Research Interests
Open to PhD students in the fields of tephrochronology, palaeoecology, palynology, Irish prehistory or wetland archaeology.
Public outreach & key achievements
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NI SciFest 2019: https://nisciencefestival.com/event.php?e=187
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NI SciFest 2016: http://www.nimc.co.uk/whats-on/event/874/from-forest-to-farmland/
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Belfast Telegraph: Volcanic eruptions linked to climate change in research by Queen's University
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Irish Times: When the sleeping giant's wake
Research students
PhD title: Drumclay crannóg: a tree-ring dated narrative for Irish settlement
Years of Study: 2017–ongoing
Country: Northern Ireland
PhD title: Niche Construction and Plant Use in the Mesolithic
Years of Study: 2016–ongoing
Country: Ireland/Northern Ireland
Alumni: Where are they now
PhD Title: Late Holocene vegetation and cultural land-use history in the uplands of N Portugal
Years of Study: 2008–2016 (PT)
Country: Ireland
Current Position: Research Assistant (Maynooth University) and Palaeoenvironmental Consultant at Achill Archaeology Field School
PhD Title: A Spatial Analysis of the Prehistoric Burials of Northern Ireland
Years of Study: 2011–2015
Country: Ireland
Current Position: Marie Curie Post-doctoral Research Fellow, University of Malta
PhD title: Settlement Structure in Middle–Late Bronze Age Ireland
Years of Study: 2008–2012
Country: Ireland
Current position: Department for Communities (Historic Environment Division)
PhD title: A palynological investigation of land-use patterns in first millennium AD Ireland
Years of Study: 2009–2012
Country: Ireland
Current position: Part-time teaching assistant, QUB