Current Research and Interests

 

The Research Vessel Discovery
My Ph.D. consisted of a study of vision in deepsea decapods, most of which I gathered during a cruise on the RV Discovery

Statement of Interests and Achievements
Includes items from my PhD thesis and other highlights of my career.

Spectral responses from the dorsal organ of a juvenile Rimicaris exoculata from the TAG hydrothermal vent; the road to Damascus?
Previous attempts to characterise the visual capability of the dorsal organ of alvinocarid shrimps electrophysiologically have been confounded by both the damaging effects of submersible lights on the organ...(PDF Format)

Rimicaris exoculata
Rimicaris exoculata is the dominant decapod species found around hydrothermal vents. It is highly adapted to life in this ephemeral and unfriendly environment.....