I am a marine community ecologist, whose research interests lie in understanding the impacts of climate change and other human stressors on the diversity and functioning of rocky reefs and seagrass meadows. I am also interested in making space for nature in marine engineering by the incorporation of novel material design and low-cost interventions to promote biodiversity.

My research in this area focuses on the impacts of climate warming (gradual warming and marine heatwaves) and ocean acidification on the structure and functioning of shallow water marine communities. I have used a range of approaches including long-term datasets, mesocosm experiments, space-for-time manipulations and modelling approaches to demonstrate physiological impacts leading to changes in species distributions, phenology and demography, alterations to predator-prey and competitive interactions and population level genetic responses.