A third-year PhD researcher in organic geochemistry at the University of Durham, her PhD research explores the potential of using fossilised stomach oil deposits from snow petrels to estimate past snow petrel diet and summer sea-ice extent in the Weddell Sea region, Antarctica.
Combining a multi-proxy approach using radiocarbon dating, elemental and geochemical methods, these regurgitated remains offers an unusual insight into understanding past, present and future Antarctic sea ice. By addressing the ecosystem response to sea ice variability, the research endeavours to answer the key climate uncertainties of the future.
She achieved a First-Class undergraduate degree in Geology at the University of Aberdeen (2014-2019) and a Masters in Petroleum Geoscience at Imperial College London (2019-2020), and worked for The Aspinall Foundation until starting her PhD in 2021.
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