Leadership

  • British Ecological Society Brexit Policy Working Group Member (2017 – present)
  • Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (2016 – present)
  • Defra/HBDSEG Marine Strategy Framework Directive Indicators and Targets Drafting Group Chair. Leading the UK’s implementation of the Marine Strategy Framework Directive for pelagic habitats (2011 – present)
  • OSPAR’s Intersessional Correspondence Group on Coordinated Biodiversity Assessment and Monitoring Implementation Group Chair. Leading Europe’s implementation of the Marine Strategy Framework Directive for pelagic habitats (2012 – present)
  • Challenger Society Marine Science and Policy Special Interest Group Co-founder and co-chair. (2015 – present)
  • ICES Working Group on Biodiversity Science Member (2014 – present)CSMSlogo
  • Celtic Seas Partnership Food Web Task Group Member (2014 – present)
  • Challenger Society for Marine Science Elected Council member- communications portfolio (2012 – 2016)
  • Project Advisor – INTERREG ISECA (Information System on the Eutrophication of our Coastal Areas) (2012 – 2014)
  • SCOR 137 Working Group on Global Coastal Phytoplankton Time-series – Full member (2010 – present)
  • HBDSEG Healthy and Biologically Diverse Seas Evidence Group (2009 – present)
  • Defra Marine Ecosystem Health Working Group (2010 – present)
  • Centre for Marine Conservation and Policy Research, University of Plymouth  (2010-present)