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With experience spanning industry and academia, I bring deep expertise in big-data analytics, statistical modeling, and large-scale data pipelines. I love uncovering meaningful patterns in messy, multidimensional datasets, quantifying risk, and generating robust evidence that informs policy, governance, and high-impact strategy. I’m passionate about data-driven decision-making and evidence-based policy. My expertise lies not only in rigorous analysis, but in bridging the gap between technical findings and real-world outcomes.
Originally (and proudly) from Manchester, I enjoy judo, cycling, and art.
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Carleton University
2023-2026 | Ottawa, Canada
BSc | Environmental Science
Carleton University
2018-2022 | Ottawa, Canada
AI Consultant
2024 – 2025
MITACS x BugMars
Accelerate Fellowship
2023 - 2024
Canon Canada
Futures Creator
2022 – 2023
MacMillan & Bertram Labs
PhD Researcher
2022 – 2026
MacMillan Lab Labs
Contract Researcher
2022
Carleton University
Teaching Assistant
2021 – 2026
MacMillan Lab
Work Study Researcher
2020 – 2021 / 2022 – 2023
Madden Lab
Research Volunteer
2019 – 2020
Microplastics in the digestive tract of Gryllus pennsylvanicus crickets in a biosolid–treated agricultural field
Environmental Science and Technology, 2025
The disadvantage of having a big mouth: the relationship between insect body size and microplastic ingestion
Journal of Insects as Food and Feed, 2025
Diet particle size influences tropical house cricket life history
The Royal Society Open Science, 2025
Applying nutritional ecology to optimize diets of crickets raised for food and feed
International Astronautical Federation Proceedings, 2024
Life Science Beyond Earth: Exploring the Legal Landscape in Outer Space Exploration
The Royal Society Open Science, 2019
Carbonodraco lundi gen et sp. nov., the oldest parareptile, from Linton, Ohio, and new insights into the early radiation of reptiles
$30,000 CAD
Mitacs
Ottawa, Canada
Canadian Reduced Gravity Experimental Design Competition
In-kind, microgravity flight
CSA & NRC
Montreal, Canada
Summit for Space Sustainability Travel Grant
$4,000 USD
SWF, UK Space Agency, SGAC
New York, USA
Insects to Feed the World Best Poster (3rd)
$300 USD
Singapore
Insect Biotechnology Conf. Best Talk (3rd)
$150 CAD
Niagara, Canada
Work Study Award (x2)
$6,200 CAD
Carleton University
Ottawa, Canada
Domestic Scholarships (Entrance & Specialty)
$56,313 CAD
Carleton University
Ottawa, Canada
Academic All-Canadian Athlete
U Sports
Ottawa, Canada
Teaching Excellence Award
$250
Ottawa, Canada