About
I am a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Evolution, Ecology, and Behaviour. Before moving to Liverpool, I spent seven years as an Independent Research Group Leader at the Max Planck Institute for Chemical Ecology, where I led the Predators and Toxic Prey Research Group.
Prior to this, I held a fixed-term lectureship at the University of Cambridge and was a Fellow of Churchill College. Earlier in my career, I was a Junior Research Fellow at Churchill College, at the University of Cambridge, and I completed my PhD at the University of Liverpool.
My research focuses on convergent evolution, using toxins and anti-predator traits as model systems. I am particularly interested in how defensive and counter-defensive traits evolve, diversify, and are maintained within and among populations. To address these questions, I integrate approaches across biological levels, combining tools from small-molecule chemistry, physiology, molecular and cell biology, and behavioural ecology.