Cat has an MSc in Conservation and Biodiversity, where her research focused on the importance of woodland heterogeneity for avian biodiversity. Over the past 5 years, Cat has extensive fieldwork experience including biodiversity monitoring in the Peruvian Amazon rainforest and closer to home. She is also excited by the combination of science with creativity. She is a DJ and hosts and produces a radio show, Biorhythms with Cat, where she plays her own field recordings and nature soundscapes. Cat is passionate about the ability of sound to connect people with nature, especially woodlands, and hopes to explore this further.
 

Cat has joined us as a researcher to input her scientific and creative skills to all our work. As the ongoing Hooke Park Woodlab Scholar Cat is focussed on the future of forestry on the Architectural Association's forest campus.

Alice brings over a decade of experience in storytelling for sustainability to the team. With a strong foundation in photography and multimedia journalism, Alice’s journey has taken her from the University of Wales and Beijing Foreign Studies University to collaborations with clients such as BBC Online and The Guardian.

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At Evolving Forests, Alice comes into a role that aligns perfectly with her values. The organization’s mission—to look beyond the usual solutions—resonates with her commitment to challenge conventions and create meaningful narratives.

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Alice plays a pivotal role in crafting stories that showcase the relationship between people and trees. Her work encompasses script writing, filming, photojournalism and visual research. She also leads our growing media creation services highlighting the relationship between people, trees, and the environment.

Emma brings over a decade’s experience of managing communication & publishing projects to the team. She has worked with researchers in the UK, US, Europe and beyond to simplify complex subjects for a wide range of audiences. In particular, she is interested in how the choice of media can affect final audience interaction. 
 

At Evolving Forests, Emma draws on her experience of business operations to refine processes, spot opportunities, and keep things running smoothly in the background. Her time served in small, swiftly growing businesses makes her the perfect person to grow and evolve with the expanding team at Evolving Forests.
 

When she’s not poring over a spreadsheet you’ll find her walking on Dartmoor or taking a dip in the nearest body of water. 

Katherine is a materials specialist with over 10+ years experience in sustainability,  horticulture, and bio-based materials. Her studies have seen explore these themes at Schumacher College and the Centre for Alternative Technology where she earned her MSc distinction in Green Building from. In nurturing her passion for craft and creativity Kath has also completed a traineeship with Devon Rural Skills Trust focusing on timber crafts.

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Since joining the team Kath has led on client focussed work including processing solutions for locally grown timber into construction products, GIS mapping, and future models of treescapes in protected landscapes. With a timber-based passion for sustainable solutions in the built environment Kath regularly contributes to copy writing, filming work, project literature reviews, and research. Kath’s skills and experience nestle her neatly among the realms of tree growing and timber use.

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If you ever fancy going down a rabbit hole about timber reuse and the future of timber in the built environment, get in touch.

Over 20 years of forestry and timber experience by way of an archaeology degree (Bristol) and Masters in Forestry (Aberdeen). Jez began work with the Silvanus Trust, working on the regeneration of small-woodlands before time at the Helsinki Woodschool and a Nuffield Farming Scholarship saw a change of direction to architectural timber. Evolving Forests was started while Jez worked part time for the Architectural Association School of Architecture managing and developing their forest campus.

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Jez spends office days on the mundane paperwork of keeping a small business going. When not doing that he leads on our teaching and work with universities and CPD for foresters and timber users. His focus is on product development that enhance opportunities to use UK timber, especially lower-value timber in high value application as well as on landscape evolution taking into account ecological and societal imperatives.