Lily Fogg

I am an Australian biologist fascinated by the remarkable ways animals adapt to the world around them. My research dives into the whacky world of fish vision, uncovering how some species have evolved to see on colourful coral reefs while others have adapted to the near-darkness of the deep sea. More recently, I turned my attention to the enigmatic Greenland shark, the longest-lived vertebrate on Earth, to discover how its eyes withstand centuries in the cold, dark Arctic deep sea.

Like the animals I study, I have had to adapt to diverse environments, earning my PhD at the University of Queensland in sub-tropical Australia in 2022, then moving to mountainous Switzerland for a postdoc at the University of Basel until 2025. Nowadays you can find me at the University of Helsinki in Finland, learning to embrace the Arctic winters.