In 2010 I obtained my PhD from the University of Bristol in Applied Mathematics. After this I was awarded a NERC secondment at the UK Parliamentary Office of Science and Technology, working on sea level rise and the Eyjafjallajökull eruption. In 2011 I moved to a Post-doctoral Research Assistant post at the University of Southampton, researching density driven flows. In 2013 I worked as fellow on a Joint Industry Project, the Turbidites Research Group, University of Leeds. In 2017 I secured a Vice Chancellor’s Fellowship at the University of Hull, where I was awarded a National Geographic Explorer Award (2018) and was co-lead on a Royal Society Apex Award (2019). In 2019 I was awarded a prestigious NERC Independent Research Fellowship to develop new tools to study particle transport processes in turbulent flows.

At the University of Hull, I established a multi-disciplinary Fluid Dynamics Group, bringing together (chemical, civil and mechanical) Engineering, Earth Sciences, Geography, Mathematics and Physics. I took up a position as Reader in Environmental Fluid Dynamics in 2021, before becoming Professor of Fluid Mechanics in 2023. At Hull I also served as postgraduate research director, and later interim co-director, of the Energy Environment Institute. I led the development, and have acted as Director, on two EPSRC Centres for Doctoral Training in offshore wind energy (2019 and 2024).

I have acted as a reviewer, associate editor, and panel member for numerous journals and international research councils. Further, I also serve on advisory boards, including for the Offshore Renewable Energy Catapult, Scottish Government Marine Directorate and, as chair, for the EPSRC CDT in Future Fluids.

Professional affiliations

• American Geophysical Union
• Japanese Geophysical Union
• Royal Geographical Society