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Liverpool, United Kingdom
I am interested in how we can use DNA sequences to understand biodiversity – how do we recognise species, and how are species related at taxonomic, ecological and geographic levels? My passion for biodiversity research has led me from the world’s largest natural history collection - Natural History Museum, London, where I completed my MSc, to the Biodiversity Institute of Ontario - global centre for the international Barcode of Life, as a PhD student, and to the hyper-diverse tropics of Southeast Asia. The tropics will be the first regions to experience historically unprecedented climates and this will happen within the next decade. Consequently my recent research has focussed on understanding the effects of urbanisation and climate change on tropical and subtropical biodiversity - encompassing both species richness and ecological integrity across a diversity of taxonomic groups.

Oct 4, 2016

Some research updates...

Mussels paper press release and blog coverage
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2016/09/160921123112.htm
http://cleanmalaysia.com/2016/09/25/rare-malaysian-mussels-risk/
Original paper is here: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0048969716315443

Our Shenzhen city butterflies paper, part of the Genome "Barcodes to Biomes" special issues, is featured in the latest Barcode Bulletin
http://biodiversitygenomics.net/site/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/iBOL-Barcode-Bulletin-Sept-2016-Reduced.pdf
Original paper is here: http://www.nrcresearchpress.com/doi/abs/10.1139/gen-2015-0192#.V_O15Pl9600

The Setiu Wetlands Scientific Expedition which I was an advisor for (and a participant) was featured in the Sarawak Tribune, including field photo
http://www.newsarawaktribune.com/news/59417/Improve-rivers-and-watershed-management-or-risk-dry-taps/