In the field: an interview with Holly Shiels

Holly Shiels is a Reader at The University of Manchester, UK, where she investigates cardiac physiology in ectotherms. She completed her undergraduate degree in Biology at University of Western Ontario, Canada, before moving to Simon Fraser University, Canada, to complete her Master's degree and PhD. After postdoctoral studies at Stanford University, USA, and the University of Leeds, UK, Shiels moved to the University of Manchester, UK, first as a Lecturer and then Senior Lecturer. Telling us about her first experience of fieldwork on the coast of New Brunswick, Canada, Shiels describes the highs and lows of research on the ocean in the tropics and North Atlantic.