Molly Frost
PhD Student

Profile

Biography

Molly is a PhD researcher in the department of Environment & Geography. Her research is to determine the impacts of grey squirrels on biodiversity and ecosystem services using a range of desk- and field-based approaches. She will quantify factors affecting associations between grey squirrel populations and biodiversity and ecosystem services at local and UK scales; and estimate the benefits to these which could be achieved by traditional and novel forms of grey squirrel management, including fertility control.

Research

Overview

Molly’s academic history includes a BSc in Wildlife Conservation and an MSc in Wildlife Conservation and UAV Technology from Liverpool John Moores University.

She has since been working in conservation of red squirrels; zoo education; and been involved in international research and conservation projects in South Africa and Borneo, Malaysia