The Global Goals
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. Martha's work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
About Martha
I provide project development and management that helps to champion and deliver on the strategic priorities of the Marine Institute. As part of this, I collaborate with the University's other Strategic Institutes, academics and Research Centres across the University's marine portfolio, as well as Professional Services (e.g., Marketing, R&I). I also work with external collaborators and partners, most notably from Marine Research Plymouth.
Throughout 2023 and into 2024, I also still provide ongoing project management of the FISH INTEL project, which I joined in 2022 and is an international partnership aimed at influencing fisheries management across the English Channel, supported by the ERDF via the EU Interreg FCE programme.
I previously worked as a Project Assistant with the University of Exeter, before becoming a technician at South West Water (GIS network mapping & water quality testing). I returned to the University in 2018, working as Technician (Physical Geography and Environmental Sciences) in the School of Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences. I later also worked as Senior Technician, taking on the role of manager of the Consolidated Radio-isotope Facility (CORiF) until 2022.
Through my technical roles with the University, I supported many research projects and actively participated in fieldwork and workshops for the ERDF-funded ReCon Soil project, run by the Sustainable Earth Institute. Between 2019 and 2023, I provided key analytical support to the C-SIDE project, a NERC-funded national partnership investigating carbon storage in saltmarsh habitats, as research technician in CORiF. I became qualified in Project Management (PRINCE2 Practitioner) in 2021.
