I'm a Conservation Ecologist with a keen interest in how tropical ecosystems can be managed sustainably in the face of agricultural expansion and the other pervasive impacts of population growth and globalisation. I'm particularly interested in peatlands, and how they can be responsibly managed through an understanding of their unique hydrological requirements and socio-ecological relations. Past projects include, spanning time in both academia and industry: creating a mapping and monitoring system for peatlands in the UK, Malaysia and Indonesia; reconstructing past vegetation change and assessing future prospects for the coastal peatlands of Malaysian Borneo; exploring the dynamics of human-wildlife interaction in northeast India; and training Government, research and NGO partners in Ghana, Indonesia and Malaysia on the use of a decision support tool for restoring connectivity in landscapes for biodiversity under climate change. I'm currently working at the University of St Andrews as an Associate Lecturer in the School of Geography and Sustainable Development and Postdoctoral Research Fellow on a Leverhulme Trust-funded project entitled: Valuing intact tropical peatlands – an interdisciplinary challenge. I'm the Chair of the Conservation Ecology Special Interest Group of the British Ecological Society and coordinate the Expert Group on Peatlands and Biodiversity on the International Peatland Society’s Scientific Advisory Board.