Dr Christian Drerup

I am currently a Fellow by Examination at Magdalen College and a Senior Research Fellow at the Department of Biology at the University of Oxford, UK. I completed a PhD in Zoology at the University of Cambridge in 2024.

My research specialises in understanding how animals perceive sensory information in their environment, how this information is processed and translated into behavioural traits and strategies, and how animals exploit perceptual constraints in the visual systems of other animals for their own survival.

I am particularly interested in the ‘visual arms race’ between predators and prey, i.e. which adaptations animals have evolved to detect predators and prey, especially in perceptually challenging environments, and how animals use visual camouflage techniques to remain undetected and avoid predation.