{"id":13702,"date":"2026-07-21T16:13:35","date_gmt":"2026-07-21T14:13:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mohnfoundation.no\/prosjekt\/rachael-morgan\/"},"modified":"2026-07-21T18:34:47","modified_gmt":"2026-07-21T16:34:47","slug":"rachael-morgan","status":"publish","type":"prosjekt","link":"https:\/\/mohnfoundation.no\/en\/prosjekt\/rachael-morgan\/","title":{"rendered":"Rachael Morgan"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wpb-content-wrapper\"><p>[vc_row el_class=&#8221;article-white&#8221; css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1649536549777{margin-right: 0px !important;margin-left: 0px !important;}&#8221;][vc_column][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner]<div class=\"spacer-f96c97828f0d47b1724343c705ecae9d423\" style=\"\"><\/div><style>@media (min-width: 320px) { .spacer-f96c97828f0d47b1724343c705ecae9d423{ height: 10px;}}@media (min-width: 767px) { .spacer-f96c97828f0d47b1724343c705ecae9d423{ height: 10px;}}@media (min-width: 979px) { .spacer-f96c97828f0d47b1724343c705ecae9d423{ height: 10px;}}@media (min-width: 1200px) { .spacer-f96c97828f0d47b1724343c705ecae9d423{ height: 10px;}}<\/style><div class=\"header left  \"><h1 class=\"font-size-sm\" title=\"Rachael Morgan\">Rachael Morgan<\/h1><\/div>[\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=&#8221;3\/4&#8243;]\n                    <div class=\"info-container\">\n                        <div class=\"fields row\">  <div class=\"field1 col-lg-4 col-md-4 col-sm-12\">\n                                            <div class=\"field1-header\" >\n                                            TMF-project\n                                            <\/div >\n                                            <div class=\"field1-number\" >\n                                            Beyond known climate effects in fish: combining vision, fear and energetics\n                                            <\/div >\n                                        <\/div> <div class=\"field2 col-lg-4 col-md-4 col-sm-12\">\n                                            <div class=\"field2-header\" >\n                                            Period\n                                            <\/div >\n                                            <div class=\"field2-number\" >\n                                            2026 - 2030\n                                            <\/div >\n                                        <\/div> <div class=\"field3 col-lg-4 col-md-4 col-sm-12\">\n                                            <div class=\"field3-header\" >\n                                            Department\n                                            <\/div >\n                                            <div class=\"field3-number\" >\n                                            Department of Biological Sciences\n                                            <\/div >\n                                        <\/div>\n                        <\/div>   \n                    <\/div>[vc_column_text css=&#8221;&#8221;]<\/p>\n<p id=\"tw-target-text\" class=\"tw-data-text tw-text-large tw-ta\" dir=\"ltr\" tabindex=\"-1\" role=\"text\" data-placeholder=\"Oversettelse\" data-ved=\"2ahUKEwjt-c62lOSVAxWCLBAIHZNjGHUQ3ewLegQIDRAW\" aria-label=\"Oversatt tekst: Rachael Morgan is a researcher at the Department of Biological Sciences (UiB). She completed her master's degree at UiB and obtained her PhD from NTNU (2020); prior to the start of her TMF Starting Grant project, she was a postdoctoral fellow at the Department of Biological Sciences, UiB. She has published numerous articles in highly prestigious journals.\"><span class=\"Y2IQFc\" lang=\"en\">Rachael Morgan is a researcher at the Department of Biological Sciences (UiB). She completed her master&#8217;s degree at UiB and obtained her PhD from NTNU (2020); prior to the start of her TMF Starting Grant project, she was a postdoctoral fellow at the Department of Biological Sciences, UiB. She has published numerous articles in highly prestigious journals.