I’m a perpetually damp and salt-encrusted marine biologist working on my PhD!

My research focuses on hermit crabs, but I have a passion for understanding marine invertebrates, more generally.

Dividing my time between tinkering in the lab and trekking through rockpools, I pursue answers to questions about how these captivating crustaceans perceive and interact in their watery world.

Though I have many interests, I tend to focus on issues relating to the evolution and ecological context of information processing, sensation, awareness—and dare I say, maybe even the BIG QUESTIONS of sentience and consciousness—in animal life.