I am a Senior Lecturer at the University of Liverpool. Before moving to Liverpool, I spent seven years as an independent Research Group Leader at the Max Planck Institute for Chemical Ecology, where I led the Predators and Toxic Prey research group.

Prior to this, I held a fixed-term lectureship at the University of Cambridge and was a Fellow of Churchill College. Earlier in my career, I was a Junior Research Fellow at the University of Cambridge, and I completed my PhD at the University of Liverpool.

My research focuses on convergent evolution, using toxins and anti-predator traits as model systems. I am particularly interested in how defensive and counter-defensive traits evolve, diversify, and are maintained within and among populations. To address these questions, I integrate approaches across biological levels, combining tools from small-molecule chemistry, physiology, molecular and cell biology, and behavioural ecology.

If you would like to find out more about my work, check out my google scholar page and look around the rest of this site. You can contact me at hannah.rowland (at) liverpool.ac.uk