Interests

I am a PhD researcher in the Nature-based Solutions Initiative and a Research Assistant in the Global Finance and Economy group in the Environmental Change Institute. I focus on nature-related financial risks by relating financed impact to physical risk in the global financial system. My research uses input-output models, remote sensing and economic-ecological modelling to quantify nature-related financial risks. For my PhD, I am specifically exploring the nature-related risks and impacts of finance in marine ecosystems. My work also focuses on the nature impact and risk in supply chains to improve the granularity of models and metrics for quantifying nature-related financial risks.

Background

I studied Ecology and Evolutionary Biology at Princeton University with a senior thesis on the reef fish ecology of Bermuda’s inshore reefs. During my undergrad, I gained research experience in Bermuda and Palua in coral reef and reef fish ecology. After graduating in 2021, I worked at Aon, a financial services firm, in their Climate Change Unit on analytics and reinsurance products for climate- and ESG-related risks. I started the MSc in Sustainability, Enterprise and the Environment at the Smith School of Enterprise and the Environment at University of Oxford as a Rhodes Scholar in 2022.

I am currently a DPhil candidate in Biology under the supervision of Nicola Ranger (School of Geography and the Environment) and Nathalie Seddon (Biology).