CV

Education

October 2022- : NERC E4 Funded PhD at the University of Edinburgh

2018-2021: Biological Natural Sciences at the University of Cambridge, specialising in Zoology

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Research Experience

February 2022- June 2022: Research Assistant at the Smithsonian Tropical Research Insititute investigating ageing in Heliconius butterflies and their close relatives

January 2022: Research Assistant at Imperial College London investigating emerging threats in fungal diseases

June 2021- October 2021: Research Assistant at the University of Cambridge investing genetics and development of pigmentation in cichlid fish, and the environmental-sensitivity of development of pigmentation in Heliconius butterflies

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Awards and Prizes

2021

• ‘Best Talk’ prize from ‘The Genetics Society’ for a talk about my research internship on cichlid fish with the Morphological Evolution Group (£25.00)

• David Thompson Award for Academic Excellence (£200.00)

• HE Durham Summer Fund (£500.00)

• The Genetics Society Summer Studentship (£2,400.00)

• Gurdon / The Company of Biologists Society Summer Studentship (£1,600.00)

• Cambridge University Balfour-Browne Fund (£1,900.00)

• Homerton-Victoria Schild Internship Award (35 nights accommodation)

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