Jean joined SEI in 2019 as a Research Fellow providing maternity cover for two SEI members. She is working on existing citizen science and participatory research projects and writing proposals for new projects in the area. She is also SEI York's PhD Coordinator.

Jean left a successful career as an academic cognitive scientist to pursue her interest in environmental topics in 2015, completing an MSc in Environmental Science and Management at University of York and then a year of postgraduate study at Loughborough University where she was mapping vegetation in peat bogs using multispectral sensors on UAVs (drones). She then worked at the Animal and Plant Health Agency (APHA) where she supported the EU-funded RAPID LIFE Project on strategies for controlling invasive species across the UK, particularly in aquatic, riparian and coastal areas.