| 2004 - present | Editor (pinnipeds) Endangered Species Research |
| 1996 - 2004 | Co-editor of the e-mail discussion list MARMAM (Marine Mammal Research and Conservation). |
| 2000 - 2001 | Post-doctoral researcher, British Antarctic Survey. Foraging ecology of Antarctic fur seals in relation to oceanography, Bird Island, South Georgia. |
| 2000 | Co-investigator. Diving behaviour of humpback whales on their Hawaiian Islands breeding grounds. Hawaiian Islands Humpback Whale National Marine Sanctuary research grant. Principal investigator Dr R.W. Baird. |
| 1996, 1997 | Research assistant. Killer whale diving behaviour, Haro Strait. Principal investigator Dr R.W. Baird. |
| 1995 - 1999 | PhD Research in the Gully, Nova Scotia (northern bottlenose whales). Skipper 1996 - 1999. |
| 1996 - 1999 | Nova Scotia Stranding Network: monitoring and response team for stranded cetaceans. |
| 1995 | Research assistant. Sperm whale photo-identification, Galapagos Islands. Principal investigators J. Christal, Dr H. Whitehead. |
| Summer 1994 | Research assistant. Photo-identification of fin and sperm whales, acoustic calibration of dolphin abundance, Ligurian Sea, Mediterranean. Dr J. Gordon, IFAW. |
| Summer 1993 | Research assistant. Minke whale study, Isle of Mull, Scotland. |
| 1991 - 1992 | Leader of Oxford University Undergraduate Expedition "Kokako '91" to Rotoehu Forest, New Zealand (a Royal Geographical Society approved expedition). Objective: a nocturnal radio-tracking investigation of the effects of poisoning the ship rat, a predator of endemic native birds such as the Kokako. 7 weeks fieldwork. |