As an ecologist in the Disease Systems Team my work centres on addressing the two-way interactions between animal health and GHG emissions, using theoretical modelling, controlled experimental trials, and field work. I develop predictive models exploring how climate change will drive disease outbreaks, and measure how parasitism directly affects GHG emissions. I also have interests in wildlife reservoirs of disease, and the development of sustainable control strategies.

My aim is to translate research outcomes into tangible action, informing effective mitigation and adaptation strategies for resilient agricultural systems in the face of environmental challenges. 

My main research interests are:

• Biotic and abiotic drivers of livestock parasites
• Impacts of animal health in greenhouse gas emissions
• Mitigation and adaption approaches for sustainable livestock systems
• Approaches to modelling risk and adaptation under environmental change
• Wildlife disease reservoirs

I am also an associate at Biomathematics and Statistics Scotland (BioSS)

Veterinary Epidemiology MSc, University of Edinburgh

Module leader: Wildlife disease ecology in livestock ecosystems

                       Climate change and animal health

Lecturer: R for veterinary epidemiologists

Member of programme management team

Applied Animal Science BSc, SRUC

Module leader: Animal conservation

                       Climate change and animal health

                       Animals at the centre of global issues

Lecturer: Research skills and statistics

               Epidemiology

Member of programme management team

PhD student 2019 - present. Investigating the effects of parasitism on livestock greenhouse gas emissions