Music festivals attract people from a wide range of interests and backgrounds, making them a fantastic place for public engagement.
In 2023 I was at Greenman Festival, in the beautiful Brecon Beacons, working with the Genetics Society to get people thinking and talking about genetics and the science of making a human being!
I am an evolutionary biologist interested in the adaptive processes underlying evolutionary change, the use of genomic techniques to characterise historical and contemporary population dynamics and a landscape-genetic approach to identify conservation priorities.
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I also believe in the power of public engagement and science communication to draw attention to, and mobilise support for, important issues arising from contemporary research. I present and produce the podcast of the Journal Heredity, an academic publication owned by the genetics Society.
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I'm currently involved in several projects: working on an endangered species of day gecko, with project partners in Madagascar; the effects of climate change on insect reproduction; as well as various science outreach and engagement activities.
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