Lecturer and Course Manager

Bella completed her BSc (Hons) Biology at Manchester Metropolitan, and an MRes in Environmental Science and Ecology at The University of Sheffield. Her research masters focused on investigating the effects of climate change on insect phenology. After this, Bella worked as an Ecological Consultant for two consultancies, conducting and leading newt and bat surveys for large clients such as HS2. More recently, Bella has spent six months in Costa Rica, working in a nature reserve in the cloud forest, assisting university students with their research projects and conducting owl surveys and camera trapping to monitor large cat populations. Bella also worked as a research assistant on a turtle conservation project on the Caribbean coast for three months, leading a team of volunteers to help monitor and conserve leatherback turtles (Dermochelys coriacea).