Data and Analytics Manager 

Role at the NBN Trust

• Leading the Data team in making high-quality biodiversity data available through the NBN Atlas.
• Oversee the implementation of the NBN Atlas Strategy 2025 – 2030
• Provide technical advice and support to the NBN Trust team.

About Will

I grew up in semi-rural Wiltshire and developed a love of nature from a very early age. After struggling to pay attention at school, I enrolled on a foundation course in Life Sciences which led to a Master’s degree in Biology at Oxford Brookes University. I joined the NBN Trust in December 2023 as the Biodiversity Data Officer for the NBN Atlas. In my spare time I enjoy cooking, travelling with my partner, struggling to learn Italian grammar, and collecting natural history books..

Publications

Arif, S., Gerth, M., Hone-Millard, W. G., Nunes, M. D. S., Dapporto, L., & Shreeve, T. G. (2021). Evidence for multiple colonisations and Wolbachia infections shaping the genetic structure of the widespread butterfly Polyommatus icarus in the British Isles. Molecular Ecology, 30, 5196–5213. https://doi.org/10.1111/mec.16126