About Me

I currently work as Assistant Director of the Cape Eleuthera Institute, a research  arm of the larger Cape Eleuthera Island School.

I grew up in the tropical islands of the Bahamas, surrounded by turquoise sea and coral reefs, in the small fishing community of Spanish Wells. I went to the UK for my high-school education and continued on there for a degree in marine biology. Despite my tropical roots, I fell into the fascinating world of deep-sea biology and undertook a  PhD in this area of research at the University of Leeds and Natural History Museum, which I successfully completed in 2012. I continue to carry out deep-sea research as well as new projects in shallow habitats of the Bahamas.

Academic Curriculum Vitae

  • 2018-Pres:  Assistant Director of the Cape Eleuthera Institute in The Bahamas
  • 2016-2018: Deputy Director of the Marine Institute at the University of Plymouth
  • 2013–2016: Postdoctoral Research Fellow of the Marine Institute at the University of Plymouth
  • 2012–2012: Postdoctoral Research Assistant on the World Register of Deep-Sea Species project
  • 2008–2012: PhD Researcher, University of Leeds and the Natural History Museum, London
  • 2004–2008: MSci (First Class Hons.) Marine Biology, University of Southampton


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