TEACHING

SCHOOLS teaching

One of my biggest passions is teaching, and I love inspiring a new generation of changemakers. I first started teaching in schools as a STEMNet Ambassador in 2011, and have continued to offer classroom sessions and workshops to primary and secondary school students. I have taught in schools in the United Kingdom (Greater London area, Buckinghamshire and Powys), Cameroon, Namibia, Indonesia, Madagascar, and China. My sessions are usually interactive and hands-on, and I am a big advocate for object-based learning and problem solving.

I teach the following topics based on my expertise (and can also tailor-make sessions to suit current school curriculums):

Wildlife and community conservation, and implications for a sustainable future
Primate diversity and evolution
Fieldwork/jungle skills training, including map reading and navigation
Careers in science with a focus on unusual paths in conservation
For Year 11+: CV and cover letter development

Please get in touch if you wish to learn more about my classroom sessions and workshop packages.

UNIVERSITY teaching

I am qualified lecturer and a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy. I have been teaching Higher Education students since 2014. I am regularly invited to give guest lectures and talks to the public.

My previous lecturing experience includes:

University College London

2017 – 2021: BIOLM019/30/35: Vertebrate Life & Evolution. 3rd & 4th Year university module. UCL. Module co-convener, lecturer and postgraduate teaching assistant.
2017 – 2020: Workshop on Bio-Robotics (Year 7 - 13) - Co-organiser and deliverer.
2019: BIOL0012: Animal Biodiversity. 2nd Year university module. UCL. Postgraduate teaching assistant.

Bristol Zoological Society

2020 – 2021: ZM6002: Role of Animal Collections in Conservation. 3rd Year university module at SGS-University of Gloucester. Module Leader and lecturer.
2020 – 2021: USSK56-15-3: Primate Ecology and Conservation. 3rdYear university module at University of West of England. Module Leader and lecturer.

Guest Lectures

2023: "Using an ethnoprimatological approach to investigate the human-gibbon interface in China". MSc Primate Conservation, Oxford Brookes University.
2021: "Fifteen years working in primate conservation". University of West Scotland.
2021: "Branching careers in primatology: 15 years’ of NGOs, field work & crowdfunding a doctorate degree". University of South Wales.
2019: Ethnoprimatology Seminar. MRes Primate Biology, Behaviour & Conservation. Uni. of Roehampton.

Other Experience

2021: Stemette mentor (as part of the Linnean Society of London).
2016 – 2021: University of Roehampton Alumnae mentor.
2017: Indonesian Biodiversity & Conservation. Years 11-13, Operation Wallacea 23rd Season: Indonesia.
2011 – 2017: STEMNet Ambassador.
2014 – 2015: GY7106: MSc Indonesia Field Course. Uni. of Leicester & Borneo Nature Foundation: Indonesia.

SUPERVISED STUDENT PROJECTS

Vo Dang Minh (2022). Participatory video report: Evaluating the impact of conservation efforts in Ngok Tem, Dak Ring and Hieu commune, Kon Plong district, Kon Tum, Vietnamese Fulbright Student, Fauna & Flora International Vietnam.
Tran Thao Nguyen (2021). Local Awareness-raising Activities of Cao Vit Gibbon Project in Trung Khanh, Cao Bang, Vietnamese Fulbright Student, Fauna & Flora International Vietnam.
Hannah O'Neil (2020-2021). Investigating the perceptions and value of green spaces on well-being in to cohorts of students (business and biology), BSc Thesis, University of West England: UK.
Camala Hewitt (2020-2021). Community-based forestry management in Madagascar: Successes and failures, BSc Thesis, University of West England: UK.
Billie Cassidy (2020-2021). A Comparison of activity budget and social behaviours between a bachelor pair and a group of Gentle Lemurs (Hapalemur) at Bristol Zoo, BSc Thesis, University of West England: UK.
Natasha Mallet (2018 – 2019). Investigating the historical distribution patterns of primate trade in China and Hong Kong, MSc Thesis, University College London: UK.
Dindding Liu (2018 – 2019). Investigating the patterns and drivers of hunting and wildlife trade in China, MSc Thesis, University College London: UK.
Emma Hemmerle (2018-2019). Social science approaches to investigate human-wildlife conflict, BSc Thesis, University College London: UK.
Junfei Qian (2018). How effective are conservation awareness campaigns on Hainan Island, China? MSc Thesis, Imperial College London: UK. Shared advisory role.
Coral Chell (2018). Habitat utilisation of two sympatric diurnal lemur species in response to human disturbance: A comparison of Coquerel's sifaka (Propithecus coquereli) and Common brown lemur (Eulemur fulvus) in the Mahamavo region, northwest Madagascar, MSc Thesis, Nottingham Trent University, Operation Wallacea: UK and Madagascar.
Csilla Laskai (2018). Impacts of human-animal interactions and human proximity on the behaviour of wild Coquerel's Sifaka (Propithecus coquereli) in and around Mahamavo, North West Madagascar, MSc Thesis, Nottingham Trent University, Operation Wallacea: UK and Madagascar.
Marta Corral (2018). The influence of human presence on faecal glucocorticoid levels, parasite burden and the behaviour of different populations of wild Coquerel’s sifaka (Propithecus coquereli) in Mahamavo, Northwest Madagascar, MSc Thesis, Nottingham Trent University, Operation Wallacea: UK and Madagascar.
Isobel Grant (2018). Does the behaviour of Sifaka lemurs towards humans differ according to the presence or absence of offspring?, BSc Dissertation, University of Southampton and Operation Wallacea: UK and Madagascar.
Holly Gough (2018). ‘he impact of human-animal-interaction on the social interaction behaviours between Coquerel’s sifaka (Propithecus coquereli) in Mahamavo, Northwest Madagascar, BSc Dissertation, University of Nottingham and Operation Wallacea: UK and Madagascar.
Sophie Kirklin (2015-2016). Mother-Infant interactions and development of the dependent offspring of Bornean orangutans (Pongo pygmaeus), MSc Thesis, University College London: UK.
Amanda Hoepfner (2014-2016). Ecological and social influences on orangutan long call behavior and acoustic variation, PhD Thesis, University of Utah: USA.
Larissa Salaki (2015). Komunikasi vokal pada kelasi (Presbytis rubicunda, Muller 1838) di Hutan Sabangau, Kalimantan Tengah, MSc Thesis, University of Indonesia: Indonesia.
Thomas Lloyd (2015). Inferring ecological factors from the singing behaviours of the Bornean agile gibbon (Hylobates albibarbis), MSc Thesis, Oxford Brookes University: UK.
Charlotte Schepp (2014). Sciuridae density and impacts of forest disturbance in the Sabangau Tropical Peat-Swamp Forest, Central Kalimantan, Indonesia, MSc Thesis, University College London: UK.
Joey Markx (2014). A field study on communication in wild Pongo pygmaeus wurmbii mother-offspring dyads, BSc Dissertation, HAS University Den Bosch: The Netherlands.