Researching biological responses to climate change using butterflies. Into inverts / traits / tropical forests / microclimate. Postdoc at University College London (CBER). He/Him. JoeWilliamsonDB on Twitter.https://bsky.app/profile/josephwilliamson.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/josephwilliamson.bsky.social/post/3muyuxkcre22xVery proud of Matilda and was honoured to be able to dress up as a neanderthal for the acceptance speech with fellow troglodyte @asgriffin.bsky.social 😎 [contains quote post or other embedded content]08 Sep 2026 11:06 +0000at://did:plc:gmtgzokxaqb2wpdsulpdzecb/app.bsky.feed.post/3muyuxkcre22xhttps://bsky.app/profile/josephwilliamson.bsky.social/post/3mgfpoi47fs2iTwo sets of revisions back in the space of 59 minutes! Busy weeks ahead but cool science very much on the horizon 😎🦋🔥06 Mar 2026 16:18 +0000at://did:plc:gmtgzokxaqb2wpdsulpdzecb/app.bsky.feed.post/3mgfpoi47fs2ihttps://bsky.app/profile/josephwilliamson.bsky.social/post/3mgcowa4s222yHUGE paper alert. 🚨Lowland tropical insects likely at their thermal limits 🚨 Big congrats to Kim and colleagues on this. Protein stability matches up with thermal limits across families too. 🧬🔥 [contains quote post or other embedded content]05 Mar 2026 11:27 +0000at://did:plc:gmtgzokxaqb2wpdsulpdzecb/app.bsky.feed.post/3mgcowa4s222yhttps://bsky.app/profile/josephwilliamson.bsky.social/post/3mel2rnoqnc2t🚨NEW PAPER🚨 It doesn't take much canopy disturbance in tropical forests to push surface temperatures above the thermal limits of many invertebrate groups. 🦋+🪲💩+🪱🧛‍♂️+ 🐜 Led by the wonderful Mike Boyle! https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S258900422502197211 Feb 2026 08:30 +0000at://did:plc:gmtgzokxaqb2wpdsulpdzecb/app.bsky.feed.post/3mel2rnoqnc2t