I am a professional arachnologist and research taxonomist specialising in the systematics of spiders of the infraorder Mygalomorphae. I also have research interests in the taxonomy and systematics of spiders from the Mid Atlantic islands, historical nomenclature of spiders more broadly, and in museum specimen curation, digitisation, preservation and restoration.

Positions presently held:

Voluntary Assistant Curator of Arachnida, Natural History Museum, London

Research Associate, Arachnology Research Association

United Kingdom Coordinator, World Spider Catalog

Foreign Associate, Fundación Ariguanabo

Member, Mid Atlantic Island Invertebrate Specialist Group, IUCN SSC

Newsletter Editor, Officer, and Trustee, British Arachnological Society

Please see here for a list of my publications:

https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Danniella-Sherwood