Early career researchers: an interview with Lauren O'Connell.

Lauren O'Connell is a Bauer Fellow at Harvard University, USA, where she studies genetic and environmental contributions to behaviour and physiology in poison frogs. She received her Bachelor's degree in Biology from Cornell University, USA, before moving to the University of Texas at Austin, USA, for her PhD in the laboratory of Hans Hofmann, which she completed in 2011. O'Connell received a L'Oréal USA For Women in Science Fellowship in 2014 and was recognised for her outreach work by L'Oréal USA in 2016.