A Tangled Thicket – Claire Moore

“I’m interested in broadening my understanding of ecosystems,” Moore says. “Years ago, my knowledge was pretty small, and often focused on ecological niches, but I’m beginning to think of ecosystems as much broader structures, like social networks, and how relationships work across so many species and are dependent on each other.

“I’m interested in how those relationships evolve, and how it is evolving to accommodate things like plastic,” she continues. “There are organisms that are evolving to metabolize plastic and I’m curious to observe what that means for the ecosystem. I’m interested in the hybridity and evolution of things, and speculating as to what things could look like over time with interference and connection.”