Charlotte Wilson

I have a background in Marine Biology and during a 2023 research expedition to Christmas Island, Indian Ocean, I became fascinated by the biology of land crabs, particularly their resilience during their early life stages. I also have a strong interest in using multidisciplinary techniques to explore stress responses at different levels of biological organisation. My project will utilise molecular approaches (e.g. DNA damage, gene expression) and embryophenomics in lab and field experiments to understand how land crab species cope with climate and pollutant stressors during a period of their life history which is crucial for long term survival and recruitment of the population.