Career
2022 – current: Research Assistant; Loughborough University, UK
2021 – 2022: MSc Environmental Monitoring, Research and Management; Loughborough University, UK
2018 - 2021: BSc Geography; University of Leicester, UK
Prizes
2022: Loughborough University Postgraduate Dissertation Prize
2022: Loughborough University Community Prize
2021: University of Leicester Norman Pye Prize for Student of the Year
2020: University of Leicester Student of the Year
Jay is a Research Assistant on a UKRI Future Leaders Fellowship project led by Dr Kate Mathers. The objective of the project is to identify, examine and quantify the primary abiotic and biotic controls influencing the ecosystem effects of instream sedimentation. This will be achieved using a combination of methodologies such as meta-analyses of international datasets, an extensive field sampling programme, and flume and mesocosm experimentations.
Jay has had experience working with pond macroinvertebrates during his MSc project at Loughborough University. He has since been working on river macroinvertebrates as a research assistant. Prior to his masters, Jay examined the responses of duckweed growth and resilience to toxic chemical pollutants.
Jay’s research interests are related with aquatic ecology, water quality and toxicology.