Ms Hannah Cornish
- Identification and Advisory Officer
- Life Sciences department
- LS Angela Marmont Centre
Cromwell Road
London
SW7 5BD
Biography
Employment history
March 2010 - Present: Identification and Advisory Officer in the Angela Marmont Centre for UK Biodiversity
August 2009 - March 2010: Synoptic Collections Developer and Project Coordinator
- Developing the Entomology reference collections for the Angela Marmont Centre for UK Biodiversity (AMC)
- Developing facilities to support amateur naturalist visiting the AMC
January 2009 - July 2009: Assistant Curator, Entomology
Re-curation of the British and World collections of Tipulids (craneflies)
Qualifications
2005-2006: MSc Advanced methods in Taxonomy and Biodiversity
Imperial College London and the Natural History Museum
- Pass with distinction
- Full NERC studentship
- Research project - the Phylogenetic Species Area Relationship in Hoverflies
2001-2004: BSc Hons Natural Sciences (Biology with Archaeology)
Durham University
- 1st Class honours
- Final year project – The Importance of Natural History Collections
Research
Interests
Fieldwork in Yorkshire © Kim Goodger
British Diptera (true flies)
Recent Fieldwork
Fieldwork in 2009 with the Dipterists Forum
- Brignorth, Shropshire
- Swansea and the Gower Peninsula
- Scarborough, North Yorkshire