Our new butterfly gyroid paper is out! We found that the gyroid nanostructure embedded within the wing scales of Parides sesostris butterflies develops in the pupa as a gyroid made up of entangled fibres. Check out the paper here: www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...

Wa hoo! Our paper in Science is out today, revealing why some prey use conspicuous warning colouration while others use camouflaging colours. A huge global collaboration under incredible leadership by Iliana Medina and @wlallen.bsky.social www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

Very happy to share that I have been awarded a #MSCA Postdoctoral Fellowship to work on the extravagant colours of peacock jumping spiders with @bodowilts.bsky.social at the Paris Lodron University of Salzburg. Feeling very lucky indeed! Image courtesy of Jurgen Otto: www.peacockspider.org

Loved working on this collaboration with @jenkelley01.bsky.social and so happy to see it published. The three-dimensional appearance that these moths create on their flat wings is really remarkable and it was great fun characterising the effect.