Serrin is a PhD Candidate with the School of Politics and International Relations at the Australian National University, under the supervision of Keith Dowding (Chair), Alexandra Oprea, and Christian Barry. She holds a BSc in Evolution and Ecology, and Biological Anthropology from the ANU, and a BA in Philosophy and Politics at the University of Adelaide. In 2018, she was a participant in the Sherwin B. Nuland Summer Institute in Bioethics at Yale University.

Serrin's PhD thesis focuses on the legal status of animals, and how they can be better protected within the legal system. In particular, she explores whether the concept of legal personhood is useful for improving animals' legal protection. Her other research work looks at the responses of the media and the legal system to animal activism in Australia.

You can follow @serrinrp on Twitter to keep up with her research.