Jo focuses on climate risks to natural ecosystems. She is a publishing scientist with over 10 years of academic research experience, focusing on how plants, animals and ecosystems respond to environmental change, with a particular emphasis on the threats posed by climate change. She also has many years of experience as a scientific editorial consultant in the fields of agriculture, biochemistry and ecology, and acted as an expert reviewer for the WGII contribution to the IPCC’s Sixth Assessment Report.
Jo holds a PhD in Molecular Biology, an MSc in Biological Sciences and a BSc in Environmental Sciences from the University of Cape Town, South Africa. She is based in Cape Town, South Africa.
