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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.

Sep 29, 2017

RESEARCH UPDATE - TURTLE eDNA

The first paper from my group examining the potential of eDNA has recently been published in Mitochondrial DNA Part A. These turtles are something special and I really admire the work being done by the Turtle Conservation Society of Malaysia in trying to save them. It was a fantastic experience to work with these passionate people and beautiful animals.

Link to the paper: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/24701394.2017.1373109