We are studying the evolution, genetics, behaviour, ecology, systematics and conservation of cichlid fishes. We are based at Bangor University in the UK. We carry out fieldwork, keep & breed fish in aquaria to study their behaviour, collect and investigate preserved specimens and work with collaborators to investigate relationships among populations using DNA sequence information. Recently, we have been working with colleagues looking at full genome sequences. At the moment, most of our research is based in Tanzania, but we have a long history of work in Malawi. We are open to hosting visiting researchers, PhD students and undergraduate and masters project students.
George Turner collecting cichlids in Tanzania in 2014, using a very low tech method.
He has worked on cichlid fishes since he was an undergraduate student at Glasgow University. He is now Lloyd Roberts Professor of Zoology at Bangor University. He is particularly interested in the role of behaviour in speciation and adaptive radiation in cichlids of the Lake Malawi flock and related smaller flocks in neighbouring water bodies. And in evolution, taxonomy, conservation and almost everything else about cichlids.
He has worked on cichlid fishes since he was an undergraduate student at Glasgow University. He is now Lloyd Roberts Professor of Zoology at Bangor University. He is particularly interested in the role of behaviour in speciation and adaptive radiation in cichlids of the Lake Malawi flock and related smaller flocks in neighbouring water bodies. And in evolution, taxonomy, conservation and almost everything else about cichlids.