Emily Lester

I am a Fulbright Postdoctoral Fellow at the University of Hawai'i, where my research focuses on the behaviour of animals in response to human pressures. I am interested in how humans can modify food chains, nutrient flows and the stability of ecosystems, particularly via the removal of predators, and how this can lead to processes such as trophic cascades and alternate stable states. My research seeks to understand how ecological processes unfold under a growing footprint of human activities.