I am a conservation biologist at Durham University trying to find pragmatic solutions to the global biodiversity crisis. Nature is something that we should all explore, learn and benefit from – not as a luxury, but as a necessity.

My research is centred around understanding the drivers of biodiversity loss and the ways in which we can mitigate that loss. I have a keen interest in using advances in technology and open data to improve monitoring and inform evidence-based conservation. In particular, I believe that our understanding of climate and land-use change impacts is vastly improved by considering the climate that organims actually experience, the microclimate.

Email: rebecca.a.senior@gmail.com