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Sian Davies
(she/her)
BSc, MSc
Teams and roles for Sian Davies
Graduate Demonstrator
School of Biosciences
Research student
School of Biosciences
Overview
I am a PhD student at Cardiff University as part of Cohort 1 of the NERC Red-ALERT Centre for Doctoral Training (CDT). My PhD project investigates how multiple stressors, such as rising temperatures and heavy metal contamination, impact the performance and ecosystem service provisioning of freshwater invertebrates in South Wales rivers. Through a combination of field sampling, experimental assays, and environmental modelling, I aim to identify vulnerable species and assess how stressor interactions may alter community structure and ecosystem functioning.
Supervisors
Biography
Education
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2024 - Present: PhD Researcher, Cardiff University
NERC Red-ALERT Centre for Doctoral Training (CDT) funded project: A change in the water? Using multidisciplinary approaches to leverage understanding of freshwater invertebrate responses to multiple environmental stressors.
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2020 - 2021: MSc Global Ecology and Conservation, Cardiff University
Research Project: Factors affecting the abundance and concentrations of microplastics in freshwater macroinvertebrates.
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2017 - 2020: BSc Zoology, University of Reading
Research Project: Investigating the effects of cardinal direction and habitat type on spangle gall wasp distribution in Pembrokeshire.
Experience
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2022 - 2024: Assistant Ecologist, WSP, Cardiff
Experience completing protected species surveys, Ecological Clerk of Works, report writing and quality assurance for a broad range of consultancy projects.
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2023 - 2024: Forest Protection Internship, Alice Holt Research Station, Surrey
Six-month research internship with the Centre for Forest Protection (CFP) which is led by Forest Research and Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Gained fieldwork experience sampling soils and spatial data modelling skills with an Ash Dieback project. Internship completed during a sabbatical from WSP.
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June 2019 - August 2019: Research Assistant, The School of Agriculture, Policy and Development (SAPD), University of Reading
UROP (Undergraduate Research Opportunities Programme) internship project: Does farming with trees boost hoverfly species diversity?