My work explores the long-term relationships between humans, animals, and environments over the last 20,000 years, and what these histories can reveal about contemporary questions surrounding ecology, heritage, and environmental change.

I am currently based at the University of Exeter, where my research links approaches across the Humanities and Sciences to investigate domestication, animal management, environmental change, and the material histories of human–animal interaction. Alongside academic research, I have worked across interdisciplinary collaborations involving museums, natural history collections, policy engagement, and public-facing heritage projects.

My research has included projects on Ice Age dogs, medieval warhorses, rabbit domestication, early modern fisheries, and the changing relationships between humans and wild animals across time. I am particularly interested in how archaeology can contribute long-term perspectives to present-day debates around environments, food systems, biodiversity, and zoonotic disease.

Alongside research and teaching, I engage in consultancy, media work, collaborative projects, and public engagement relating to archaeology, heritage, science communication, and environmental history. My work has featured in outlets including the BBC, The New York Times, and The Conversation.

At the centre of my work is a broader interest in how humans have shaped the living world, and how those relationships continue to influence the present and future. Whether working with archaeological collections, historical archives, scientific imaging, or public audiences, I am interested in the ways the deep past can help us think differently about contemporary challenges.