About me
I am a postdoctoral research assistant at the John Adams Institute for Accelerator Science in the Particle Physics sub-department at Oxford. My research is on particle accelerator environmental sustainability. In particular, I am the sustainability lead for the proposed future upgrade to the ISIS Neutron and Muon Source, ISIS-II.
Outside of my research I am an advocate for equity and inclusion, I enjoy teaching, and I work towards making research and academia in general more environmentally sustainable. I am a member of the sustainability in HECAP+ grassroots initiative, an organiser of the Sustainable High Energy Physics Workshop, and a new member of the Oxford Physics Gender Equity Network Committee.
I joined Oxford in 2023 after completing my Ph.D. in High Energy Particle (HEP) physics at McGill University, Montréal. My thesis topic was concerning Lepton Flavour Universality Violation in semi-leptonic \(B\) meson decays at the Belle II Experiment in Japan.
For more information about me, please see my LinkedIn, Website, or ORCID.
My Research
I study the environmental impact of particle accelerators over their lifetime, from their construction to their decommission. Within this, I identify the main sources of greenhouse gas emissions of key accelerator components, I assess and compare the carbon footprint of proposed technologies, and I consider other environmental impacts such as a raw material extraction, transport, and impacts on biodiversity through performing a type of environmental impact assessment called a Life Cycle Assessment (LCA).
In my role as sustainability lead at ISIS-II, I am performing a simplified LCA of the whole ISIS-II facility, planning our sustainability strategy and developing models alongside our accelerator experts to reduce our environmental impact.
Opportunities
- Summer 2025 Particle Physics Summer Internship Programme: "Environmental Sustainability R&D for Particle Accelerators" Project
- Get involved with Sustainable HECAP+