Work-life-balance

"Geologists are scientist who like camping"

Cheesy GoPro edit. Credit to A. Clarkson (my brother)

Mountains

My main hobbies are mountain and gravel biking. Scotland, New Zealand and Switzerland have all been excellent places for this. The upside of academic 'mobility'!

snow day in the local forest

home office 'commute'

sunset on lake Zurich

Mental Health in Academia

We need to talk about mental health more in academia...too many people are struggling and change starts with acceptance, conversations and removing the stigma. I completed the ENSA first aid course as a first step to promote health and wellbeing in the workplace. I fully believe that academia should be about enriching the mind, not sacrificing it.