Haseeb Randhawa

I am a marine biologist with expertise in parasitology, evolutionary ecology, molecular ecology, and fisheries science. I have work experience as an academic, fisheries consultant and government scientist. I was born and raised in Montreal, Canada and completed my BSc in Zoology and MSc in Parasitology at McGill University. I completed a PhD at the University of New Brunswick (Canada) studying the determinants of host specificity in skate parasites in the northern Atlantic Ocean. Following my PhD, I moved to New Zealand and completed four years of postdoctoral work at the University of Otago (2007 to 2011) investigating the drivers of parasite diversity and host specificity in sharks and skates and worked as a Senior Teaching Fellow for the Ecology Degree Programme at the University of Otago (2011 to 2016). Wanting to explore the applied side of ecology, I accepted a position with the Falkland Islands Government Fisheries Department as a Fisheries Scientist – Biology (2016 to 2020) before working as a Fisheries Consultant for SAERI Falklands Ltd (2020 to 2021). Since July of 2021, I am Assistant Professor in Marine Biology at the School of Life and Environmental Sciences at the University of Iceland. Also, I am an Associate Editor with Marine and Freshwater Research since 2015 and the Journal of Helminthology since 2022.