Public engagment with evolutionary biology research

 

Postdoctoral researcher Jasmeen Kanwal entertained the public with her research on the evolution of cooperation in digital organisms with Soapbox Science at the Perth Festival of the Arts last week. The Womanthology blog wrote a nice summary of Jasmeen’s collaboration with artist Audrey Yeo to produce an engaging and interactive show for adults and children alike:

 

Becoming a ‘complex systems scientist’ to analyse how digital organisms evolve and cooperate
Dr Jasmeen Kanwal, Research Fellow in the School of Biology at the University of St Andrews