Curriculum Vitae
Qualifications
Pates Grammar School, Cheltenham (1992-1999)
10 GCSEs, 5 A-levels (A), S-Level Physics (Distinction), STEP Physics (S)
Trinity Hall, University of Cambridge (1999-2003)
MA Natural Sciences (2.1)
including: Geology (2.1), Chemistry (1), Physics (1), Maths (2.1)
MSci Geology (1)
Dept. Earth Sciences, University of Bristol (2004 - 2008)
PhD in Volcanology: The degassing of basaltic magma chambers.
Supervisors: Jeremy Phillips and Steve Sparks
Awards and Funding
Royal Society International Travel Grant (2008)
Researcher - CoInvestigator on NERC standard grant (2008)
SET for Britain - Awarded a place to present work at House of Commons, UK (2006)
Daily Telegraph Young Science Writers Award - Commendation (2005)
NERC PhD Studentship (2004)
Harkness Prize (2003) - Top student in Cambridge Geology MSci course
Reginald Pillai Prize (2003) - “Outstanding” performance at Natural Sciences
Trinity Hall Scholar (2000, 2001, 2003)
BP Institute Summer Fellowship (2002)
Courses Attended
Rock Fabrics (2010), Dr. S Wallis, University of Bristol.
Diffusion (2010), Dr. R Dohman, University of Bristol.
Multivariate Statistics (2009), University of Bristol.
C++ Programming (2006) Hands on Technology Transfer, Birmingham.
Teaching and Learning Course (2005), University of Bristol.
Melts, Magmas and Glasses (2005) Prof. DB Dingwell, Munich University.
Geophysical and Environmental Fluid Dynamics Summer School (2005) Dept. Applied Maths & Theoretical Physics, University of Cambridge.
Volcanology Short Course (2004) Prof. RSJ Sparks, University of Bristol & Santorini, Greece.
Other Skills
French Speaking, and have acted as an interpreter on a field trip to Tunisia.
Teaching experience: I have taken seven 2nd year lectures (Dynamics of Hazardous Flows), demonstrated over 150 hours of practical classes and 8 field trips for undergraduate students.
C/C++, C#, objective-C and Cocoa Programming
PADI Open Water Scuba Diving
Clean UK Driving License