Edie Abrahams

Edie (she/her) is an early-career conservationist, having graduated from the University of Oxford in 2024 with a master’s in biology. Her master’s research focused on the spatiotemporal dynamics of free-ranging domestic cats in an island ecosystem, and she is currently completing a research fellowship at the University of Bern to explore the overlap between domestic cats and wild felids in Valais, Switzerland. Her wider interests include invasive species, island ecology and exploring the intersection between social and conservation science. She is a keen science communicator, volunteering for university publications and writing for popular science platforms.

Rowan Kuminski

Rowan (they/them) is a PhD student studying seabird population dynamics at University of Aberdeen, and is particularly interested in combining ecological sciences with social sciences to take an interdisciplinary approach to seabird conservation. They previously studied crow cognition for their MSc, and now also work on several projects examining the experiences of LGBTQIA+ people in ornithology, as well as dismantling language barriers in ecology. 

Laura Hemmingham

Laura (she/her) is a science writer and communicator with a PhD in palaeoecology from Royal Holloway University of London and the Natural History Museum, London. Her research focuses on conservation palaeoecology, using fossil data to inform modern species conservation and ecological baselines, as well as understanding how species respond to climate change over time. Alongside her research, she specialises in translating complex science into accessible and engaging content for broad audiences.

Keywords: conservation palaeoecology, macroecology, climate change, species distribution modelling, fossil records, biodiversity change, Quaternary ecology, mammals, Cervidae, ecological modelling