I'm a palaeoecologist and macroecologist, interested in how living things change their environments, and how these changes feed back into ecosystems over the long term. I see the human-induced changes of the Anthropocene as a dramatic example of these feedbacks in action. 

My work investigates how biodiversity change progresses, at timescales ranging from decades to millions of years, and in a wide range of organisms - from marine invertebrates to terrestrial plants. I believe long-term perspectives can help to inform the ways we value and protect biodiversity for the future, particularly under long-term impacts such as climate change.

I am Course Organiser for the course Ecological and Environmental Analysis (ECSC08008) and co-Organiser for Field Ecology (ECSC08007).

I also teach on Ecological Impacts of Climate Change (ECSC10042) and the Ecological and Environmental Sciences fourth year field course (ECSC10033).

I co-lead the Early Career Network of the Centre for Adapting to Changing Environments (ACE) (https://environmentalchange.ed.ac.uk/).

I am co-organiser of the Global Change seminar series in the School of GeoSciences.

Biosphere Research Group, Centre for Adapting to Changing Environments