I’m Willa Lane, a PhD student at the University of Cambridge. I’m a member of the Comparative Cognition Lab, and I’m funded by a Gates Cambridge scholarship. My research primarily focuses on camouflage and cognition in cuttlefish, which are a type of cephalopod (not actually a fish!) closely related to squid and octopuses. This interdisciplinary work draws from diverse fields including marine biology, evolutionary ecology, ethology (animal behavior), cognitive psychology, philosophy, and machine learning.

I graduated from the University of Delaware in 2023 with an Honors B.S. with distinction in marine science and a minor in psychology. I’m excited to combine both disciplines for my PhD!

I have short bios on the University of Cambridge psychology department website here and the Gates Cambridge website here. You can email me at willalane (at) outlook.com.