About me

I am currently a first year PhD student based within the Marine Physics and Ocean Climate research group at the National Oceanography Centre and the School of Environmental Sciences, University of Liverpool. My research interests include integrating the impacts of changes in coastal morphology (from short-term storms to decadal evolution) into flood risk management, and coastal resilience. I am funded by NERC's Liverpool-Manchester Doctoral Training Program (DTP), which combines the expertise of the Universities of Liverpool and Manchester, and the National Oceanography Centre. The DTP contains three "pillars", Earth, Atmosphere and Ocean, with my research falling under the Oceans "pillar". I also receive CASE funding from Cardigan Bay Coastal Group.

I was born in Bath in 1994, and grew up in Bradford on Avon, Wiltshire, with a passion for mountain biking and the outdoors. Having taken A-Levels in Law, Economics and Geography, I decided that I wanted to expand my knowledge of physical and environmental processes, so I embarked on BSc (Hons) Geography at Liverpool, and I've never left! The highlight was doing my undergraduate dissertation, where I undertook a flood risk assessment under various sea defence breaching and sea level rise scenarios for a stretch of coastline in North Wales. Having graduated with first class honours in 2015, I knew I enjoyed research and didn't really fancy the taught components of an MSc. I was able to carry on my passion for coastal modelling for a Master of Philosophy (MPhil), funded by an EPSRC project entitled Adaptation and Resilience of Coastal Energy Supply. I published the findings from this work in a special issue of Journal of Marine Science and Engineering (see Publications).

Having failed twice as an undergraduate to obtain PhD funding, it was third time lucky! My route into a PhD was slightly unorthodox, but it worked for me! My multi-disciplinary PhD aims to increase our understanding of how gravel coastlines change over time under sea level rise and future wave climates, and the impacts this causes for flood risk management. Please see the My research page for more information on my PhD.