About

Short Bio

I received my undergraduate degree in Earth Sciences from Cambridge University in 2017. I then spent a year exploring my interests in hydrogeology, which included an internship at the International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD) and a field season working with the Cavendish Environmental Physics group. From 2018-2023, I obtained my PhD in Environmental Geophysics under Professor Rosemary Knight at Stanford University, where my research focussed on land subsidence due to groundwater extraction. I am currently (2024) a Research Associate in the Agriculture, Water and Climate group at the University of Manchester (UK).

Curriculum Vitae

A copy of my CV can be downloaded here. Out of date? Please contact me for an updated version.

Education and Experience

PhD Geophysics

• 📅  2018-2023.

• 🏛️ Stanford University, California, USA

• 🎓 Focus: hydrogeophysics. Thesis title: "Advancing the Use of InSAR for Groundwater Management and Science in California’s San Joaquin Valley"

• 📕 "Integrating shallow head measurements and InSAR data to quantify groundwater-storage change in San Joaquin Valley, California (USA)"

• 📕 "Development and Application of a 1D Compaction Model to Understand 65 Years of Subsidence in the San Joaquin Valley"

• 📺  ABC7 NEWS. June 2022. “Stanford study measures solution for sinking California, finds it may take more to reverse damage”

• 📺  LA Times. June 2022. “Will California’s Central Valley Stop Sinking”

Hydrogeologist (internship) 

• 📅  2017 (3 months duration)

• 🏛️ The International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD), Kathmandu.

• 🎓 Hydrogeologic mapping and modelling project to improve discharge in Himalayan springs.

MSc Natural Sciences (Earth Sciences)

• 📅  2016-17

• 🏛️ Cambridge University, Girton College

• 🎓 Geophysics research project modelling dynamic topography.

• 📕 Thesis: "Mantle convection viewed through the filter of gravity and topography"

• 📕 Publication arising from thesis: "Gravity, Topography, and Melt Generation Rates From Simple 3-D Models of Mantle Convection"

BA Natural Sciences (Earth Sciences)

• 📅  2013-16

• 🏛️ Cambridge University, Girton College

• 🎓 Specialisation in Earth Sciences