Luke Lear

PhD student

Luke Lear is a PhD student at the Centre’s laboratories on the University of Exeter’s Penryn campus.

His research is focusing on the evolution and ecology of virulent and antimicrobial resistant opportunistic pathogens in the environment.

Luke has previously completed an evolutionary biology degree and a research masters in evolutionary ecology.

Related research

Research project

PhD Research: Evolution of opportunistic pathogens

Understanding the ecology and evolution of antimicrobial resistance in opportunistic pathogens.
Research project

Ecological drivers of drug resistance

Exploring the ecological drivers of drug resistant pathogens in aquatic environments.
Research project

Evaluating Coastal Rural Communities’ Active and Sustainable Travel: COAST

Promoting sustainable active travel can be more challenging in rural areas. For people living in rural settings such as villages and small towns, getting around using active transport such as…