2023-present: PhD in Earth & Atmospheric Sciences, University of Alberta

Supervisor: Prof. Kurt Konhauser & Dr Ross Anderson

Thesis: Building a multiscale spatial and temporal understanding of the Proterozoic biosphere using the microfossil record

2019-2023: MEarthSci in Earth Sciences, University of Oxford (First Class)

Supervisor: Prof. Julie Cosmidis

Thesis: ‘The formation of Carbon-Sulphur Biomorphs as protocells in Early Earth environments’

2008-2019: Manchester High School for Girls, UK

2025:

Sue and Nestor Cebuliak Graduate Award ($5200 CAD)

2024:

Alberta Graduate Excellence Scholarship ($12000 CAD)

Canadian Association of Petroleum Producers Graduate Scholarship in Geology ($5000 CAD)

Evelyn Wigham (nee Linke) PhD Scholarship in Geology ($1600 CAD)

2-year Oxford-Canada Rhodes Scholarship ($20000/year CAD)

University of Alberta Doctoral Entrance Scholarship ($21000 CAD)

University of Alberta Graduate Recruitment Scholarship ($10000 CAD)

2023: St Anne’s College Oxford Academic Scholarship (£250)

2022: St Anne’s College Oxford Academic Scholarship (£250)

2021: St Anne’s College Oxford Academic Scholarship (£250)

2020: St Anne’s College Oxford Academic Scholarship (£250)

2026:

Charles A. & June R.P. Ross Research Fund, Geological Society of America ($3000 USD)

Andrew Knoll Student Research Grant, The Paleontological Society ($1500 USD)

Winifred Goldring Award, Association for Women Geoscientists ($2000 USD)

2025:

Graduate Student Award ($5000 CAD), University of Alberta

Geological Society of America Rocky Mountain Section Travel Grant ($150 USD)

Graduate Student Association Travel Grant ($500 CAD), University of Alberta

Winifred Goldring Award Honorary Mention, Association for Women Geoscientists

2024:

Dr Russell Schnell Travel Award ($1200 CAD), University of Alberta

Life & Planet ECR Travel Grant (£100), The Geological Society

2023:

Excellent Poster Award, Origins 2023 Conference, Ecuador, International Society for the study of the Origin of Life, International Astronomical Union

Travel Grant ($1200 USD), Origins 2023 Conference, International Society for the Study of the Origin of Life

Burdett-Coutts Prize for Best 4th Year Performance in Paleobiology (£300)

2020: Undergraduate of the Term, St Anne’s College, University of Oxford (£50)

2025: Visiting Researcher, ‘Microfossil evidence for the origin of eukaryotes in Palaeoproterozoic succesions’

Dr R P Anderson

Oxford University Museum of Natural History, Department of Earth Sciences, University of Oxford

2022-2023: Intern in Astrobiology, ‘Ecological Dynamics of Shadow Biospheres’

Dr E Mitchell, Dr P Rimmer, Dr O Shorttle

Initiative for Planetary Science and Life in the Universe, University of Cambridge

2021-2023: Intern in Palaeobiology, ‘New microfossils from the ~790-million-year-old Svanbergfjellet Formation of Svalbard: Investigating the emergence of green algae’ Check out our recent paper!

Dr R P Anderson

Department of Earth Sciences, University of Oxford

2022: Palaeontology Field Volunteer

Dr J Anquetin

Jurassica Museum, University of Florence, Switzerland

2025-present:

Paleontological Society Student Representative

Paleontological Society Editorial Intern, Journal of Paleontology, Palaeobiology

Field Trip Coordinator, ATLAS Geological Society

Organiser, 3rd Geobiology Conference, Geobiology Society, Banff, Canada

Graduate Symposium Sub-Committee, ATLAS Geological Society

‘Super Science Saturday’ volunteer, Oxford University Museum of Natural History

Data Entry Scientist, Palaeobiology Database (PBDB)

2024:

WISEST Summer Program Supervisor

Title: ‘What can the early fossil record tell us about evolution through the Proterozoic?’

2015-present: Mountains & Coefficients, Founder

2022-present: Freelance Graphic Design

2020-2023: Newsletter & Podcast Marketing Lead, UK Students for the Exploration and Development of Space (UKSEDS), National Student Space Conference (NSSC)

2020-2021: Junior Common Room President, St Anne’s College, University of Oxford

Present:

The Palaeontological Society

The Palaeontological Association

Astrobiology Society of Britain

Royal Astronomical Society

Geological Society of America