Dr Lauren Sumner-Rooney
BA, PG Cert, PhD
Expertise
I'm interested in how animal visual systems are shaped by evolution, and particularly how visual system architectures (e.g. the number, types, and spatial distribution of eyes) might reflect their function and ecology.
Current positions
Lecturer
School of Biological Sciences
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Projects and supervisions
Thesis supervisions
Publications
Recent publications
01/03/2025Development and patterning of a highly versatile visual system in spiders
Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences
Growing eyes on growing shells reveal how chitons scale vision
Biology Letters
The sensory ecology of caterpillars
Journal of Comparative Physiology A
Allometry and ecology shape eye size evolution in spiders
Current Biology
Critical junctions in evolution
Science
