• Senior Lecturer in Molecular Veterinary Epidemiology, SRUC 
• 2014-2020 Senior lecturer in Molecular Parasitology, Kingston Unversity London
• 2009-2014 Lecturer in Organismal Biology, Kingston University London
• 2005-2009 PhD student the Natural History Museum & University of Wales, Aberystwyth

My research focuses on the development and application of molecular and genomic approahes to understand the evolutionary processes that affect populations and define the boundries between species, and its implication in the epidemiology and control of diseases and the conservation of species. 

Current research focuses on:

• Population health and conservation of genetics of large marine predators and aquatic tetrapods
• Molecular ecology of parasites in wildlife and the interface between wildlife and domestic animals
• Evolution of pathogen-host interactions from the molecular to population level, espcially within neglected parasitic diseases and disease vectors
• Mitochondrial genomics as tool to measure adapation and deep evolutionary histories within animal and parasite populations

Current and ongoing research projects:

• Molecular epidemiology and evolutionary biology of trematodes and their intermediate snail vectors
• Evolutionary and molecular ecology of parasites of farmed and wild fish 
• Molecular ecology of marine mammals and the evolution of pathogen-cetacean interactions. 
• Mitochondrial genomics and evolutionary histories of sharks
• Evolution of parasites and pathogens in marine and freshwater environments 

Current Postgraduate Supervision:

I have supervised a significant number of postgraduate research students to completion as both first supervisor and co-supervisor. Currently, I supervise the following projects

• PhD projects
  • Life in the belly of a whale: the evolution of Brachycladiidae trematodes in relation to their cetacean hosts (First supervisor)
  • A role for mitochondrial genomics in the conservation of the  porbeagle shark Lamna nasus (First supervisor)
  • Molecular epidemiology of the causitive agent of amoebic gill disease in farmed fish (Co-spuervisor)
  • The evolution of the interactions between Salmonella and the harbour porpoise Phocoena phocoena (Co-spuervisor)
  • The evolutionary association between leeches and eustarine fish and its relation to parasite transmission (Co-supervisor)

I have over 20 years of experiance in teaching and learning and at SRUC I am currently involved in:

• Act as Deputy lead for Postgraduate Research for the School of Veterinary Medicine & Biosciences
• Deliver the parasitology components of the veterinary medicine programme
• Development of postgraduate and undergaduate courses associated with topics in veterinary biosciences, epidemiology and infectious disease control
• Delivery of lectures, assessments and involved in associated QA procedures
• Supporting academic staff in the development of new programmes and delivery of sessions
• Involved in building capacity for supervising postgraduate research students on both the Inverness and Aberdeen campuses