James is a conservation biologist with research interests ranging from tropical ecology and distribution modelling to evolutionary genomics. He has been involved with expeditions and fieldwork in a diverse range of environments, including Lapland, Botswana, Oman, Borneo, Peru, South Africa and Madagascar.
James is currently a research fellow at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, working on unusual and neglected tropical crops in the Ethiopian Highlands.
James believes passionately in adventure with purpose, and the benefits of undergraduate expeditions and exploration for developing the next generation of pioneering conservationists.
