2012 - Lecturer Department of Biology, University of York 2009 - 2011 Fellow University of Aberdeen 2006 - 2009 Post-doc Macaulay Land Use Research Institute, Aberdeen 2005 Post-doc Royal Society for the Protection of Birds, Edinburgh 2004 PhD Glasgow University 1999 BSc Imperial College

I work on a wide range of ecological problems from population dynamics and distributions to fire ecology in the African savannah. The main linking thread of my research is a fundamental interest in spatial processes in ecology, from the way individual animals move across a landscape, through the patterns and processes that shape individual species distributions, to global patterns in biodiversity. I'm interested in understanding all aspects of spatial variation in ecological processes at a range of spatial scales, using and developing appropriate statistical techniques alongside an active programme of field research in the UK and Africa. Currently, many species distributions are shifting as a consequence of global climate change and I'm also interested in the demographic processes that drive such shifts. Much of my work focusses on birds and I collaborate with conservation organisations to ensure that a variety of additional interests tackle problems of practical significance.