About Joshua
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- Social Environment CICResearch And Development SpecialistENVIRONMENTALFebruary 2021 - Today (5 years and 4 months)Delivering conservation technologies to organisations with a focus on ESG wildlife restoration projects.• Lead R&D strategy: grant proposal writing, in-house software and hardware development, design/validation of monitoring solutions, and on-site training/support for field teams.• Designed and implemented large-scale data analysis using Microsoft Azure cloud.• Developed data-capture and analysis tools to improve ecological monitoring and reporting.• Provided end-to-end project support from concept design to deployment in remote field conditions.Key Project – Bioacoustics AI (Malaysian Borneo):• Coordinated analysis of tens of thousands of hours of rainforest recordings across a 100,000-hectare restoration area.• Built and deployed TensorFlow based machine-learning classifiers to detect rare species’ vocalisations using very limited training data.• Facilitated local capacity building through workshops with field experts for validation and long-term adoption.
- University of BristolPostdoctoral ResearcherJanuary 2019 - July 2021 (2 years and 6 months)Bristol, UKConducted R&D on ultrasonic bioprinting technologies, developing high-precision control electronics for acoustic transducer arrays used in particle sorting and patterning.Initiated and explored the use of biodegradable 3D printing materials, including experimental edible prints (e.g., couscous-based), to address sustainability in rapid prototyping.Designed and built a robotic measurement rig to evaluate potential hearing risks from ultrasonic devices, enabling precise mapping of near-field acoustic emissions.Contributed to commercialisation strategy for novel acoustic printing devices, integrating cross-disciplinary insights from electronics, acoustics, and sustainable design.
- The Air Watch Company LtdCo-Founder / EngineerApril 2018 - January 2019 (9 months)Southampton, UKProject funded by NESTA, I wrote grant bids and developed a citizen science project to find sources of local air quality issues. I lead the project and developed Internet of Things air quality sensors and online visualisations for air quality. We worked with Southampton City Council and grass roots groups.
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Education
- Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)University of Southampton2019Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)
- Bachelor of Engineering (BEng)University of Newcastle-upon-Tyne2013Bachelor of Engineering (BEng)