Richard J Harris is a Postdoctoral Researcher at the Australian Institute of Marine Science. He received his Ph.D. from the School of Biological Sciences, the University of Queensland. He then worked as a Postdoctoral Researcher at the Institute of Molecular Bioscience, University of Queensland, before taking up his current position. Richard J Harris’s research interests mainly focus on the biology of venomous and toxic marine organisms (particularly fishes), their evolution, ecology and biochemistry. His other research areas of interest include the consequences and adaptations of evolving a toxic system, e.g., aposematism and mimicry.