The Global Goals

In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. Sarah's work contributes towards the following SDG(s):

About Sarah

2024-present: Royal Society of Biology Accreditation Lead (School of Biological and Marine Sciences)

2023-present: Employability Lead (School of Biological and Marine Sciences)

2022-present: Lecturer in Behaviour and Evolution

Supervised Research Degrees

2026-present: Bethan Hall 'Chemical Signalling of Injury and Aggression in Beadlet Anemones (Actinia equina)' ResM (DoS)

2026-present: Alice Hoggarth 'Investigating the impact of hormonal contraception on the social behaviour of captive Sulawesi crested black macaques, Macaca nigra' ResM (DoS)

2026-present: Joshua Hussey 'Feeding preferences and exploratory behaviour of green shore crabs (Carcinus maenas) in response to native and novel prey' ResM (Co-S)

2026-present: Summer Nash 'How do salinity fluctuations influence behavioural plasticity in the intertidal isopods: Sphaeroma serratum?' ResM (Co-S) 

2025-present: Liz Miles 'Investigating cryptic speciation in the beadlet sea anemone Actinia equina' PhD (DoS)

2024-present: Martie Stothoff 'Animal personality, stress and welfare' PhD (Co-S)

2024-2026: Amy Bromley 'Investigating the effect of morphotype and investment in parental care on motivation to fight in the minotaur beetle Typhaeus typhoeus.' ResM (DoS)

2023-2024: Joshua Le Pla ' Investigating trade-offs in strength, skill and vigour in Pagurus bernhardus.' ResM (Co-S)

2022-present: Amelia Clifford 'Do cnidarians show behavioural pre-requisites of sentience? Awareness and personality in the sea anemone Actina equina.' PhD (Co-S)

2021-2023: Shaun Rowlands ‘Plasticity and reproductive success of male fruit flies, Drosophila melanogaster, as a response to changes in larval density.’ ResM (Co-S)

Contact Sarah

+44 1752 584641
sarah.lane@plymouth.ac.uk