Background

I am the leader of the Higher Predators and Conservation group within the BAS Core Science Ecosystems programme, and an Honorary Professor at the College of Life and Environmental Sciences, University of Exeter. I also work closely with the Agreement on the Conservation of Albatrosses and Petrels (ACAP), including as convenor of the ACAP Populations and Conservation Status working group, and am a member of the Expert Group on Birds and Marine Mammals of the Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR). These international agreements develop strategies to improve knowledge of seabirds and other marine taxa, and their conservation. My research concentrates on the population, physiological and evolutionary ecology of seabirds, particularly albatrosses and petrels, and is supported by NERC core funding to BAS and external grants.