Leah Fitzpatrick

An experienced science communicator and a Learning Volunteer at the Natural History Museum for the last eight years, Leah's interest in spiders lies in their venom. She won a grant from BAS in 2018 to fund specific aspects of her MSc thesis on the phylogeny and venom of  Steatoda nobilis (the Noble False Widow Spider). Currently she is working on primate genomics for her PhD at Oxford Brookes University but still has a soft spot for British arachnids and is eager to encourage the public to have a more positive attitude towards our spiders. Leah joined BAS Council as an Ordinary Member in 2021.