Rate My Professor Kath Sloman

Sloman's research specializes in the interaction between behaviour and physiology in fish, investigating the integrated impacts of environmental factors—natural and anthropogenic—on aquatic organisms. Her academic interests encompass aquatic toxicology, animal welfare, aquaculture, ornamental fish trade, conservation, and forecasting responses to environmental change. She leads significant projects, including a £3 million initiative to equip small-scale shrimp farmers in Southeast Asia with affordable stress-monitoring tools and efforts to enhance welfare in Amazonian ornamental fish supply chains. As Senior Editor for the Journal of Fish Biology, she has produced over 98 peer-reviewed articles, such as 'Embracing complexity at the physiology and behaviour interface will benefit conservation science' (2026), 'The effects of cannabidiol (CBD) in transport water on the behaviour of ornamental fishes' (2026), 'Current disease treatments for the ornamental pet fish trade and their associated problems' (2025), and 'Influence of turbidity on group level responses to feeding in the Pacific white shrimp (Litopenaeus vannamei)' (2025). Her contributions support UN Sustainable Development Goals 3 (Good Health and Well-being) and 14 (Life Below Water), advancing global standards in fish welfare and aquaculture sustainability. Sloman delivered her inaugural lecture, 'International Travels of an Aquatic Biologist', and participates in public engagement on fish welfare.