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Lydia Cole

My CV

  • Education:

    Here is a link to my CV, which lots more information in about my past education, qualifications, etc.: https://forpeatsake.files.wordpress.com/2020/05/cv_cole_may2020.pdf.

  • Current Job:

    Postdoctoral Research Fellow in Ecology

  • About Me:

    I’m an ecologist, particularly interested in forests and peatlands (e.g. bogs and swamps), and how people interact with them. I’m currently working on peatlands in the jungles of the Amazon (in Peru), but have worked on many different conservation-related projects across the Tropics and elsewhere.

  • Read more

    For now, I’ll just add in a link to a bit more info until I’ve managed to fill these sections in: random bits and bobs here and my current research profile here.

  • My Typical Day:

    I start my day with a jog along a beach, or up a hill, or through some fields, adding in a quick dip in the sea if I can. Then off to work. I try to set myself some goals each day and plan my time so that I can achieve them (in theory!). Then I finish each day by thinking about three things I’m grateful for, and share them with a close friend.

  • What I'd do with the prize money:

    I’d take all of the children who’ve never been into a forest, into one, and then to the beach.

  • My Interview

    • How would you describe yourself in 3 words?

      enthusiastic, conservationist, community-minded

      What did you want to be after you left school?

      I only knew I wanted to be someone who saved the tropical rainforests!

      Were you ever in trouble at school?

      Yes, for flicking pencils in an art class! I got a detention and was mortified.

      What's your favourite food?

      Cake, probably.

      Tell us a joke.

      What's brown and sticky? (A stick.)

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