Dr Alice Pawlik is an associate lecturer with a keen interest in amphibian conservation and citizen science.
Alice’s research explores amphibian disease ecology, microbial communities, and citizen science in biodiversity monitoring. Her work bridges academic research and applied conservation, with a focus on herpetofauna and public outreach.
She is passionate about ecological education and has delivered field-based learning and outreach with NGOs, universities, and community groups to support habitat creation and species recovery.
Alice completed a PhD on amphibian skin microbiomes and habitat conservation at the University of Exeter, supervised by Dr Xavier Harrison, Professor Charles Tyler, Professor Barbara Kasprzyk-Horden, and Professor Trenton Garner.
She previously earned an MRes in Ecology, Evolution and Conservation at Imperial College London, and before that, a BSc in Conservation Biology at the University of Plymouth with research focused on amphibian distribution, habitat preferences, and microbial ecology.