Our Team

I have always taken a pragmatic approach to integrating ecological protection within project development. Meanwhile, BioConserve’s directive is to support clients in achieving balance between biodiversity targets and business realities. This ethos is what drives BioConserve to provide practical solutions and services to clients who want to do the right thing, but not at the expense of the sustainability and success of their current operations and future goals.

It’s been a journey to reach the place I am now, but each step of the way has given me the tools I need to steer BioConserve onwards and upwards towards (and maybe beyond!) our aims and aspirations.

I understand people, and I understand ecosystems; and the only way forward for our collective future is to balance the needs of both.

I like seeing how people, the environment, and biodiversity are interconnected, like instruments that can create a symphony if we work together. My focus is on reptiles, bat bioacoustics, and flora IDs, and I love the moment a rare species turns up in a survey or camera trap image. In the field I’m the one keeping things calm, troubleshooting when something goes wrong, and making sure there are always snacks to keep us going. I’ve grown to enjoy desert driving and discovered that storks regurgitate pellets, something I always thought was just a raptor or owl thing.

I love the interconnectedness of ecology, how even the smallest thing plays into the bigger picture. Even mosquitoes (yes, I know they’re annoying) are an important food source that can link all the way up to an eagle. I’m one of the ‘bird ladies’ at BioConserve, working a lot in arid environments. Out in the field, I love when a site shifts from looking like ‘just another landscape’ to revealing its secrets through tracks, plants, and bird calls. People know me for being reliable and planning fieldwork down to the last detail. Even on walks with my dog Flora, I catch myself cataloguing plants and picking routes that avoid thorns sticking to her paws.

I see biodiversity work as a way to bridge the gap between wild landscapes and practical conservation action, turning what we learn in the field into solutions that protect habitats and species. I’ve tracked Africa’s Top 5, mapped predator corridors in Finland’s boreal forests, and restored wetlands in the Danube Delta. I’m known for translating complex ecological data into strategies that work for nature, clients, and stakeholders, building trust with local communities and navigating relationships with diplomacy. While studying large carnivores, I got so used to reading animal tracks in snow that fresh prints still catch my eye instantly.

Studying ecosystems feels like understanding where we come from and how much our well-being depends on them. I’ve found the middle ground I wanted, turning science into applied work that helps biodiversity and human progress move forward together, hand in hand. I get to support projects across different sectors, from renewable energy to ecological studies, and I’m still curious to learn every step of the way. I’m also the extrovert of the team, stepping into public roles to raise awareness and show why biodiversity matters. One project I feel especially connected to was once a dumping ground, but has been reclaimed by nature over time. Mapping its habitats and finding bird nests, bat roosts, and waterfowl reminded me that even disturbed places can come alive again, if we just allow nature the space to heal.

I’ve always felt there are better ways to engage with nature. It doesn’t have to be a zero-sum game, which is why I like approaching ecology as a space for problem-solving. My doctoral research in urban ecology showed me how our surroundings shape both culture and our attitudes toward the natural world. Spatial and quantitative tools help me explore practical strategies for managing ecosystems in ways that work for people too. I’ve always had a soft spot for invertebrates, tiny, intricate, and underappreciated for the roles they play. I’ll stop every time I see a bug, just to figure out what species it might be and how it got there.

Ecology isn’t just for specialists. I’ve always believed that when people understand the basics of conservation, change comes faster and their impact multiplies. My career actually started out in business operations within the sustainability sector. I was contributing to positive impact, but behind the scenes. Deep down, though, I always dreamed of working closer with nature. Volunteering in conservation and climate action gave me that chance, and over time it pulled me fully into this field. Now I get to bridge both worlds, supporting operations and field ecology. I never head into the field without a jar of peanut butter, it’s a great snack for me, and sometimes even bait for our live animal traps.

Bats are some of the hardest animals to study and that’s exactly why I love them - most of what they do happens in the dark, in frequencies we can’t hear, so you learn to read a landscape through sound. My focus is bat acoustics and echolocation across the UAE and Western Asia, much of it for impact assessments. Out in the field I’m the one fussing over detector settings at dusk and getting unreasonably excited when an unexpected call shows up on the spectrogram.