BIOGRAPHYSince a young age I have always been fascinated by the marine world, with specific interest in how marine invertebrates interact with their environment. I completed my MSc via research at the University of Bristol with Dr Andy Radford and Dr Steve Simpson studying the effects of shipping noise on the shore crab Carcinus maenas. Following this I went on to obtain my PhD from Edinburgh Napier University, supervised by Prof Karen Diele and Dr Rob Briers, investigating the effects of anthropogenic noise playbacks on marine invertebrates.I am currently a Lecturer in Ecology and Environmental Management and a member of the Centre of Conservation and Restoration Science.RESEARCH INTERESTSMy research interests mainly revolve around the interactions between aquatic invertebrates and humans, and how through understanding these interactions we can begin to reduce human impacts on the environment.My research in this area has mainly focused on the effects of man-made noise sources on marine and freshwater invertebrates across multiple levels of biological organisation. Working with both the adult and juvenile stages of a number of invertebrate species, I have been investigating noise induced changes in behaviour, physiology, biochemistry, and genetics. My experiments have mainly focused on decapod crustaceans and bivalve molluscs; however, I have additionally worked on cephalopod molluscs (embryos), echinoderms, and cladocera.I am continuing to investigate the reactions of aquatic invertebrates to underwater noise, and expanding into other “novel” stressors such as artificial light in both single- and in multi-variable systems with other important stressors, such as temperature, ocean acidification, and chemical pollutants.I am an advocate for multimethod, interdisciplinary research where an organism’s responses to stressors and changes in their environment are assessed at multiple levels of biological organisation. Investigating biological responses in this way permits insights into the interactions between responses and their total effect on the organism. Additionally, I strongly support ecosystem level and multistressor research, where responses from many organisms to multiple stressors are combined to gain the most accurate representation of how marine communities are responding to anthropogenic influences. This kind of research requires an interdisciplinary approach, and I build collaborative research that incorporates the expertise of different research groups, along with external collaborators from , industry, and government.