I completed my undergraduate degree in Geography at the University of Oxford in 2024. As part of my undergraduate degree, I worked as a research assistant on the DRYCAB fieldwork campaign and, since starting my DPhil, I have completed further fieldwork in southern Africa as part of the KAPEX2 project.
Current Research
Southern Africa is projected to dry as a result of climate change but models disagree on the magnitude of this trend. To better constrain these projections, a process-based model evaluation can be carried out which can give an insight into which models are best at replicating the observed climatological features and therefore may produce more reliable future projections.
One important feature of the region is the Kalahari Discontinuity (KD). This is an atmospheric dryline (moisture boundary) located across Namibia, Botswana and western/central South Africa. My project is focussed on understanding the KD through novel observations collected on the KAPEX2 campaign (https://kapex2024.com/drylines/) paired with model data to develop an understanding of how this feature operates dynamically and thermodynamically.