<\/span><\/p>\n<p id=\"tw-target-text\" class=\"tw-data-text tw-text-large tw-ta\" dir=\"ltr\" tabindex=\"-1\" role=\"text\" data-placeholder=\"Oversettelse\" data-ved=\"2ahUKEwjt-c62lOSVAxWCLBAIHZNjGHUQ3ewLegQIDRAW\" aria-label=\"Oversatt tekst: Rachael Morgan is a fish ecophysiologist interested in how fish cope with climate change, particularly rising temperatures and fluctuations in oxygen levels. Her research combines laboratory and field studies, aiming to increase ecological realism in lab experiments. In many areas, warming oceans are leading to reduced oxygen levels. Both factors affect fish in various ways, yet little is known about the impact on their vision and their ability to detect and react to threats. In the project &quot;Beyond known climate effects in fish: combining vision, fear and energetics,&quot; Morgan will investigate how heat and oxygen deprivation slow down visual processing and result in a loss of color perception and blurred images, making it harder to detect a predator attack. Morgan employs advanced experiments using an innovative virtual reality setup that recreates realistic scenarios, causing fish to perceive simulated predator attacks as genuine. Do fish expend more energy when frightened? Do they eat less? How are growth and survival affected? The results will provide new insights into how climate change influences fish behavior and the potential consequences for our fish stocks. Morgan\u2019s research group will comprise two PhD candidates, as well as partial funding for a researcher position and a technical position.\"><span class=\"Y2IQFc\" lang=\"en\">Rachael Morgan is a fish ecophysiologist interested in how fish cope with climate change, particularly rising temperatures and fluctuations in oxygen levels. Her research combines laboratory and field studies, aiming to increase ecological realism in lab experiments. In many areas, warming oceans are leading to reduced oxygen levels. Both factors affect fish in various ways, yet little is known about the impact on their vision and their ability to detect and react to threats. In the project &#8220;Beyond known climate effects in fish: combining vision, fear and energetics,&#8221; Morgan will investigate how heat and oxygen deprivation slow down visual processing and result in a loss of color perception and blurred images, making it harder to detect a predator attack. Morgan employs advanced experiments using an innovative virtual reality setup that recreates realistic scenarios, causing fish to perceive simulated predator attacks as genuine. Do fish expend more energy when frightened? Do they eat less? How are growth and survival affected? The results will provide new insights into how climate change influences fish behavior and the potential consequences <\/span><span class=\"Y2IQFc\" lang=\"en\">for our fish stocks. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"tw-data-text tw-text-large tw-ta\" dir=\"ltr\" tabindex=\"-1\" role=\"text\" data-placeholder=\"Oversettelse\" data-ved=\"2ahUKEwjt-c62lOSVAxWCLBAIHZNjGHUQ3ewLegQIDRAW\" aria-label=\"Oversatt tekst: Rachael Morgan is a fish ecophysiologist interested in how fish cope with climate change, particularly rising temperatures and fluctuations in oxygen levels. Her research combines laboratory and field studies, aiming to increase ecological realism in lab experiments. In many areas, warming oceans are leading to reduced oxygen levels. Both factors affect fish in various ways, yet little is known about the impact on their vision and their ability to detect and react to threats. In the project &quot;Beyond known climate effects in fish: combining vision, fear and energetics,&quot; Morgan will investigate how heat and oxygen deprivation slow down visual processing and result in a loss of color perception and blurred images, making it harder to detect a predator attack. Morgan employs advanced experiments using an innovative virtual reality setup that recreates realistic scenarios, causing fish to perceive simulated predator attacks as genuine. Do fish expend more energy when frightened? Do they eat less? How are growth and survival affected? The results will provide new insights into how climate change influences fish behavior and the potential consequences for our fish stocks. Morgan\u2019s research group will comprise two PhD candidates, as well as partial funding for a researcher position and a technical position.\"><span class=\"Y2IQFc\" lang=\"en\">Morgan\u2019s research group will comprise two PhD candidates, as well as partial funding for a researcher position and a technical position.<\/span><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" tabindex=\"-1\" role=\"text\" data-placeholder=\"Oversettelse\" data-ved=\"2ahUKEwjt-c62lOSVAxWCLBAIHZNjGHUQ3ewLegQIDRAW\" aria-label=\"Oversatt tekst: Rachael Morgan is a fish ecophysiologist interested in how fish cope with climate change, particularly rising temperatures and fluctuations in oxygen levels. Her research combines laboratory and field studies, aiming to increase ecological realism in lab experiments. In many areas, warming oceans are leading to reduced oxygen levels. Both factors affect fish in various ways, yet little is known about the impact on their vision and their ability to detect and react to threats. In the project &quot;Beyond known climate effects in fish: combining vision, fear and energetics,&quot; Morgan will investigate how heat and oxygen deprivation slow down visual processing and result in a loss of color perception and blurred images, making it harder to detect a predator attack. Morgan employs advanced experiments using an innovative virtual reality setup that recreates realistic scenarios, causing fish to perceive simulated predator attacks as genuine. Do fish expend more energy when frightened? Do they eat less? How are growth and survival affected? The results will provide new insights into how climate change influences fish behavior and the potential consequences for our fish stocks. Morgan\u2019s research group will comprise two PhD candidates, as well as partial funding for a researcher position and a technical position.\">Ingress photo: Helge Skodvin<\/p>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text]<div class=\"header left  \"><h2 class=\"font-size-sm\" title=\"Media links\">Media links<\/h2><\/div><div class=\"external-links-container light-brown\"><ul class=\"external-links\"><li class=\"inner-item\"><i class=\"fa fa-external-link\"><\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/kommunikasjon.ntb.no\/pressemelding\/18740030\/30-millioner-til-unge-uib-forskere-fra-trond-mohn-forskningsstiftelse?publisherId=17847312&amp;lang=no\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">uib.no<\/a><span class=\"description\">UiB-article about TMF Starting Grant 2025 (Norwegian)<\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/div>[\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=&#8221;1\/4&#8243;]\n\t\t\t<figure class=\"standard-image left no-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" src=\"https:\/\/mohnfoundation.no\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/skodvin_TMF_02-2-1920x1280.jpg\" class=\"attachment-img-xxl size-img-xxl\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mohnfoundation.no\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/skodvin_TMF_02-2-1920x1280.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/mohnfoundation.no\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/skodvin_TMF_02-2-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mohnfoundation.no\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/skodvin_TMF_02-2-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/mohnfoundation.no\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/skodvin_TMF_02-2-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/mohnfoundation.no\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/skodvin_TMF_02-2-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/mohnfoundation.no\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/skodvin_TMF_02-2-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/mohnfoundation.no\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/skodvin_TMF_02-2-320x213.jpg 320w, https:\/\/mohnfoundation.no\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/skodvin_TMF_02-2-420x280.jpg 420w, https:\/\/mohnfoundation.no\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/skodvin_TMF_02-2-576x384.jpg 576w, https:\/\/mohnfoundation.no\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/skodvin_TMF_02-2-992x661.jpg 992w, https:\/\/mohnfoundation.no\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/skodvin_TMF_02-2-1200x800.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/figure><div class=\"external-links-container blue-arrow-right\"><ul class=\"external-links\"><li class=\"inner-item\"><i class=\"fa fa-external-link\"><\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/www4.uib.no\/en\/find-employees\/rachael.morgan\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Homepage at the University of Bergen<\/a><\/li><li class=\"inner-item\"><i class=\"fa fa-external-link\"><\/i><a href=\"\" target=\"_blank\">Project web site<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/div>[\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column]<div class=\"spacer-f4de40bb4e7b53dd110c90e1adcadb9a23\" style=\"\"><\/div><style>@media (min-width: 320px) { .spacer-f4de40bb4e7b53dd110c90e1adcadb9a23{ height: 30px;}}@media (min-width: 767px) { .spacer-f4de40bb4e7b53dd110c90e1adcadb9a23{ height: 30px;}}@media (min-width: 979px) { .spacer-f4de40bb4e7b53dd110c90e1adcadb9a23{ height: 60px;}}@media (min-width: 1200px) { .spacer-f4de40bb4e7b53dd110c90e1adcadb9a23{ height: 60px;}}<\/style>[\/vc_column][\/vc_row]<\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rachael Morgan is a fish ecophysiologist at the Department of Biological Sciences (UiB). 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