Personal Statement
I completed my PhD in Classics at the University of Nottingham, and took up a postdoctoral fellowship immediately following, in the 2019-20 academic year. My PhD was conducted jointly between the Department of Classics and Archaeology and the School of Geography, with both supervisors present in every meeting. This multi-disciplinary approach to my PhD studies has carried through to my current research, and to how I approach teaching the topic of ancient history. Without the input of two disciplinary approaches, I would not have been able to establish a methodology that combined the theoretical approaches developed outside of the study of the ancient world with the primary evidence found in the ancient world itself.

I opened my publication record in 2019 with an article exploring the representation of trees on Trajan's Column, continuing with material on green spaces and capping off my 'Trees' research thread with my first monograph, 'Trees in Ancient Rome' (2023), based on my PhD thesis, and largely compiled while on a career break following the Covid pandemic.

Research Overview
My research now covers nature across the ancient world, and environmental pollution within Roman cities. Pollution is not a new problem, and Romans dealt with it in much the same way, introducing zoning in their cities, building flexible spaces, and planting trees to absorb emissions as well as reduce noise. These are new and exciting areas in Classics, and I join my research up with science as much as possible, a habit developed from the early days of my tree projects, where I was consistently asked details about the trees I had only seen on the page at that time.