My Academic Journey


I've been lucky to study and work in some beautiful places with a diverse group of people. This job has taken me around the world and back again. I like to be in places with mountains and preferably near the sea, but I need to work on the last point for my next steps...


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May 2020 - present

Oberassistant, Institute of Geochemistry and Petrology, ETH Zürich (Switzerland).

March 2018-May 2020

Marie Sklodowska-Curie Research Fellow, Institute of Geochemistry and Petrology, ETH Zürich (Switzerland).

March 2017-March 2018

Postdoctoral Researcher, Institute of Geochemistry and Petrology, ETH Zürich (Switzerland).

Sept. 2014-Dec 2016

Postdoctoral Fellow, Dept. of Chemistry, University of Otago, Dunedin (New Zealand)

Sept. 2010-April 2014

PhD Geochemistry and Geology, Edinburgh University (UK)

Sept. 2009-Sept. 2010

MSc Quaternary Science, Royal Holloway and University College London (UK) 

June-August 2009

Visiting Student Researcher, CalTech (USA)

Sept. 2005-June 2008

BSc (Hons) Geology, Durham University (UK)