Jakob
Wiil
Plate I — In the field with Elephant hawkmoth
Writing up the fourth chapter of my thesis, running outreach events, and teaching : )
Thermal and evolutionary ecologist. I study how temperature shapes the lives of insects, from gene expression to parental behaviour, and what that means as the climate grows warmer and less predictable.
PhD Candidate · Pilakouta Lab · Centre for Biological Diversity
University of St Andrews
Plate II — N. vespilloides feeding larvae
ResearchThermal Ecology & Evolutionary Biology
How temperature shapes insect life from gene expression to parental behaviour, and what that tells us about a warming, less predictable world.
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Plate III — BioBlitz, St Andrews, 2026
OutreachChampioning the Overlooked
Science communication, BioBlitz events, iNaturalist work, and a mission to tell stories on behalf of the many-legged things keeping ecosystems running.
Read moreThree panels found at Mount Stuart, Isle of Bute
