As a plant ecologist and conservationist, I focus on high-altitude species and the ecological strategies that allow them to persist under extreme conditions. My previous work combined field ecology with applied conservation, including efforts to support alpine grassland conservation alongside traditional pastoral practices, and to develop practical measures for threatened plants and protected habitats.

My current research expands this focus to both alpine and Arctic systems. I aim to quantify and explain how plant distributions are shifting through time and space. By combining historical baselines, field observations, and predictive modelling, I trace the quiet drift of plant species across landscapes as climate change rewrites the rules. I ask which species are moving, how they move, and why. I work across scales, from fine-grained microtopography to broader regional patterns, to capture both the mechanisms and the emerging geography of change in alpine and Arctic floras.

Research interests

• Arctic and alpine vegetation
• High-altitude adaptation
• Plant conservation
• Biogeography