Email:           llp20tks@bangor.ac.uk
                         rose.pugh@undebbangor.com

Location:     Undeb Bangor,
                        4th Floor, Pontio,
                        Deiniol Road,
                        Bangor,
                        Gwynedd,
                        LL57 2TQ

I am a postgraduate student finishing off a MScRes Biological Sciences here at Bangor University, while also serving as Vice President for Education at Undeb Bangor, the Students' Union here. My research is currently focused on the genetic mechanisms underlying colouration in Dendrobates tinctorius, a species of poison dart frog, however I have a wide range of academic interests.

I recently graduated from Bangor with a first class degree in Zoology with Herpetology, which included a dissertation in which I started the research which I am now building upon, alongside my supervisor Aaron Comeault. I also studied a broad variety of modules covering topics from wetland ecosystems to animal behaviour.

Outside of my academic studies, I have been active within Undeb Bangor extensively even before my current role, serving as chair of Bangor University LGBTQ+ Society, a Course Representative, a Peer Guide, and a network leader. Previously, I was a committee member for various societies and sports clubs, and sat on the now disbanded Student Council.

My current research focuses on Dendrobates tinctorius, a species of poison dart frog native to the Guiana Shield, in particular relating to the role of differential gene expression in the evolution of intraspecific colour polymorphisms. I first began this research as part of my undergraduate dissertation, and am now continuing it as my MScRes research project, as I feel that I only scratched the surface through my dissertation.

Alongside evolution and colouration, I have many other research interests, including conservation and animal behaviour, and was lucky enough to study a wide variety of modules during my undergraduate degree which sparked an interest in a broad diversity of research areas.