Jess joined the Centre for Research into Environmental and Sustainable Transitions (CREST) in June 2024, with a background working on energy efficiency and fuel poverty projects. 

She is an experienced project manager and data insights specialist and is passionate about presenting data in a way that is accessible and comprehendible to a range of audiences, and using data for informed decision making.

Jess is training in Life Cycle Assessment and will be using these to assess the environmental impact of rural and agricultural practices. 

She is currently working on a UKRI funded project with a consortium of partners. FeedFlow: Innovative Methods for Improving Poultry Feeding, Welfare and Health, through AI and BSFL (EIA and LCA applications to whole LC Inventories) UoC's role in the project is to assess the environmetnal impact of the feeding strategies using LCA.