I work in an office (it’s quite nice) in big lecture theatres with lots of students, in vets practices and arenas and stables where I can test horse behaviour.
I worked for the last 12 months at zoos around the UK and Ireland – either outside by the elephant paddocks or inside the barns. Now I am based in an office watching video footage. I occasionally do work in laboratories too.
Where I work depends on what I’m doing. For my phd I ran my experiments at a marine research station on the west coast of the Sweden, at the entrance of Sweden’s only real fjord. Then I moved to Switzerland and started working with meerkats, which involved 18 months of field work in the Kalahari Desert in South Africa. Now, in Bristol, I’m working with fish in the lab so I get a room covered in tanks top to bottom all to myself. When I’m not running experiments I work at my desk in an office with 17 other people.
The awesome tropical forest of Malaysia! Its simply beautiful.
When I’m back in Oxford teaching and analysing my data, the charming old building of Oxford makes it a conducive environment to work in. Simply amazing!
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