What's behind the cuddly cute penguin faces? Speaking with Katie O'Brien

<p>Welcome to another Nature talks episode &nbsp;THIS NATURE TALK WE ARE &nbsp;WITH KATIE &amp; ERFAN FIROUZI!&nbsp;</p> <p>An academic award-winning evolutionary biologist studying the adaptations of Southern Ocean Penguins to extreme and rapidly changing environments as part of the 2020 NERC GW4+ DTP cohort. Expertise in areas such as population genetics, bioinformatics, data analysis, evolutionary ecology, and programming. Currently working on a multidisciplinary project with aspects of wildlife parasitology, climate change biology, and transcriptomics.<br> <br> Ph.D. tutor at The Brilliant Club for the South-West region. Teaching maths and biology to students with the aim of widening access to university for students from underrepresented groups.</p> <p>Follow Katie on Instagram: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/redirect?event=video_description&amp;redir_token=QUFFLUhqbmhCX2dBVEMzUmZQSmtyUXZaMHdSYm5vZUNEZ3xBQ3Jtc0tuNWMtdGxvdmFqNXZBYkVKS1FPUkxRVlRWR1E2Zkk5c1lSQjBHaDB3VEJQY1k3cVN1UXZ4VURHdXI0WjJIcUQyZmttbFdHczZqLXpneVBZY2llYVBRZXJWUDRCS2xEaXdzZTNTRzZxZUU1U3VERzZndw&amp;q=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.instagram.com%2Fcrocparasites13%2F" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.instagram.com/_katieob_/</a>​</p> <p><br></p>