I am a Marine Biologist, with a Bsc (Hons) degree from Plymouth University. I am currently carrying out a PhD at the British Antarctic survey together with Bangor University. My work focuses on the effects of warming on benthic recruitment and community development in Antarctica, using genetic tools to elucidate the mechanisms by which marine invertebrates may respond to climate change.

Research interests

I am interested in understanding how organisms adapt to their environment. I look at how environmental stress affects organisms across many levels of biological organisation, from cellular to physiological responses and how this knowledge can help us predict future responses to climate change.

• Villota Nieva, L., Clark, M., Davies, A., & Peck, L. (2024). Species community analysis of heated panels deployed in the Menai Strait between summers 2015 and 2016 (Version 1.0) [Data set]. NERC EDS UK Polar Data Centre. https://doi.org/10.5285/b6d32e40-3c71-4bc5-83bf-e3a8c2b050dc

• Clark, M., Villota Nieva, L., & Peck, L. (2019). Upper Thermal Limits (UTL) experiments on the Antarctic spirorbid Romanchella perrieri (Version 1.0) [Data set]. UK Polar Data Centre, Natural Environment Research Council, UK Research & Innovation. https://doi.org/10.5285/93eaaf9e-0624-441b-81f0-0438b844f6bb

1. The Heated Settlement Panels

   The heated settlement panels project tested how marine life responded to warmer oceans. The focus was on the waters of the Antarctic Peninsula, one of the fastest-warming regions on Earth

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