Current Committee Role:
Ordinary Member
About Me:
I’m the Assistant Curator of Vertebrate Zoology at World Museum, National Museums Liverpool. Here, I am responsible for the collection of 80,000 specimens of birds, mammals, fish, amphibians and reptiles – including their care and management. I conduct my own research into the collection as well as facilitate visits for students, artists and other researchers who wish to access the collections for their projects. The vertebrate zoology collection is made up of specimens preserved in spirit, animal study skins, osteological material, egg clutches and taxidermy.
I studied a Geoscience BSc and MSc Geoscience Research at Keele University. My Master’s Research project focused on the Holocene epoch particularly micropalaeontology, palaeoceanography and palaeoclimates. My thesis discussed how proxy data can reflect carbon storage to the sea floor in productive areas like shelf seas during the Holocene in the Celtic Sea.
I was first employed, thanks to the ACE Grant Secured for Accessing Staffordshire Geology Project, as the Assistant Curator of Natural Science at the Potteries Museum and Art Gallery. I thoroughly enjoyed documenting the fossils collected by Edward ‘Ted’ Watkin and co-curating their new Carboniferous Diorama – which showcases locally collected fossils from the collection.
I was awarded my Associateship of the Museum Association (AMA) in 2024 and am a volunteer for the Natural Sciences Collections Association where I contribute to the Digital Digest.