Experience
Conferences/Seminars
Year One:
• Abstract: School of Life Sciences Postgraduate Symposium, University of Warwick, March 2015
• Poster presentation: British Society of Plant Pathology (BSPP) Conference, September 2015 (prize won for best student poster)
• Poster presentation: (AHDB) Conference, September 2015 (prize won for best poster)
Year Two:
• Presentation: Warwick Crop Centre Seminar Series, October 2015
• Poster presentation: UK Carrot and Onion Conference and Exhibition, Peterborough, November 15
• Invited Presentation: Bayer (Crop Science) Potato and Onion Conference, January 2016
• Invited Presentation: British Carrot Growers Association / AHDB Seminar, March 2016
• Poster Presentation and organiser of School of Life Sciences Postgraduate Symposium, April 2016 (prize won for best poster)
Year Three:
• Invited Presentation: Carrot Advisor Experience Exchange Network (CAEEN), Thetford, November 2016.
• Presentation: 38th International Carrot conference, Bakersfield, California, March 2017.
• Poster presentation: Molecular Biology of Plant Pathogens (MBPP), Durham, March 2017
• Poster: Postgraduate Research Showcase 2017, University of Warwick, June 2017 (Prize won for Runner up: best poster)
• Presentation, PH Gregory Competition: British Society for Plant Pathology (BSPP) Presidential Meeting 2017, Nottingham, September 2017 (prize won for best presentation)
Year Four:
• Presentation: AHDB Crops PhD Seminar, Stratford Upon Avon, November 2017
• Invited Presentation: UK Carrot and Onion Conference, Nottingham, November 2017
• Presentation: School of Life Sciences Postgraduate Symposium, University of Warwick, March 2018
Awards/Grants
- Prize won for best poster - British Society of Plant Pathology (BSPP) Conference, September 2015
- Prize won for best poster - (AHDB) Crops Studentship Conference, September 2015
- Prize won for best poster - Poster Presentation School of Life Sciences Postgraduate Symposium, April 2016
- Runner up prize won for best poster - Postgraduate Research Showcase 2017, University of Warwick, June 2017
- Prize won for best presentation - PH Gregory Competition: British Society for Plant Pathology (BSPP) Presidential Meeting 2017, Nottingham, September 2017
- £750 Vegetable Research Trust - Travel Grant - March 2017
Outreach
6th June 2015: Kenilworth Agricultural Show - demonstrating aspects of the University of Warwick (and UK Vegetable Genebank) research related to food security, plant pathogens and soil health
2nd February 2017: University of Warwick, School of Life Sciences public science evening 'Keeping plant disease at bay'
18th May 2017: Warwick Crop Centre - Celebrating fascination of plant day
4th June 2017: Kenilworth Agricultural Show 2017 - with British Society of Plant Pathology