Monk’s Cowl, Drakensberg mountains, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa (2014)

PhD student with the London NERC DTP. Previously ant genomics and evolution Research Assistant at Queen Mary University of London. With a keen interest in entomology, I have volunteered with the Lepidoptera department and Soil Biodiversity Group at the Natural History Museum, and on the Thorn to Orchid and Water for Wildlife projects with London Wildlife Trust.

My research interests include:

• The use of model organisms as indicators of ecosystem health
• Evolution and adaptation in response to habitat and climate change
• Predation, parasitism, trophic cascades and food webs
• Mimicry, camouflage and crypsis
• Taxonomy and museum curation
• Pollination
• Biodiversity, endemism and biogeography
• Invasive species
• Habitat and species conservation
  

  Mulu National Park, Sarawak, Borneo (2017)

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