I am an ethnomusicologist from a multicultural background, with roots in Ireland and in continental Europe. I live in Belfast, where I have played and studied music for many years. I play traditional Irish music on the mandolin, whistle, concertina and bodhrán, and Turkish folk music on the bağlama (saz), which I have been teaching to ethnomusicology ensembles at QUB. For my Turkish repertoire, I was adopted as honorary representative musician by the Turkish Association of Northern Ireland.

Present appointment: Honorary Lecturer and Researcher in Ethnomusicology and Anthropology at QUB. 

Academic Degrees: BA 1994 (QUB), MA 1995 (QUB), PhD 2005 (QUB) 

Books Published: 

The Lambeg and the Bodhrán: Drums of Ireland  (2001),QUB (Institute of Irish Studies) 

Contributions to The Companion to Irish Traditional Music (1999), ed. Fintan Vallely, Cork University Press. 

Contributions to Crosbhealach an Cheoil - The Crossroads Conference 1996 (1999), eds. F. Vallely et al, Dublin: Whinstone Music 

The Elusive Celt: Perceptions of Traditional Irish Music Communities in Europe (2022), Oxford: Peter Lang/Carysfort. 

Rejects for Enjoyment: Deliberations on Music, Art and Censorship (2024), Drogheda: Choice Publishing.

Research profile: Traditional Irish music, Turkish music, post-socialist Europe, environmental issues.