# Employment History
### University of Bergen
- January 2007 – Present, Associate Professor of Plant Ecology.
### Bjerknes Centre for Climate Research
- January 2003 – December 2006, Forsker II.
### Newcastle University
- September 2001 – December 2002, Research Associate.
- September 2000 – September 2001, Teaching Fellow.
### Lancaster University
- June 2000 – August 2000. Research Associate.
- October 1999 – June 2000. Teaching Fellow.
- October 1998 – October 1999. Research Associate.
# Education & Qualifications
### Newcastle University
- 2000-2001 Newcastle University, Certificate in Learning and Teaching in Higher Education
### University of Wales, Aberystwyth
- 1995-1998 PhD thesis title "Diatom stratigraphies of Lakes Awassa and Tilo, Ethiopia: Holocene records of groundwater variability and climate change." Supervised by Dr H. Lamb.
### Clare College, Cambridge University
- 1991-1994 BA (Hons) 2.1 Natural sciences (Plant sciences) Upgraded to MA in 1998 Secondary subjects: Geology and Ecology