C.V.

Experience

Research Scientist (Geospatial) | Tracking California, Public Health Institute | 2021–present

Project Lead on the development of a statewide Traffic Dataset and Querying Tool, enabling external users to access updated traffic volumes at any location across California
Statewide road network dataset for Vehicle Miles Traveled in California, with bespoke interpolation methodology in Python
Internal and external data visualisations and dashboards using R Shiny, including the Lithium Valley Data Explorer and a Community Air Quality Monitoring Data Explorer
Household-level network Origin-Destination analysis for healthcare accessibility modelling
Dataset curation, creation, and spatial analysis for public health and environmental justice

Lecturer in Social & Geographic Data Science | UCL | 2020–2021

Developed and led three modules: Spatial Analysis, Geocomputation, and Data, Politics and Society
Taught GIS programming using R, Python, and QGIS across undergraduate and postgraduate programmes
Created over 20 original R-based programming tutorials and high-quality lecture and practical material
Teaching focused on the ethics and politics of (geo-) data science, including the use of large-scale individual-level datasets

Teaching Fellow | UCL | 2020

Supported delivery of quantitative and geospatial analysis courses across the Geography department

PhD Researcher | University of Southampton | 2015–2020

Doctoral research with the WorldPop group and Flowminder Foundation on creating geospatial datasets from Call Detail Records for humanitarian applications
Developed novel methodologies to map geographical communities using CDRs and created an index of social connectivity for disaster resilience estimation
Thesis: Social Connectivity and Disaster Resilience: An opportunity for improved mapping and measurement using call detail records
Supervised by Professor Andrew Tatem and Dr Eloise Biggs
Presented at NetMob (Oxford) and Geo4Dev (UC Berkeley)

PhD, Geographic Information Science | University of Southampton | 2015–2019

MSc, Geographical Information Management | Cranfield University | 2012–2013

BA, Geography (First Class) | University of Oxford | 2008–2011

Co-founded The Missing Maps Project launch in the UK, leading mapathons and developing training material still in use today
Presented at the Royal Geographical Society and Oxford Internet Institute
Creator of an award-winning Geography Programming Bootcamp teaching Python for GIS research (ESRI UK Student Award 2019, with Kate Rawlings)