Rebecca Higham

Rebecca is a PhD student working in Vector Ecology alongside the Community Ecology Research group at the University of Oxford. Her research focuses on the habitat and ecology of Culicoides midges in the UK, with focus on non-host seeking behaviours.

Prior to joining the institute, she completed a BSc in Biology at the University of Bristol, followed by a MRes in Biodiversity, Evolution and Conservation at UCL. During her MRes, she studied the impact of anthropogenic land use and climate change on mosquito vectors in collaboration with the Zoological Society of London and the Myxozoan diversity of Ecuadorean anurans, at London's Natural History Museum.