Latest paperScience Advances
Earth’s magnetic field remained weak for 40 million years after the Cambrian radiation.
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Open to work Wirral & Liverpool
Simon Lloyd PhD
Scientist. Pilot. Instructor. Operations Manager.
I’m conscientious, with meticulous attention to detail. I take full responsibility for my work and see it through to completion.
Skills & strengths
How I work.
Working with complex data
I work with tools in Python and MATLAB to process large datasets, check results and make them easier to understand.
Computing & analysisMeticulous attention to detail
I trace errors back to their cause and check the correction, including mismatched records and faults in database searches.
Data-matching projectTaking ownership and delivering
I take responsibility from planning to completion, including organising fieldwork, carrying out analysis and taking results through to publication.
Research experienceTeaching clearly
I’ve taught flying from first lessons towards Commercial Pilot standard, and science to school and university students.
Instruction experienceOrganising people and resources
I’ve managed staff and stock, and organised field campaigns involving equipment, travel and international collaborators.
Management experienceExamples from my career
The work behind the experience.
Data & analysis
01A database search restored.
I traced a failed search in the public PINT database to its lookup tables, repaired the fault and checked the live filters.
The database projectAviation & instruction
02Chief Flying Instructor.
At Air Sofia, I took responsibility for training standards, instructor quality and student progress, building on my instruction work in the UK.
Aviation experienceOperations & management
03Staff, stock and day-to-day operations.
At Trigon Snacks, I managed 12 permanent staff and around 12 contractors, with responsibility for stock, production planning and the forklift fleet.
Management experiencePlanning & fieldwork
04Leading fieldwork in Brazil.
I organised and led a three-week campaign in 2025, coordinating sampling, equipment, travel, accommodation and international collaborators.
Fieldwork & surveyingMy career has taken me from catering and warehouse management to commercial aviation, then a first-class degree, a PhD and scientific research.
Read my career history