

- Fellow of the Royal Astronomical Society 2014,
- International Dark Sky Association Delegate (UK),
- Founding Director for Battlesteads Dark Sky Discovery Observatory,
- Physics lecturer & teacher in secondary schools and colleges since 1995,
- Amateur astronomer since the age of 9 – particularly love meteor showers and the Moon,
- Lead astronomer at Kielder Observatory 2013-14,
- Member of Sunderland Astronomical Society,
- Member of the Institute of Physics
- BSc (Hons) Geophysics & Planetary Physics, University of Newcastle Upon Tyne,
- Current DBS to work with children and adults,
- STEM Ambassador & Schools Mentor.