE partnership with the Natural History Museum, London, UK)
2005–2006. MSc Advanced methods in taxonomy and biodiversity
Imperial College, London, UK
(Degree taught/housed in the Natural History Museum, London, UK)
Grade: Distinction.
2001–2005. BSc (Hons) Zoology
University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK
Grade: First-class honours.
November 2021. Associate Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (AFHEA)
While at the University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK
British Ornithologists' Union
Linnean Society of London
European Society for Evolutionary Biology
Linnean Society of London
Royal Society of Biology
Society for Open, Reliable, and Transparent Ecology and Evolution
2022–present. Chartered Biologist (CBiol)
Registered with the Royal Society of Biology.
2025–present. Commissioner
International Commission on Zoological
Nomenclature
2025–present. DEI Committee
Society for Open, Reliable, and Transparent Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
2025–present. EcoEvoRxov Committee
Society for Open, Reliable, and Transparent Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
2024–present. Recommender
Peer Community In Registered Reports (PCI-RR)
2022–present. Recommender
Peer Community In Paleontology (PCI Paleo)
2022–present. Membership & Professional Affairs Committee
Royal Society of Biology
2020–present. Linz Zoocode Committee
2021–present. IUCN SSC Europe
2021–present. IUCN SSC Pigeon & Dove Specialist Group
2019–present. IUCN SSC Crocodile Specialist Group
2017. Leverhulme Trust Research grant (RPG-2017-167) (named on grant)
2016. EU-funded SYNTHESYS grant (HU-TAF-6505)
2015. EU-funded SYNTHESYS grant (DE-TAF-5698)
2014. EU-funded SYNTHESYS grant (DE-TAF-5132)
2013. EU-funded SYNTHESYS grant (FR-TAF-4021)
2013. Royal Society Research Grant (RG130018) (named on grant)
2024–present. Editor-in-Chief
Historical Biology
2024–present. Associate editor
PeerJ Open Advances in Zoology
2014–present. Academic editor
PeerJ
2007–Present. Reviewer (over 30 journals) including:
Cretaceous Research, Ethology Ecology & Evolution, Geological Magazine, Gondwana Research, Integrative Organismal Biology, Journal of Evolutionary Biology, Journal of Morphology, Journal of Systematic Palaeontology, Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, Nature Communications, PLOS Biology, PLOS ONE, Proceedings of the Royal Society B, Scientific Reports, and Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society
University of Edinburgh, UK
2014–2022. PhD [3 students]
University of Edinburgh, UK
2018–present. MScR Palaeontology and Geobiology [7 students]
University of Southampton, UK
2013–2017. MSci Marine Biology [6 students]
2012–2016. MRes Vertebrate Palaeobiology [6 students]
University of Bristol, UK
2007–2009. MSc Palaeobiology [6 students]
2006–2007. MSci Palaeontology and Evolution [1 student]
University of Edinburgh, UK
2011–2016. BSc Zoology [10 students]
2011–2013. BMedSci Zoology [2 students]
2014–2015. BSc Geology and Physical Geography [1 student]