Hi! My name is Phil.

I am a 🇫🇷 quantitative ecologist with an active interest in the use of GIS and statistical methods to address pressing wildlife conservation problems 🐋+🐬+🐟+🦈. I currently work as a Senior Statistician within the Offshore Renewables Group at BioSS.

I always get a kick out of crunching numbers. My research has a strong applied focus and links theory with empirical data to improve on-the-ground management and policy decisions. For instance, with support from the U.S. Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM), I recently developed a bioenergetic model to predict the population consequences of disturbance from offshore wind developments on endangered North Atlantic right whales.

As a Research Fellow at the University of St Andrews, I was also involved in the Double MOCHA project, for which I implemented new Bayesian methods for estimating behavioural responses in marine mammals exposed to naval sonar. Before that, I was part of the team behind the DenMod project, which focused on developing tools and guidelines for the assessment of extrapolation in predictive models of wildlife populations.

I am an Associate Editor for Methods in Ecology and Evolution, and act as Review Editor for Endangered Species Research.