Ashleigh Whiffin
Ashleigh Whiffin is Curator of entomology at National Museums Scotland in the UK, where she is responsible for the care, curation and development of a collection of approximately 2.5 million insect specimens. Ashleigh is interested in carrion ecology and specialises in Carrion beetles (Silphinae). She is also a keen science communicator, passionate about disseminating entomology and the value of collections, to the wider public. In the UK, Ashleigh works closely with the Biological Records Centre to co-organise a National recording Scheme for Carrion beetles; and internationally, she is a communications officer for the Entomological Collections Network. In her spare time she enjoys hiking, photography and bird watching.
Ashleigh Whiffin on fieldwork in Scotland. Image: © Gavin Broad
Other links:
Ashleigh museum profile: https://www.nms.ac.uk/profile/ashleigh-whiffin
Carrion Beetles: Nature's Undertakers (Linnean Society) https://www.youtube.com/watch?app=desktop&v=uDWt7tp7Z3g
Urban biodiversity project: https://youtu.be/lcsdA_6rs0k?si=MYiFmgeIplip3lhV
Social media:
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ash_whiffin/