CV
Current Role
2024 - Present: Research Fellow in Mobility Data Science
School of Geography, University of Leeds
Projects: AMR-Hub
- Undertaking analyses of large-scale mobility and trajectory data.
- Developing exploratory and predictive models of mobility behaviour.
- Producing data visualisations.
- Developing and maintaining collaborations within and beyond the research group.
Previous Experience
2023: Research Fellow in Simulating Urban Systems
School of Geography, University of Leeds
Projects: DUST
- Disseminating cutting-edge research on the development of method for the real-time simulation of urban systems.
- Developing a series of unit tests to verify reliable behaviour of agent-based models and data assimilation methods.
2022 - 2023: Principal Investigator
Sustrans / Alan Turing Institute
Data Study Group Project: Towards Equitable Walking and Cycling Infrastructure for All
- Working with challenge owners to formulate academic questions based on industrial challenges.
- Scoping challenge feasibility, assessing ethical implications and project sensitivity.
- Overseeing challenge progress, offering guidance and ensuring scientific integrity.
- Monitoring and finalising the production of reports for publication.
2021 - 2023: Research Fellow in Transport-Health Interactions
Institute for Transport Studies, University of Leeds
Projects: KARMA, TRACK
- Developing agent-based models of commuter behaviour and mode shift.
- Developing a framework for interfacing between different modelling paradigms, focussing on data flows between spatial micro-simulation models, agent-based models and system dynamics models.
- Developing Python data pipelines for the processing of spatial data.
- Reviewing literature on the integration of agent-based and system dynamics modelling approaches.
- Disseminating research group work at workshops.
2020: Data Science Fellow
Buckinghamshire County Council / Connected Places Catapult
Fellowship Project: Mapping and Modelling Social Isolation
- Developing a method for modelling all-age social isolation across Buckinghamshire using Geographically Weighted Regression.
- Critically appraising the existing research from both academia and government.
- Identifying the required internal and external datasets.
- Developing dashboards to communicate findings with non-technical stakeholders and colleagues using the Dash framework in Python.
- Managing stakeholder relationships and running stakeholder engagement events in conjunction with the Connected Places Catapult.
2017 - 2022: CDT Data Analytics and Society
Leeds Institute for Data Analytics, University of Leeds
- PhD Project: Developing Methods for Real-time Pedestrian Simulation
- MSc Project: Implementing the Ensemble Kalman Filter with an Agent-Based Model
- Internship project: Footfall at Kirkgate Market with Leeds City Council
2016 - 2017: Software Developer / Analyst
Ampere Analysis
- Creating mechanisms to obtain and manage large and complex media-sector datasets using Python.
- Developing innovative solutions to help visualise and solve live business challenges relating to content sales and acquisition, competitive analysis and business planning.
- Supporting the wider team’s bespoke consulting work for high-profile film, TV and technology firms.
2015 - 2016: MSc Mathematics
School of Mathematics, University of Leeds
- MSc Project: Dynamics on Networks
2015: Aviation Observations Placement Student
Met Office
- Working alongside observation scientists to answer some of the currently open questions regarding data quality from commercial aircraft.
- Analysing large multivariate datasets using R.
2013 - 2014: MSc Aerospace Dynamics
Department of Aerospace Engineering, Cranfield University
- MSc Project: Turbulent to Laminar Relaminarisation
2010 - 2013: BSc Physics
Department of Physics, Imperial College London
- BSc Project: Membrane Stresses in the Earth