Current Committee Role:
Ordinary Member
About Me:
I’m the Curator, Mineralogy at the Natural History Museum in London. My role involves looking after the museum’s scientifically and historically important mineral collection. No two days are the same, which is something I really love about my job. I’m responsible for enhancing specimen data on the collections management system, managing enquiries (ranging from researchers who need samples for their projects, to identification requests from the general public), doing outreach and gallery tours, presenting at conferences, and more. A couple of my current projects are micromount curation and examining how minerals are altered while on display in galleries.
My journey into museums began with my first visit to the NHM in 2013; walking up and down the rows of display cases in the mineral gallery was when I decided I wanted to pursue a museum career. Later that year, I began my MSci Geology degree at UCL. While studying, I had a couple of volunteer roles with the university’s various collections, and I was lucky enough to get a paid role curating the geological teaching collections. I also worked at UCL’s Grant Museum of Zoology for a couple of years.
I first joined the NHM as a Fossil Mammals Volunteer in 2018 and then an Assistant Curator a few months later. Over the years I had a number of short-term contracts at the NHM as a collections assistant and georeferencing assistant. I’ve been curating the mineralogy collections since 2022.
I’ve been a GCG member since 2018 and have attended several conferences and workshops, which have always been a highlight for me. It was the 50th Anniversary Meeting in Leicester that convinced me to become further involved with the group, and I’m really looking forward to my time as a committee member!