Tropical Ecology & Conservation
Biography
I am interested in the conservation of biodiversity particularly traded and used species. My research predominantly explores the reasons behind the selection of specific species for particular purposes, evaluating the impacts of such utilisation on species populations, and assessing the efficacy of global policies in ensuring sustainable use. I also maintain a broader interest in global conservation and its intersection with the consequences of land use changes on species communities, as well as how various threats can synergistically endanger species.
Some ongoing projects include the examination of global policy effectiveness in validating captive breeding within international trade, the assessment of global quota utilisation and its effectiveness, optimizing policy to disrupt ivory trade networks and the investigation of whether the effective protection of key biodiversity areas (KBAs) results in disproportionate biodiversity benefits for species subjected to use and trade.
Previous Positions
2022 – 2023 | Research Data Manager | The University of Sheffield
Qualifications
2019 – 2022 | PhD | The University of Sheffield
2018 – 2019 | MRes Ecology and Environment | The University of Sheffield
2016 – 2017 | Qualified Teacher Status (QTS), School Centred Initial Teacher Training | Sheffield Hallam University
2013 – 2016 | BSc Zoology (Hons) | The University of Sheffield
Key Publications
'Global hotspots of traded phylogenetic and functional diversity', (2023), Nature
'Mixed protection of threatened species traded under CITES', (2022), Current Biology
'Impacts of wildlife trade on terrestrial biodiversity', (2021), Nature Ecology and Evolution
