https://www.oceanexpert.net/expert/23316

ORCID : https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5806-0837

MSc

Data Management
Information Management & Library
Operational Support (technical)
Institutional Management
Decision Making & Policy
Technical Advice & Consulting

Biological Oceanography
Marine Ecology

I lead the Marine Biological Association (MBA) IT and Data Teams and am project co-ordinator for DASSH; the Marine Data and Information Network (MEDIN) accredited Data Archive Centre (DAC) for biodiversity data. I currently have nearly 30 years’ experience in marine biodiversity data management and publication. I am currently Co-Chair of the global IOC-UNESCO Ocean Biodiversity Information System (OBIS) Steering Group, and lead the UK contribution through the UK OBIS Node hosted at the MBA. I represent the MBA on a range on national and international working groups and expert panels, bringing my wealth of experience to inform and guide data standardisation and interoperability. I’m the Chair of the UK Biodiversity Data and Information Group (BioDIG) a technical sub-group of the Healthy and Biologically Diverse Seas Evidence Group (HBDSEG) advising UK Government and policy leads and am co-chair of the MEDIN Data Archive Centre Working Group and an expert member of the MEDIN Executive.

North Atlantic Ocean

Data Management, Bioinformatics, GIS, Geospatial Analysis, Interoperability

English

https://www.mba.ac.uk

http://www.dassh.ac.uk