Background
Frances is a PhD student at the University of Adelaide under the supervision of Associate Professor Phill Cassey, Dr Justine Shaw and Dr Jonny Stark. Her PhD will be looking at the threat of marine invasive species in the Antarctic region. Frances’s background is in marine science, having completed a masters degree at the University of Otago looking at the influence of microclimates on the physiology of intertidal invertebrate species living in kelp beds.