Helen Taylor received her PhD from Victoria University of Wellington (New Zealand), and has research interests that span conservation genetics, ecology, behaviour and reproductive biology. She started working as a PostDoctoral Fellow in the Gemmell Lab on the impact of low genetic diversity and inbreeding on sperm health in native and introduced birds in New Zealand, progressing Helen into a Research Fellow position soon after. Helen is now working as Conservation Programme Manager at the Royal Zoological Society of Scotland at the Edinburgh Zoo, and is a collaborator of the Gemmell lab, as several of her projects are still ongoing.