I have participated in many serious crime investigations across the UK. I use my understanding of botany and landscape history to assist in missing person searches (especially ‘cold-cases’), assessing how long human remains have been in-situ and linking suspects to crime scenes.

I have experience of large-scale botanical habitat survey work. I also have considerable knowledge of invasive non-native species and botany in the urban environment. My broad taxonomic expertise (including horticultural plants) enables me to advise on many aspects of botany.

I am an expert on 17^th and 18^th century botanists especially Carl Linnaeus, the founder of the binomial system. I am responsible for the care of Linnaeus’s herbarium and provide expert advice on the nomenclature, taxonomy and botanical history of the Society’s collections.

I am an accomplished public speaker with significant experience of television and radio, most recently I have been a guest on BBC Radio 4’s The infinite Monkey Cage and presented a documentary on the plant-life of Yunnan for Discovery Channel Asia-Pacific. I am also writing a book on my experiences as a forensic botanist.

I worked at the museum for over 12 years where I curated several major herbariums of international importance. I developed several major projects using the collections for research into the impacts of climate change upon biodiversity. I also have significant experience in museum public engagement and exhibition development.