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Dr Isobel Eyres is a Royal Society Dorothy Hodgkin Fellow at the University of Sheffield's School of Biosciences. Previously, she was a Postdoctoral Research Associate in the Butlin Lab (2014–2021) and holds a PhD from Imperial College London (2014) and a BA in Biological Sciences from the University of Oxford (2007). Her research focuses on the genomics of population divergence, speciation in facultative sexual organisms, and experimental speciation using rotifers. She combines field studies with lab experiments to investigate how sex and gene flow influence adaptation and speciation.
Key research interests include understanding reproductive isolation mechanisms, evolutionary forces shaping speciation, and the genomic consequences of facultative sexuality. Her work spans evolutionary biology, population genetics, and molecular ecology. Awards include the Royal Society Dorothy Hodgkin Fellowship (2022–present).
- Education:
- PhD, Imperial College London (2010–2014)
- BA Biological Sciences, University of Oxford (2004–2007)
Her publications highlight contributions to aphid host race differentiation, rotifer genomics, and experimental evolution. She collaborates with global teams on projects such as genetic drivers of reproductive isolation and the role of horizontal gene transfer in asexual organisms.
