About
Nat holds joint positions as an NIHR BRC Bridging Fellow relating the composition of indoor air to respiratory health, and as the Specialist Policy Officer for the Faculty of Environmental and Life Sciences (FELS) with Public Policy Southampton. Nat was also the Knowledge Exchange Impact Fellow in the £42.5 million UKRI Strategic Priorities Fund Clean Air Programme delivering policy impact for researchers.
She is a keen transdisciplinary researcher who works between Chemistry, statistical modelling and pollution exposure. She strives to instill the importance of being a policy-engaged researcher and support other academics through this process.
Research
Research interests
- Air Pollution
- Characterisation
- Toxicology
- Knowledge Exchange
- Policy Impact
Research projects
Publications
Biography
Nat's background is in chemistry (MChem, University of Southampton), where she developed an interest in characterisation and air quality. She has continued to study air quality and has moved into the multidisiplinary space surrounding characterisation, sources and health impacts and is keen to continue working across disciplines.
She undertook her PhD at the National Oceanography Centre on a Leverhulme Trust Doctoral Scholarship through the Southampton Marine and Maritime Institute. In this she investigated Particulate Matter (PM) from port sources, including performing a source apportionment of PM in Southampton. During the course of her PhD she built her experience with policy engagement and knowledge exchange. This was initially through a policy placement with the Maritime and Coastguard Agency investigating the latest literature in maritime emissions reduction technologies, and then within a HEIF award working with Hampshire local authorities on regional air quality.
She continues to work at the junction between being an active researcher herself and in supporting knowledge mobilisation for other researchers.