I am a Research Associate in Zoology with the University of Glasgow. My research focuses on investigating the mechanisms that link environmental and climatic variations to the demography and population dynamics of marine top predators, such as seabirds and fish. Recent other research interests include using evolutionary theory to fill-in for missing data on demographic rates or population trends.
I am currently working on a NSF and NERC funded post-doc to develop models that examine the population dynamics of sharks, rays and tuna. The aim of this project is to examine the evolutionary and ecological processes that generate biodiversity, and to identify species at greatest risk of overexploitation and extinction. This project is in collaboration with Jason Matthiopoulos, Holly Kindsvater, Marc Mangel, Nick Dulvy and Maria Jose Juan Jorda.
Contact: catrsw@gmail.com
Background
2016-present: Research Associate; University of Glasgow
2014-2016: Research Ecologist; British Trust for Ornithology
2010-2014: PhD Population Ecology; British Antarctic Survey, University of Liverpool and University of Glasgow
2008-2009: MSc Biosciences; University of Oxford
2002-2006: BSc Environmental Sciences with a year in Industry; University of East Anglia
Editorial Board
- 2016 – present: Ibis – Associate Editor
Committee Membership
- 2014 – present: British Ornithologist’s Union – Engagement and Conference Committees
Grant Advisory College
- 2015 – present: British Ecological Society
