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current position
PhD researcher at the British Antarctic Survey (Polar Oceans team) and at the University of Cambridge (Ocean Dynamics group)
education
PhD – Applied Mathematics & Physical Oceanography, University of Cambridge and British Antarctic Survey (2025, expected)
MSc – Physical Oceanography, Bangor University (2020, First Class)
MEng – Engineering Science, University of Oxford (2012, First Class)
awards and grants
- Studentship for PhD Studies, Natural Environment Research Council, 3.5 years tuition and stipend, 2021-2025
- Smith-Knight & Rayleigh-Knight Essay Prize, Cambridge University Faculty of Mathematics, 03/2023
- Odyssea Travel Grant, Odyssea Luxembourg Association for Marine Conservation, 01/2023
- Student Travel Award, Challenger Society for Marine Science, 01/2023
- Best Poster Prize, Cambridge Center for Climate Science Early Careers Symposium, 04/2022
- Edwin Leong Travel Grant, Hughes Hall University of Cambridge, 04/2022
- Best Poster Presentation Award, Bangor University Aspiring Researchers Conference, 08/2021
- St Hilda’s College Prize for performance in examinations, St Hilda’s College University of Oxford, 10/2011
- Nuffield Science Prize for performance in examinations, St Hilda’s College University of Oxford, 05/2011
- Nuffield Scholarship for performance in examinations, St Hilda’s College University of Oxford, 10/2010
- St Hilda’s College Prize for performance in examinations, St Hilda’s College University of Oxford, 05/2010
- Travel Award, Oxford University Travel Society, 09/2009
presentations
- 11/2023: Bangor University Ocean Sciences Seminar (invited talk), Online. “Ice shelf basal melt sensitivity to tide-induced mixing”
- 06/2023 36th Forum for Research into Ice Shelf Processes, Stalheim, Norway. Poster Presentation: “How ice base slope controls turbulent mixing through the ice shelf – ocean boundary current: insights from large-eddy simulations”
- 09/2022 Challenger 150: The Challenger Society Conference 2022, London, UK. Poster presentation: “How does ice base slope control ocean-driven melting of Antarctic ice shelves?”
- 12/2021 Warnemünde Turbulence Days, Online. Oral presentation: “The effect of tidally-induced turbulence on basal melting of Antarctic ice shelves: insights from one-dimensional plume model simulations”
- 11/2014 BP Global Technical Showcase Presentation, London, UK. Poster Presentation: “A new era for well construction on Quad 2014” (Competition Finalist)
outreach
- 2021-2022 Secretary of UK Polar Network
- 2020-2021 Website Manager of UK Polar Network
- 2010-2011 Secretary of Engineers Without Borders UK, Oxford branch
teaching and mentoring
- 2023 Teaching Assistant in Quantitative Environmental Science, University of Cambridge
- 2019 – 2023 Guest Lecturer and Course Designer, Online MBA Digital Marketing module, Universidad Europea Madrid
- 2021 – 2022 Student Mentor for Mathematics undergraduate female students, University of Cambridge
- Summer 2009 Volunteer Maths Teacher, TravelAid Tanzania
previous professional experience
- 2019 – 2021 Founder & Digital Marketing Consultant, Outventure Hub, Remote
- 2018 – 2019 Digital Marketing Consultant, Bewolfish, Spain
- 2017 – 2017 Senior Management Consultant, Deloitte, Luxembourg
- 2013 – 2016 Drilling & Performance Engineer, BP, UK
- 2012 – 2013 Offshore Wellsite Engineer, BP, UK and Norway
professional affiliations
- Challenger Society for Marine Science UK, member
- EWM European Women in Mathematics, member
- Cambridge Philosophical Society, member
- Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Chartered Engineer (CEng)