I am passionate about all areas of marine conservation particularly the responses of marine animals to anthropogenic disturbance in the marine environment

The main research areas I am interested in are:

• Coral reef conservation and restoration
• Behavioural patterns of crustaceans such as cancer pagurus and homarus gammarus
• Anthropogenic disturbance to migratory marine vertebrates
• Conservation and restoration of biogenic reefs specifically native oysters and serpula vermicularis reefs

PUBLICATIONS

• Hamilton, F.J.A.; Wilkes, J.D.; Scott, K., 2024. “Ultimate Fighting Crab: Agonistic Behaviour, Dominance, and Recognition in the Edible Crab, Cancer pagurus (L.)” Fishes 9, no.11: 455.

EDUCATION

BSc (Hons) Marine Biology from Heriot-Watt University (2019-2023)