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This page is intended to give an overview of my life as a scientist. 
One part of science involves designing and carrying out experiments and the other part involves communication via publication in science journals and also at conferences (and also in teaching!). Although science is a consuming career that I'm passionate about, there are also other activities that I enjoy doing like diving, photography, reading and travelling, but inevitably I come full circle back to science!

Conferences: not just educational but also cultural!


In addition to science, I also have a few hobbies that I try to make time for!


One of my favourite hobbies is scuba diving!

Left: Off Stradbroke Island, Australia; Right: Beirut, Lebanon




and photography







and reading

Anna Amalia Library, Weimar, Germany







and travelling



Top left: Walking the Cinque Terre, Italy; bottom left: Thessaloniki, Greece; 

Right: Tyre, Lebanon.





and often during travel I come across science! Such as trees and roots!
 Top left: fossils in the Wollaton House, Nottingham, UK; Top Right: Lebanese Cedar, Lebanon; Bottom: Fallen tree Scotland, UK.   e 


!Newtons Apple Tree! A bit of scientific paparazzi since the place had just closed
Robin Hood's Oak Tree