Shannon Leone Fowler is a Daphne Jackson Fellow at the University of Roehampton in the Centre for Integrated Research in Life and Health Sciences, within the School of Life and Health Sciences.

With a PhD from the University of California, Santa Cruz, Shannon has worked extensively around the world in the field of marine mammal biology, as a researcher, teacher and writer.

Returning to research after thirteen years, Shannon’s research project is titled: Unravelling the mysteries of how elderly seabirds keep flying, diving, thriving when they should be retiring: the effects of ageing on the physiology, behaviour, and ecology of a long-lived seabird.

Due to finish in 2025, her Fellowship is sponsored by the University of Roehampton and the Natural Environment Research Council (NERC).