My pronouns are she/her
I completed my BSc (Hons) at the University of St Andrews in 2021, where my dissertation focused on using individual-based modelling to identify the drivers of a foraging behaviour known as local enhancement. I have since contributed to various research projects, using both modelling and fieldwork approaches. I am now conducting a PhD (DPhil) at the University of Oxford, for which I am supported by a NERC DTP and Balliol College Anderson scholarship.
My current research focuses on large carnivore behaviour and demography, focusing on the context of human-carnivore conflict. My project involves:
- Identifying and testing new approaches to studying livestock depredation events, by better understanding carnivore and livestock behaviour at various stages of the depredation process.
- Using simulations to understand the long-term population effects of demographically biased conflict-related killing and of short-term shocks in populations of lions (Panthera leo) living alongside humans, both in Africa and Asia.
Overall, I am interested in combining field and computational techniques to better understand ecological systems, with a particular interest in behavioural ecology. Though my PhD work focuses on African carnivores, I am interested in a variety of taxa and ecosystems, having previously conducted fieldwork in France, Malawi, Peru, and Uganda.
