2026

I had the incredible opportunity to participate in the Workshop in phylogenetic comparative methods for early career biomechanists run The Moen lab in the Department of Evolution, Ecology, and Organismal Biology at the University of California, Riverside. It was a wonderful time meeting fellow wildlife researchers, learning a ton, and enjoying the nature of the scrub deserts of California. Massive thank you to Dr. Daneil Moen for running this incredible workshop and thank you to the Heidemarie Johnson Scholarship for aiding my attendance!

Wildlife nerds in the wild.

Wildlife nerds in their natural habitat.

2025

I have been working as a collections assistant in various roles at the University Museum of Zoology, Cambridge, UK. Primarily, I am trained to edit records, pull images, and find relevant fields within the Emu 9 database. I incorporate machine learning to digitize handwritten records and provide feedback for model improvement. You can read more about the Museum of Zoology collaboration work on this project here.

Additional experience I have is in the bird collection includes handling skins, working at height, mothball inventory, and specimen location.

I am also an outreach volunteer participating in fundraising events in the main gallery, presentations for the community, and education workshops.

Working through digitizing handwritten letters.

For two summers (2024, 2025) I had the incredible opportunity to be a guest lecturer for the Sutton Trust Summer School. This programme offers disadvantaged secondary school students the opportunity to experience university life through a free summer school programme. For the students who experienced the Earth Sciences at the University of Cambridge, I designed a lecture/lab for the Palaeobiology module. I gave a 15 minute lecture on the evolution of the vertebrate body-plan and then organized special access to the University Museum of Zoology for them to complete a complimentary activity.

You can read more about the Earth Sciences summer school here.