Robin Dale
Graduate Research Student in Environmental Sciences | Geospatial & Hydrological Analysis
Bristol
Profile Summary
Graduate research student with practical experience in environmental fieldwork, quantitative data analysis, and geographic information systems. Dedicated to delivering rigorous empirical support, reproducible analytical workflows, and clear technical documentation for multi-disciplinary environmental research projects.
Research & Applied Experience
Avon Riverlands Environmental Trust
Bristol
Graduate Research Assistant
Oct 2025 – Present
- Gather and curate weekly hydrological sensor datasets across 14 field monitoring catchments, maintaining data validation pipelines in R.
- Assist lead hydrologists in preparing technical appendices and spatial visualizations for public stakeholder briefings.
- Conduct water chemistry sampling according to standard regulatory procedures and log quality-assurance metadata.
Cotswold Bioanalytics Consultancy
Bristol
Research & Fieldwork Intern
Sept 2023 – Jul 2024
- Digitized and standardized historical environmental impact assessment records across regional infrastructure schemes.
- Processed raw acoustic monitoring recordings from rural transit corridors using automated species recognition software.
- Co-authored baseline field audit reports delivered to local planning authorities under senior ecologist oversight.
Education & Academic Training
University of Bristol
Master of Science by Research (MScR) · Environmental Science by Research · Bristol, United Kingdom · Distinction predicted · Sept 2024 – Jan 2027
Focusing on spatio-temporal modeling of riparian wetland restoration across the Severn basin, integrating drone multispectral imagery with historical hydrological records.
Supervised by the School of Geographical Sciences, contributing to departmental seminar discussions and research data management protocols.
University of Bristol
Bachelor of Science (Honours) · Biological Sciences · Bristol, United Kingdom · First Class Honours (1st) · Sept 2017 – Jul 2020
Completed an independent dissertation examining microclimate influences on urban pollinator diversity, awarded the departmental prize for empirical fieldwork design.
Research Projects
Avon Basin Riparian Habitat Mapping Project
Nov 2024 – Jun 2025
- Constructed automated spatial analysis routines using QGIS and Python (GeoPandas) to measure canopy fragmentation trends over a ten-year satellite archive.
- Synthesized ground-truth botanical survey metrics with multispectral vegetation indices to generate baseline habitat vulnerability scores.
- Archived reproducible code scripts and documented metadata repositories adhering to open-science standards.
Technical & Methodological Skills
Spatial Data Analysis (QGIS)
R (Statistical Modeling & tidyverse)
Python (GeoPandas & NumPy)
Environmental Sample Collection
Multispectral Remote Sensing
Experimental Design
Academic Literature Synthesis
Research Data Management (FAIR)
Technical Report Writing
Languages
English
C2
French
B2
Professional Certifications
Associate Practitioner in Ecological Assessment
British Ecological Society · Apr 2025
Voluntary Engagements
Frome Valley Community Conservation League
Bristol · Apr 2022 – May 2024
- Community Survey Coordinator
- Organized community river cleanups and led volunteer orientation sessions on macroinvertebrate identification.
- Compiled and cataloged citizen-science survey logs for submission to local council conservation registries.