Bethan Linscott
Research Assistant Professor
Bethan Linscott (she/her) is a Research Assistant Professor in Sea Turtle Conservation in the Robert K. Johnson Center for Marine Conservation and Department of Environmental Science and Policy. With a background in archaeology, she specialises in the use of isotopic techniques to investigate the relationships between people, animals, and their environments across time. She uses these techniques to better understand sea turtle movements, habitat use, and foraging ecology, with the aim of informing effective conservation strategies. In particular, she is keen to foster unconventional collaborations between fields to develop innovative approaches to management that address both ecological and human dimensions.
Prior to her work on marine turtles, Bethan studied the movement patterns of Neanderthals in Portugal, using isotopic analysis to explore their interactions with ancient landscapes and fauna. Her experience also includes compound-specific radiocarbon dating and archaeological fieldwork at the UNESCO World Heritage Site of Avebury, UK. Her research has been published in leading journals such as PNAS, Science Advances, and Radiocarbon. She completed her PhD at the University of Southampton (UK) and has held postdoctoral positions at the University of Oxford (UK) and the University of Florida.
Bethan is passionate about science communication and has participated in a range of outreach events and ongoing programmes, including IntoUniversity, which provides a safe and supportive learning space for young people from underrepresented communities. She teaches courses in Sea Turtle Ecology and Conservation and Archaeological Perspectives in Conservation. Bethan strives to inspire the next generation of scientists and demonstrate the value of interdisciplinary research in understanding and protecting the natural world.
