I used to be a chef! That was pretty awesome, and I learnt loads of cool stuff. However, I was always more inspired by the natural world. One example, when I was working for Rick Stein in Padstow, I spent nearly all my free time at the lobster hatchery down the road! What's more, I've since gone back to the hatchery to study behaviour in their lobster juveniles. Destiny.

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This might also sound surprising but my bachelors was in Chemistry! I was and still very much am fascinated by three dimensional geometry (any relation to bird flocks for example...?), although the inevitable lab work was not really my style. I can be a bit clumsy but hey ho, I'm working on it :-)

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I'm currently living in Penryn with my partner and our baby girl, and working at University of Exeter. I have found my academic work to be undoubtedly the most rewarding job and lifestyle I have encountered, and I owe it all to the amazing people around me.