Our programme team

I started my academic life as a medical student in Edinburgh over 20 years ago and have made my way back here by a rather circuitous route. Realising life as a doctor was not for me, I left my medical studies in the fourth year with honours in Medical Microbiology and went on to qualify as a high school teacher, teaching Biology and Science for 4 years.

I'm the Deputy Programme Director for the MSc in Biodiversity, Wildlife and Ecosystem Health. I joined the MSc teaching team in 2011.

I joined the MSc teaching team in August 2022 with a focus on taking forward the ‘alternative’ 3rd-year masters project option. My background in ecology and conservation involves a number of different elements, including being a graduate of the BWEH programme!

Before joining the University of Edinburgh in 2016, I was a Postdoctoral Research Assistant at the University of Chester, modelling climate change impacts on dry forest habitats in Grenada.

I started my teaching journey as an outdoor instructor, loving getting others outside, before making the logical step to a biology degree to learn more about the natural world.

I am a Teaching Fellow at the University of Edinburgh, teaching a range of courses on the MSc in Biodiversity, Wildlife and Ecosystem Health.

I am a teaching fellow at the University of Edinburgh, teaching on the MSc in Biodiversity, Wildlife and Ecosystem Health.

Louise tells us about her fieldwork across the world and her position as a teaching fellow.

I am the Programme Administrator for second-year courses for the MSc Biodiversity, Wildlife and Ecosystem Health and I am responsible for all non-academic tasks in relation to running these courses.

I am the Programme Administrator for the MSc in Biodiversity, Wildlife and Ecosystem Health andI am responsible for all the non-academic tasks in relation to running the programme.